WMID-03206C: Middle to Late Iron Age: Incomplete unidentified ceramic object

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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT

Unique ID: WMID-03206C

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Description: Late Iron Age. fired clay, unidentified object type, corner or base of something. Occcasional quartz, occasional metamorphic rock, Sparse mica. Reduced.

Fabric: Reduced. Banded. Black core. Red/orange exterior. Hard.

Inclusions: Occcasional quartz (<1 mm), occasional metamorphic rock (< 1mm), Sparse mica (< 1mm). Well sorted.

Forming: hand made. Decoration:none. Surface treatment: none. Condition: Abraded.

Form: uncertain

Fragment: uncertain. Probable base or corner

Notes: Height: 23.3 mm. Width: 35.1 mm. Thickness: 29.7 mm. Mass: 15.0 g.

Fired clay was used to create many different types of object during the Late Iron Age. It is possible that this fragment could be part of a circular oven plate or possibly a triangular loom weight. From the size and shape of the fragment, it is hard to be certain of the original form.

Class: Occcasional quartz, occasional metamorphic rock, Sparse mica

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 23.3 mm
Width: 35.1 mm
Thickness: 29.7 mm
Weight: 15 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 22nd May 2014 - Thursday 22nd May 2014

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Brailes (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP3040
Four figure Latitude: 52.05757505
Four figure longitude: -1.5638671
1:25K map: SP3040
1:10K map: SP34SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
Discovery circumstances: Found whilst out searching with a metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: WMID
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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