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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-A317D7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn sherd of a Medieval or Post medieval ceramic vessel. The sherd is from the wall or base of the vessel. The fabric is soft and orange coloured with small sparse white, grey and red inclusions. The edges are very abraded and it may have been in running water for a while. One face is glazed with a thick yellow brown glaze. The sherd is 32.93mm long, 26.34mm wide and 7.86mm thick. It weighs 6.68g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.93 mm
Width: 26.34 mm
Thickness: 7.86 mm
Weight: 6.86 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 15th June 2009 - Monday 14th June 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1142
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Sykehouse (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE6417
Four figure Latitude: 53.645603
Four figure longitude: -1.033334
1:25K map: SE6417
1:10K map: SE61NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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No references cited so far.
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