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VESSEL
Unique ID: WAW-698E37
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a handmade ceramic vessel.
The fragment is 10.20mm thick and weighs 7.4g. It is 26.65mm long and 24.11mm wide.
The fragment consists of a probable bodysherd, in a fabric is similar to that published as SH2 (sparse, coarse fossil shell 'variant') in McSloy 2006, p 38, dated to Middle to Late Iron Age (500 BC to 100 AD).
Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: sparse fossil shell
Sherd type: fragment
Wall thickness: 10.20mm
Firing condition: unoxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior.
Hardness: Hard
Surface texture: Slightly soapy.
Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.
Sherd 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
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 500 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.65 mm
Width: 24.11 mm
Thickness: 10.2 mm
Weight: 7.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 20th September 2005
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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)
Parish or ward: Brailes (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3041
Four figure Latitude: 52.066565
Four figure longitude: -1.56378
1:25K map: SP3041
1:10K map: SP34SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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