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VESSEL
Unique ID: PUBLIC-C84340
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of North Devon Gravel-tempered ware. The fragment includes part of the base of a bread platter. The fabric is oxidised on the exterior of the vessel and reduced to its interior. The coarse components include rounded/sub-rounded quartz inclusions (1mm-4mm), sandstone inclusions (up to 4.5mm) and inclusion of tiny (max 1mm) ceramic pellets. The interior of the vessel is glazed, green in colour with the exterior being unglazed.
Class:
Platter
Sub class: Base
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: GGAT Offices
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to the Scheme for educational use
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50.5 mm
Width: 40.6 mm
Thickness: 9.8 mm
Weight: 30.09 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Glazed
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Swansea (Unitary Authority)
District: Swansea (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Granogwen Road
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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