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VESSEL
Unique ID: ESS-0B8271
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of Iron Age pottery. The fabric is a light brown in colour with a high density of small quartz inclusions. There is some dark staining on the outer surface which may be due to burning.
The fragment is 9.75g, 37.51mm length, 28.55mm width, 7.17mm thickness
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.51 mm
Width: 28.55 mm
Thickness: 7.17 mm
Weight: 9.75 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Braintree (District)
Parish or ward: Ashen (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL7441
Four figure Latitude: 52.04009328
Four figure longitude: 0.53555666
1:25K map: TL7441
1:10K map: TL74SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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