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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-48F426
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A base and wall sherd from a small vessel of unknown date, AD 43 - 1900. The sherd is part of the foot ring and part of the wall of a small vessel. The fabric is hard, smooth, fine in texture and white throughout. It has fairly sparse, well sorterd, very small grey inclusions. Traces of a cream / pale yellow grey glaze survives in the groove above the foot. The base has a diameter of about 50mm. It has a foot ring creating a hollow base with a beaded outer edge. The wall projects at about a 45 degree angle. The sherd is 16.9mm tall, 32.9mm wide and the wall is 3.1mm thick. 4.45g.
The finder reports that the sherd has been examined by Chris Cumberpatch, a local ceramic expert, who suggested that it could possibly be Roman. The presence of a glaze does not preclude a Roman date, but does make it less likely, so a Post Medieval date cannot be ruled out.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 16.9 mm
Width: 32.9 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 4.45 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st February 2015 - Thursday 14th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2596
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Sykehouse (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE6417
Four figure Latitude: 53.64560257
Four figure longitude: -1.03333375
1:25K map: SE6417
1:10K map: SE61NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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