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VESSEL
Unique ID: LANCUM-597AD4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Very worn rim sherd, probably of a vessel dating from the late Roman period, i.e. c. AD200-410. It seems to be a rim fragment from a local oxidised coarse ware vessel. All surfaces are heavily abraded. It was made from light/cream-coloured earthenware with some finer but mostly medium-sized quarzite inclusions. The rim has a small ledge curving towards the inside of the vessel. The outside is decorated with a faint, worn zig-zag pattern in the upper part and the surface of the vessel has been brushed after a slip of slightly darker cream-colour was applied.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 200
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 55 mm
Width: 49 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 27.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 14th July 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Fylde (District)
To be known as: Kirkham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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