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WALL PLASTER
Unique ID: LANCUM-987E82
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Several small pieces of burned clay, possibly daub dating from from the prehistoric period, i.e. c. 2000BC-AD100. The material is white in colour and the fragments are very worn. It is likely that they are prehistoric, but they could date the Roman or medieval period. Unfortunately, the fragments are so small and/or worn that no impressions of the wattle (i.e. the wall material, that is sticks/branches/etc) remains on the inside.
Notes:
This is one of the artefacts that were discovered by members of Wyre Archaeology when excavating the Late Iron Age/early Roman settlement at the Bourne Hill site, Fylde, West Lancashire. The artefacts remain in the care of the society.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 2000 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 15
Weight: 5.93 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 14th November 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Wyre (District)
To be known as: Thornton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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