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VESSEL

Unique ID: LANCUM-BBAF22

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Three locally produced, wheel thrown, fine light red gritty ware, Roman pottery sherds possibly Severn Valley Ware dating between c43 and c410 AD. The first body sherd measures 21mm in length, 17mm in width, 3mm in thickness and weighs 1.1grms. The second body sherd, with start of a lip or rim, with remnants of black burnishing to exterior measures 25mm in length, 20mm in width, 6mm in thickness and weighs 4.7grms. The third base sherd measures 27mm in length, 23mm in width, 8mm in thickness and weighs 5.3grms.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 3

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment

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: SJ6009
Four figure Latitude: 52.677215
Four figure longitude: -2.593052
1:25K map: SJ6009
1:10K map: SJ60NW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Minimal cultivation

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Recording Institution: LANCUM
Created: 11 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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