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Unique ID: WAW-D3DCB3
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A basesherd of a wheelthrown ceramic vessel.
The sherd is 6.79mm thick and weighs 4.5g. It is 20.57mm long and 26.05mm wide.
The sherd consists of a bodysherd with fine sand and quartz inclusions, fired to a mid browncolour. The sherd is mostly likely from a cooking pot style of vessel. These type of coarseware fabrics tend to date from 11th to 13th Centuries.
Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: fine sand/quartz inclusions
Sherd type: basesherd
Base type: FLT (flat)
Diameter of Base: 7cm
Percentage of Base present: 8%
Wall thickness: 6.79mm
Firing condition: unoxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior.
Hardness: Hard
Surface texture: Smooth
Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded
Sherd was photographed.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1250
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.57 mm
Width: 26.05 mm
Thickness: 6.79 mm
Weight: 4.5 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 2010
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Other reference: Brailes
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel 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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