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Unique ID: WAW-D22173
Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment from a handmade fired clay object of unidentifiable form.
The sherd is 23.36mm thick and weighs 16.3g. It is 25.70mm long and 38.21mm wide.
The fragment has 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). It is sub triangular in plan, and cross section. The fragment was probably originally part of a fired clay loom weight or oven plate, however it is hard to tell the original form from the fragment present.
Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: sparse fossil shell
Sherd type: fragment
Wall thickness: 23.36mm
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core.
Hardness: Medium
Surface texture: Smooth, slightly soapy.
Condition of sherds: slightly abraded.
Sherd was 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 action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 500 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.7 mm
Width: 38.21 mm
Thickness: 23.36 mm
Weight: 16.3 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th August 2010
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Other reference: Brailes
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
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.
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