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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-AB5812
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A base fragment of a Medieval or Post Medieval ceramic vessel. It would have had a base diameter of about 18cm. The fabric is bright orange with a slightly more buff coloured core. It is fairly hard and has a sandy, gritty, pimply surface. The inclusions are mainly well sorted quartz and grey grits, but with occasional large red pieces (probably grog). The breaks are abraded.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 51.4 mm
Width: 34.3 mm
Thickness: 9.9 mm
Weight: 18.02 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st May 2011 - Sunday 31st July 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1563
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Sprotbrough and Cusworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5402
Four figure Latitude: 53.511917
Four figure longitude: -1.187177
1:25K map: SE5402
1:10K map: SE50SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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