SWYOR-CEB768: Medieval ceramic vessel sherd

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Unique ID: SWYOR-CEB768

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A wall or base sherd of a ceramic vessel, probably of Medieval date. It is 47.8mm long, 39.1mm wide and 9.2mm thick. 19.08g. It does not appear to be curved. The fabric is fairly soft, gritty and irregular to hackly. It has frequent poorly sorted quartz, grit and rounded red (probably red iron ore) inclusions in an orange matrix fading to grey in the core.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 47.8 mm
Width: 39.1 mm
Thickness: 9.2 mm
Weight: 19.08 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st February 2015 - Monday 31st August 2015

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 2916

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: Owston (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE5611
Four figure Latitude: 53.59259467
Four figure longitude: -1.15541267
1:25K map: SE5611
1:10K map: SE51SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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