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VESSEL

Unique ID: WMID-2D3277

Object type certainty: Certain
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A bodysherd of a handmade ceramic vessel. The sherd is 11.51mm thick and weighs 18.5g. It is 45.50mm long and 38.02mm wide. The sherd consists of a bodysherd, in a fabric is similar to that published as SH1 (Standard common fossil shell type) in McSloy 2006, p 38, dated to Middle to Late Iron Age (500 BC to 100 AD) but with occasional small annular metamorphic rock inclusions. Sherd specific details: Fabric type: frequent fossil shell, occasional metamorphic rock inclusions. Sherd type: bodysherd Wall thickness: 11.51mm Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidisedinterior. Hardness: Hard Surface texture: Rough Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded. Sherd/fragment was not photographed. Reference: Coleman, L., Hancocks, A., and Watts, M. 2006 Excavations on the Wormington to Tirley Pipeline, 2000. Four sites by the Carrant Brook and River Isbourne, Gloucestershire and Worchestershire. Cotswold Archaeology Monograph No. 3. Cirencester McSloy, E.R. 2006 The Pottery pp37-57 in Coleman, Hancocks and Watts 2006

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: 500 BC
Date to: AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 45.5 mm
Width: 38.02 mm
Thickness: 11.51 mm
Weight: 18.5 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 25th March 2009

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Brailes

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
To be known as: Brailes

Spatial coordinates

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

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