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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-DCBBC5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Two fragments of Medieval ceramic vessels; a wall sherd and a rim sherd. They are both a hard gritty fabric, pale orange to light grey in colour with a fine texture. They have frequent large angular quartz inclusions which make the surface pimply, and some dark red inclusions and white, probably shell, pieces.
Rim sherd: 41.66mm long, 12.92mm thick and 18.3mm high, The wall is 4.6mm thick. The rim is square and thickened, with a concave top. The rim diameter is about 16cm. 11.75g
Wall sherd: 34.97mm long, 31.6mm wide, 6.12mm thick. The edges are quite abraded. 9.69g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 30th November 2011 - Thursday 29th November 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2071
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
District: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Hemsworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4014
Four figure Latitude: 53.621019
Four figure longitude: -1.396742
1:25K map: SE4014
1:10K map: SE41SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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