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VESSEL

Unique ID: YORYM-1140CA

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Ceramic vessel body sherd. The fabric is a hard-fired, gritty ware reduced to grey black at the core. The fabric colour at the surface was not visible for identification purposes. The exterior surface has an olive-green glaze covering the full length of the sherd. Probable Humber Ware.

Medieval: AD 1275-1500

The vessel fragment is 41.5mm long, 87.9mm wide, 7.7mm thick and weighs 10.8g.

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 1275
Date to: Circa AD 1550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 41.5 mm
Width: 37.9 mm
Thickness: 7.7 mm
Weight: 10.8 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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