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VESSEL

Unique ID: WAW-606D00

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A bodysherd of a handmade ceramic vessel. The sherd is 17.25mm thick and weighs 32.7g. It is 40.50mm long and 54.22mm wide. The sherd consists of a bodysherd, in a fabric is similar to that published as SH1 (Standard common fossil shell type) in McSloy 2006, p 38, dated to Middle to Late Iron Age (500 BC to 100 AD). Sherd specific details: Fabric type: frequent fossil shell Sherd type: bodysherd Wall thickness: 17.25mm Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior. Hardness: Medium Surface texture: Slightly rough Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded. Sherd/fragment was not photographed. Reference: Coleman, L., Hancocks, A., and Watts, M. 2006 Excavations on the Wormington to Tirley Pipeline, 2000. Four sites by the Carrant Brook and River Isbourne, Gloucestershire and Worchestershire. Cotswold Archaeology Monograph No. 3. Cirencester McSloy, E.R. 2006 The Pottery pp37-57 in Coleman, Hancocks and Watts 2006

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 500 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 40.5 mm
Width: 54.22 mm
Thickness: 17.25 mm
Weight: 32.7 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2003

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Brailes

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Brailes (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP3141
Four figure Latitude: 52.066511
Four figure longitude: -1.549192
1:25K map: SP3141
1:10K map: SP34SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: WAW
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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