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VESSEL

Unique ID: CAM-9F9881

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Decorated body sherd of Grimston-type ware. Reduced grey sandy fabric with decoration of three horizontal incised lines 8-9 mm apart. Olive-green glaze on exterior only. Abraded edges. Grimston-type ware dates from the 12th to the 16th centuries (Laing, Pottery in Britain 4000 BC to AD 1900, p.97). 7.93g.

Class: Grimston-type ware

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1100
Date to: AD 1200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 7.93 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 20th February 2009 - Friday 20th February 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Longstanton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL3967
Four figure Latitude: 52.28357
Four figure longitude: 0.036274
1:25K map: TL3967
1:10K map: TL36NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: CAM
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 2 years ago

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