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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-CFB501
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Three wall sherds of Medieval ceramic vessels, all with green glaze.
1. 42.4mm long, 41.5mm wide and 10.4mm thick. 27.43g. The fabric is hard and irregular. It has fairly frequent, mainly well sorted red grog and grey quartz inclusions. The matrix is dark grey in the core and pale orange on the outer face. The inner face has a light grey surface (or white slip) and is covered with a light green glaze with slight brown streaks.
2. 72.2mm long, 31mm wide and 6.4mm thick. 24.75g. The fabric is very hard and fine. It has frequent very small, well sorted grit and quartz inclusions. The matrix is dark grey throughout. The outer face is covered with a dark olive green glaze.
3. 37.4mm tall, 35.7mm wide and 6.1mm thick. 8.88g. The fabric is hard and fine. It has sparse, very small, quartz inclusions with a few pieces of black iron ore. The matrix is grey throughout. The outer face is covered with a olive green glaze with dark brown spots, and the sherd is decorated with three horizontal grooves.
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: 3
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
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 10 metre square.
References cited
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