LANCUM-316A46: Medieval to early post Medieval ceramic vessel body sherd

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Unique ID: LANCUM-316A46

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Medieval to early post Medieval ceramic vessel body sherd. It has a gritty, reduced off white to cream fabric, interior face mid grey, and is scratchable with a thumb nail. The exterior and interior have remnants of a covering buff slip. The fabric has numerous inclusions and voids most up to 1mm, but some up to 3mm. Probably dates to between c1300 and c1600 AD.

The length is 33mm, the width is 26mm, thickness 6mm, and the weight 8.97g.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 26 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 8.97 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 9th March 2018 - Friday 9th March 2018

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Edenham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF0423
Four figure Latitude: 52.79455235
Four figure longitude: -0.45906207
1:25K map: TF0423
1:10K map: TF02SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

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Recording Institution: LANCUM
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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