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VESSEL
Unique ID: HESH-F5BD23
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A rimsherd of a wheel thrown ceramic vessel of Medieval dating.
The sherd is 7.71 mm thick and weighs 53.9 grams. It is 52.67 mm long and 72.53mm wide.
The sherd consists of a rimsherd with an oxidised orange fabric. The rimsherd has come from a large jug type vessel, with an original rim diameter of 10 cm with 26% of the rim remaining. An attachment scar for an applied strip handle is present. The shape of the jug rim, and the fabric is suggestive of a local (unsourced) medieval jug type of 13th to 14th Century dating.
Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: local (unsourced) jug type
Rim type: everted
Rim diameter: 10 cm
% of rim remaining: 26 %
Thickness: 7.71mm
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, oxidised core, oxidised interior.
Hardness: Hard
Surface texture: Smooth.
Condition of sherds: Abraded.
Sherd has been photographed.
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 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 52.67 mm
Width: 72.53 mm
Thickness: 7.71 mm
Weight: 53.9 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Wroxeter and Uppington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ5608
Four figure Latitude: 52.667915
Four figure longitude: -2.652075
1:25K map: SJ5608
1:10K map: SJ50NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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