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VESSEL
Unique ID: KENT-F44E0E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A heavily worn sherd of hand made probable mid Iron Age to early Romano-British ceramic vessel.
Description: The sherd is a body sherd and roughly triangular in shape. The fabric has an unoxidised outer surface and unevenly oxidised inner. The inclusions are common and a mix of common well sorted medium angluar grog inclusion, some spare mica spec inclusions, many of the inclusions have fallen out. The breaks are well rounded, likely due water action.
Measurements: 48.36mm wide, 56.27mm high, 7.66mm thick and 16.98g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 400 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 56.27 mm
Width: 48.36 mm
Thickness: 7.66 mm
Weight: 16.98 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Medway (Unitary Authority)
District: Medway (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Allhallows (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ8278
Four figure Latitude: 51.4716894
Four figure longitude: 0.61910948
1:25K map: TQ8278
1:10K map: TQ87NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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