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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-185272
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A base sherd of late medieval pottery. It is 41.1mm long, 28.7mm wide and 12.9mm thick. The fabric is fine and varies from mid grey to fawn. The sherd is internally glazed with a dark green iron based glaze. There is a splash of a paler iron based glaze on the outer face. It probably dates from the fourteenth or fifteenth century.
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.1 mm
Width: 28.7 mm
Thickness: 12.9 mm
Weight: 14.96 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2006 - Tuesday 1st January 2008
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
To be known as: Thirsk
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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