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VESSEL
Unique ID: HESH-A7F7F5
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: 025
Two sherds of pottery; one rim and one body sherd.
The fragments measure:
1: 36.3mm in length, 44.2mm width, 12.6 mm thick and weighs 26grams
2: 17.6mm in length, 26.8mm width, 11.7mm thick and weighs 7 grams.
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Sherd specific details:
Fabric Type: Handmade Malvernian Ware - Peacock Group A - Fabric No3
Fabric Condition: Soft to hard fabric with inclusions.
Firing Condition: Dark grey- black thoughout
Surface Texture:Smooth
Inclusions: Angular inclusions of metomorphic rock usually >1mm - 3mm, most common inclusion is quartz, then pink & white feldspar, then hornblende.
Condition of sherds:Lightly abraded.
Class: Handmade Malvernian Ware - Peacock Group A - Fabric No 3.
Class: Malvernian ware
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: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Weight: 33 g
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 10386
Other reference: RHYD_13_00
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: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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