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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-635A44
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A ceramic vessel fragment; a wall sherd of Medieval pottery. The sherd has an iron based green glaze fading to purple brown on the outer face. The fabric is hard and irregular in texture. It is a yellow grey colour. The inclusions are of grit (including quartz), coal, and smooth, rounded (possibly melted) black lumps, particularly on the inner surface (possibly black iron ore). The sherd is decorated with a relief band into which rough crescent shaped depressions have been made. The band looks to be on the shoulder of the vessel. The sherd is 47.03mm long, 47.38mm wide and 14.71mm thick. 24.5g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.3 mm
Width: 47.3 mm
Thickness: 14.71 mm
Weight: 24.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st August 2011 - Wednesday 22nd February 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1779
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Glazed
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
District: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Hooton Levitt (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5291
Four figure Latitude: 53.413255
Four figure longitude: -1.219148
1:25K map: SK5291
1:10K map: SK59SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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