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VESSEL
Unique ID: SOM-3702FA
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Small abraded body sherd, probably from a cooking pot or jar of Medieval date, c.1200 to 1450. The fabric appears relatively high fired with a pale orange surface and dark grey core. It has abundent medium sand temper and c.10% poorly sorted angular patinated flink/chert temper up to 2.7mm across. Occasional rounded irregularly shaped iron stone inclusions up to 3.2mm. It is probably a Greensand Derived fabric, local to the Blackdown Hills (Allan et al 2011). The sherd weighs 7.27g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1200
Date to: Exactly AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 7.27 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 19985
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Kingstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST3913
Four figure Latitude: 50.9132264
Four figure longitude: -2.86905741
1:25K map: ST3913
1:10K map: ST31SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan, J.P., Hughes, M.J. and Taylor, R.T. | 2011 | Saxo-Norman pottery in Somerset: some recent research | Taunton | SANHS |
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