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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-264987
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A rim sherd of a ceramic vessel dating from the Medieval period. It of probably a form of Northern gritty ware. It has a square rim with a seating for a lid. The fabric is dark buff coloured with a dark grey surface and a more orange core. It has many irregularly sized inclusions of quartz. The rim diameter is about 19 cm. The wall thickness is 5.1mm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.79 mm
Width: 19.13 mm
Thickness: 12.34 mm
Weight: 10.92 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 19th May 2010 - Wednesday 18th May 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1517
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
District: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Castleford Central and Glasshoughton (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4524
Four figure Latitude: 53.71048992
Four figure longitude: -1.31971117
1:25K map: SE4524
1:10K map: SE42SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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