VESSEL

9 earthenware vessel shards of Medieval date (probably 12th to 14th century). All are very small and much abraded. All share the same fabric and colour. They are fairly fine in texture, but with occasional large inclusions. They have a grey inner core and one outer surface is also grey, whilst the other is a light orangy-buff colour. They are tempered with occasional fine mica, medium amounts of quartz (<1mm), rare flint (<2mm), occasional pieces of red iron ore (<1mm), chalky material (<1mm) and grog (<2mm). The percentages of inclusions do vary from shard to shard, but as the fabrics are so similar this may even represent the natural level of variation within single vessels. 1. Length: 30.24mm, Width: 20.01mm, Thickness: 4.98mm, Weight: 3.45g 2. Length: 29.62, Width: 16.75mm, Thickness: 5.41mm, Weight: 2.93g 3. Length: 21.61mm, Width: 17.90mm, Thickness: 5.23mm, Weight: 1.83g 4. Length: 24.36mm, Width: 17.74mm, Thickness: 8.29mm, Weight: 3.27g 5. Length: 19.20mm, Width: 19.42mm, Thickness: 4.24mm, Weight: 1.53g 6. Length: 16.62mm, Width: 17.41mm, Thickness: 4.06mm, Weight: 1.39g 7. Length: 27.76mm, Width: 25.62mm, Thickness: 5.49mm, Weight: 4.79g 8. Length: 24.51mm, Width: 12.51mm, Thickness: 3.88mm, Weight: 1.28g 9. Length: 21.78mm, Width: 15.16mm, Thickness: 4.47mm, Weight: 1.55g