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VESSEL
Unique ID: WAW-E02FC1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A basesherd of a handmade ceramic vessel.
The sherd is 10.06mm thick and weighs 6.1g. It is 18.41mm long and 25.64mm wide.
The sherd consists of a basesherd, in a fabric is similar to that published as SH2 (sparse, coarse fossil shell 'variant') in McSloy 2006, p 38, dated to Middle to Late Iron Age (500 BC to 100 AD).
Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: Sparse fossil shell, occasional mica
Sherd type: basesherd
Base type: FLP (Flat base, pinched out at circumference)
Diameter of Base: 18cm
Percentage of Base present: 4%
Wall thickness: 10.06mm
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, oxidised interior.
Hardness: Medium
Surface texture: Smooth, slightly soapy.
Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.
Sherd was photographed and illustrated.
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: 18.41 mm
Width: 25.64 mm
Thickness: 10.06 mm
Weight: 6.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 29th July 2003
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Brailes / Drawing WAW-E02FC1/133
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.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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