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VESSEL
Unique ID: WAW-E14CA6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A rimsherd of a handmade ceramic vessel.
The sherd is 8.29mm thick and weighs 4.5g. It is 16.65mm long and 30.96mm wide.
The sherd consists of a rimsherd, 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) but with occasional small annular metamorphic rock inclusions.
Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: frequent fossil shell, occasional metamorphic rock inclusions.
Sherd type: Rimsherd
Rim type: FD (Flattened Direct)
Diameter of Rim: 15cm
Percentage of Rim present: 6%
Wall thickness: 8.29mm
Firing condition: unoxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior.
Hardness: Hard
Decoration: Possible fingertip impression below rim.
Surface texture: Smooth
Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.
Sherd was photographed and drawn.
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: 16.65 mm
Width: 30.96 mm
Thickness: 8.29 mm
Weight: 4.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2003
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Brailes / Drawing WAW-E14CA6/134
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
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