DOR-6E3C45: 6E3C45. Sherd of Iron Age pottery

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Unique ID: DOR-6E3C45

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

1 sherd of pottery. Poorly fired, largely reduced brown-grey fabric with some oxidisation to the surface on the interior of the vessel (buff coloured). The fabric is tempered with poorly sorted iron stone, flint sand and calcareous pieces (up to 4.5 mm). The sherd is from the base of a handmade jar. The base is flat and plain. Date: Iron Age - 800 BC to AD 100

Class: Jar

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: 800 BC
Date to: AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 24 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 21st July 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Pottery
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Piddlehinton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SY7197
Four figure Latitude: 50.771852
Four figure longitude: -2.412626
1:25K map: SY7197
1:10K map: SY77NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Garden

References cited

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Recording Institution: DOR
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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