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VESSEL
Unique ID: WAW-D24944
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment from a handmade fired clay object of unidentifiable form.
The sherd is 7.32mm thick and weighs 7.3g. It is 37.54mm long and 32.85mm 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, frequent mica
Sherd type: fragment
Wall thickness: 7.32mm
Firing condition: unoxidised core.
Hardness: Hard
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 actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 500 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.54 mm
Width: 32.85 mm
Thickness: 7.32 mm
Weight: 7.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 12th August 2010
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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: SP3040
Four figure Latitude: 52.057575
Four figure longitude: -1.563867
1:25K map: SP3040
1:10K map: SP34SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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