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VESSEL
Unique ID: HESH-13854C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Eardisland History and Heritage Group
Eardisland Excavation 2013
Site Summary: Finds made during excavation of a single trench 16m x 1.25m across crop marks on cultivated land.
Site number: RHYD 13
Context number: 004
Two conjoining base sherds of pottery from the same vessel. When the base is placed on a flat surface the side wall rises at an angle of 70 degrees. The surving base represents 22% of the circumference and has a projected diameter of 11cm (110mm).
The fragments measure:
1: 55.1mm in length, 52.9 mm width, 8.1 mm thick and weighs 25 grams.
2: 27.6 mm in length, 25.2 mm width, 9.4 mm thick and weighs 4 grams.
3: 32.3 mm in length,29.9mm width, 6.5mm thick and weighs 6 grams.
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Sherd specific details:
Fabric Type: Palaeozoic limestone tempered ware. Worcetershire Classification: B1 Fabric 4.1.Beckford form 10 (3.7)
Fabric Condition: A soft fabric with abundant angular fragments of white limestone some of which have disolved ,creating vesicles (surface voids ) up to 1.0mm.and some rare rounded quartz.
Firing Condition: black to dark grey throughout.
Surface Texture: Some burnishing on the outer surfaces.
Inclusions: Abundant angular inclusions of white limestone and rare rounded some of which has disolved creating surface vesicles (surface voids) and rare rounded quartz inclusions.
Rim: Represents 17% of circumference - Diameter: 12cm (120mm)
Condition of sherds: Abraded.
Class: Palaeozoic limestone tempered ware B1 fabric4.1
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Hereford Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 50
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 3
Weight: 36 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2013 - Thursday 31st October 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 10386
Other reference: RHYD_13_004
Museum accession number: 2014-61
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Eardisland (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO4358
Four figure Latitude: 52.21724888
Four figure longitude: -2.83573833
1:25K map: SO4358
1:10K map: SO45NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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