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VESSEL
Unique ID: HESH-86AD21
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
PAS-RC07
Grid G8
Two body sherds from Severn Valley coarseware pottery vessels, as the fabric, colour and thickness differs in each sherd it is likely that two vessels are represented in the assemblage. Not enough survives of the sherds to indicate the form or overall vessel size. The sherds date from the Roman period (50 - 410).
Both the sherds are irregular in plan and broadly sub-rectangular in profile. They are also worn and abraded by movement in the ploughsoil. The fabric is a relatively soft fired earthenware with a number of small angular and sub-angular black grit (possibly coal measure rock / coal) and sparse quartz inclusions. The fabric is also mica rich. The colour of the fabric varies but is broadly a uniform mid orange colour. These sherds vary in thickness and most probably represent cooking and storage vessels.
The largest sherd measures 23.1mm in length, 21.3mm width, is 5.4mm thick and weighs 3.3 grams.
The smallest sherd measures 15.3mm in length, 9.6mm width, is 8.2mm thick and weighs 1.4 grams.
The two sherds have a combined bulk weight of 4.7 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Weight: 4.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2007 - Friday 30th November 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS-RC07 Grid G8
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Richards Castle
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (From FLO)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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