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Unique ID: HESH-1464CA
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
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: 030
One body sherd of pottery.
The fragments measure:
1: 20.1mm in length, 22.9 mm width, 6.1 mm thick and weighs 4 grams
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Sherd specific details:
Fabric Type: Palaeozoic limestone tempered ware. Worcetershire Classification: B1 Fabric 4.1.
Fabric Condition: A soft fabric with abundant angular fragments of white limestone some of which have disolved creating vesicles (surface voids).and some rare rounded quartz.
Firing Condition: Black exterior and interior with a brown core...
Surface Texture: Rough due to extensive vesicles..
Inclusions: Abundant angular inclusions of white limestone some of which have disolved creating vesicles (surface voids) and rare rounded quartz inclusions.
Condition of sherds: Abraded.
Class: Palaeozoic limestone tempered ware.
Current location of find: Hereford Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
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
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2013 - Thursday 31st October 2013
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SMR reference number: 10386
Other reference: RHYD_13_004
Museum accession number: 2014-61
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
4 Figure: SO4358
Four figure Latitude: 52.21724888
Four figure longitude: -2.83573833
1:25K map: SO4358
1:10K map: SO45NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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