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VESSEL
Unique ID: DUR-CBBF18
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Two sherds of Medieval pottery, one a rim, one possibly a base.
They both are made from an orangey coloured fabric. The base sherd has traces of the green glaze typical on Medieval pottery. It is not clear whether the rim had been glazed due to wear and dirt.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 120
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Weight: 24.7 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Glazed
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
District: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Middleton St. George (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ3610
Four figure Latitude: 54.48408
Four figure longitude: -1.44585
1:25K map: NZ3610
1:10K map: NZ31SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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