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VESSEL

Unique ID: YORYM-1135AC

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Ceramic vessel body sherd. The fabric is a hard-fired, pale orange material, with abundant sand temper and rare calcite inclusions erupting at the surfaces. A pale grey-white slip covers the exterior surface only, above which a thin mid-green glaze is evident. Occasional copper flecks adorn the glaze exterior. The sherd is a fragment of a large jug of Sandy Red Ware. Jugs are the most common type of form of the SRW industry

Medieval: AD 1250-1500

The vessel fragment is 36.4mm long, 22.5mm wide, 5.2mm thick and weighs 4.9g.

Mainman, A. and Jenner, A. 2013. Medieval Pottery from York (The Archaeology of York 16/9). York: York Archaeological Trust, 1246-1248.

Report by

Adam Parker

Assistant Curator of Archaeology, Yorkshire Museum

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 36.4 mm
Width: 22.5 mm
Thickness: 5.2 mm
Weight: 4.9 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
Parish or ward: Healey (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE1880
Four figure Latitude: 54.21541907
Four figure longitude: -1.72547809
1:25K map: SE1880
1:10K map: SE18SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Gardening
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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