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VESSEL
Unique ID: BERK-E903F2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A collection of eleven (11) body sherds of prehistoric pottery, probably later prehistoric (c. Late Iron Age) in date (c. 400 BC - AD 43). Most of the sherds are tempered with small rounded quartz stones however one or two sherds also have rare crushed flint within the matrix. None of the sherds are fully oxidised. The fabrics vary in colour (due to firing temperatures) from dark grey / brown to a reddish-brown. All sherds are abraded with two examples fitting back together. There appears to be eight individual vessels represented. These sherds were found near an earthwork monument of prehistoric date and could be significant in helping to date activity in the area.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 400 BC
Date to: Circa AD 43
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 11
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Wednesday 3rd April 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: PRN 13608
Other reference: 2013.277
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Swyncombe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6891
Four figure Latitude: 51.61373131
Four figure longitude: -1.01932054
1:25K map: SU6891
1:10K map: SU69SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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