SWYOR-CA5716: 27: medieval ceramic vessel rim shard

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Unique ID: SWYOR-CA5716

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A rim sherd from a medieval ceramic vessel. The sherd is 36.6mm long, 30.4mm wide and the wall is 6.7mm thick. It weighs 11.3g. The fabric is buff throughout. The fabric has frequent poorly sorted light coloured grains (quartz?) and some dark and red grains (grog?). It is hard and fine with a pimply surface. This pottery is probably in the Northern Gritty Ware tradition. The rim radius is about 150mm.

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 36.6 mm
Width: 30.4 mm
Thickness: 6.7 mm
Weight: 11.3 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 9th April 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
District: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Barwick in Elmet and Scholes (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE3838
Four figure Latitude: 53.83687042
Four figure longitude: -1.42403813
1:25K map: SE3838
1:10K map: SE33NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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