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Unique ID: WAW-D26C92
Object type certainty: Certain
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A bodysherd of a handmade ceramic vessel.
The sherd is 11.19mm thick and weighs 4.0g. It is 18.95mm long and 24.98mm wide.
The sherd consists of a bodysherd, in a fabric is similar to that published as SH1 (Standard common fossil shell type) in McSloy 2006, p 38, dated to Middle to Late Iron Age (500 BC to 100 AD).
Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: frequent fossil shell type (leached)
Sherd type: bodysherd
Wall thickness: 11.19mm
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, oxidised interior.
Hardness: Medium
Surface texture: Smooth
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: 18.95 mm
Width: 24.98 mm
Thickness: 11.19 mm
Weight: 4 g
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 12th August 2010
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Other reference: Brailes
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
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.
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