Rights Holder: Kent County Council
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Unique ID: KENT-1FF1B8
Object type certainty: Certain
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A rim sherd of Late Iron Age / Early Roman pottery. This is a coarse ware vessel, with a dark grey hard fabric. It has large frequent angular shell and quartz inclusions. It has been consistantly fired throughout.
This would have been part of a large jar with a rounded rim, with a diameter of about 18cm. It is Belgic Shelly ware, found in Kent from 50 BC to 100 AD
85.06mm x 33.56mm 9.67mm thickness of wall 64.82g
Notes:
This came from a site on the Thames Forshore. It is associated with objects KENT 1E45B5, KENT 1FC5A6, KENT 1DDC34, KENT 1DEBE0, KENT 1D9D68, KENT 1D7E45 and KENT 1FF1B8.
It was found along side a collection of briquetage(KENT 331664, KENT332DF3 and KENT 332330), and the site is believed to be a Roman salt working site. One of the vessels (KENT 1E45B5) containd the cremated remains of a puppy. Apparently this is a known occurance in Kent, where cremations of dogs are buried at salt working sites (quoted from Sarah Jane Hathaway, HER Assistant Kent County Council)
The objects / site were discovered by the finder as they had 'weathered out of the foreshore'. The finder excavatd the remains, and roughly recorded the locations in the section and recorded the GPS positions. It is likely there are further objects to be found from the site.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 50 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Quantity: 1
Length: 85 mm
Width: 33 mm
Weight: 64.82 g
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Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Incomplete
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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