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VESSEL
Unique ID: KENT-08816C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A heavily worn sherd of wheel thrown (with handmade elements) late Iron Age to early Romano-British Ceramic vessel probably of closed-mouth jar type produced in Romano-British sandy fabric, c.1st century AD in date.
Description: The sherd is irregularly shaped and has small handmade rim and very short neck and shoulders with a large bulbous body. The fabric has an unoxidised outer surface and unevenly oxidised inner surface leaving it a dark grey on the outside and various shades of brown and grey on the inside. The inclusion are common and mostly small rounded to subrounded sandy grit, with some sparse small rounded shells and angular grog. The breaks are well rounded have likely been worn by rolling action of water.
Measurements: 100mm wide, 74.31mm high, (likely rim diameter of 100mm) 6.83mm thick and 77.14g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 74.31 mm
Width: 100 mm
Weight: 77.14 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
Parish or ward: Ringwould with Kingsdown (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR3563
Four figure Latitude: 51.31754192
Four figure longitude: 1.37103791
1:25K map: TR3563
1:10K map: TR36SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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