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VESSEL
Unique ID: LANCUM-7618A1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Unusual rim sherd of an unusual oxidised ware possibly a local Roman Samian ware copy with large inclusions perhaps 1st to 3rd centuryAD. Find recovered after Cumbrian floods the find is very abraded and unlikely to be associated with uncovered structures on the floodplain adjacent to and probably associated with a Roman fort. A series of structures are indicated. The length is 50mm, the width is 40mm, the thickness is 18mm and the weight is 20.71g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50 mm
Width: 40 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight: 20.71 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st June 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Pottery
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Allerdale (District)
To be known as: PAPCASTLE
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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