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Record ID: DOR-67AFA8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four sherds of unglazed earthernware pottery. The fabric is reduced dark grey with thin oxidised orange margins. It is coarsely tempered with poorly sorted rounded quartz and sparse flint and other stone pieces. The pieces are often large; up to 6 mm.. The largest sherd is a fragment of a thick, curved handle. One sherd is an everted rim from a jar. Two of the sherds are undiagnostic. Handmade. The sherds are all abraded. Date: Late Early-Medieval to Early Medieval (Saxo-Norman) - c. 1000 - 1200 Weight: 56 g
Created on: Friday 16th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 19th March 2020
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Record ID: DOR-78C738
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage comprising 14 sherds of coarseware pottery. 11 sherds of coarseware pottery. Largely reduced mid-grey to dark grey, highly fired fabric with orange and brown oxidisation the surfaces. Tempered with abundant poorly sorted coarse material, comprising large angular flint pieces, rounded quartz sand, iron rich stone pieces and fine sand. Two undiagnostic rim sherds, one fragment of strap handle from a jug, one base sherd from a sagging based cooking vessel. The ten sherds remaining are undiagnostic body sherds. Handmade. Similar to Wareham fabrics from this period. Date: Lat…
Created on: Tuesday 15th December 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
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Record ID: DOR-8F7BB3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of early medieval coarseware. The fabric is reduced and pale grey except for the oxidised exterior surface which is orangey-red. It contains abundant poorly sorted temper of rounded quartz sand, flint, chert and calcareous pieces (up to 5 mm). The inclusions are prominemt and protruce through the surface of the vessel. An undiagnostic body sherd from a thick walled, handmade vessel. Date: Late Early-Medieval to Early Medieval - 11th to 12th century Weight: 11 g Identified with guidance from Lorraine Mepham
Created on: Wednesday 18th June 2008
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: DOR-D24406
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
1 sherd of medieval coarseware. Patchily fired fabrics with pale grey reduction and orange oxidisation. There are prominent inclusions of poorly sorted quartz sand, flint, cherst and occasional calcareous inclusions (one piece has oolitic limestone) which protrude through the surface of the pottery. A pointed rim sherd from a jar. The sherd is abraded. Handmade vessel. Probably of relatively local maunfacture. Date: Medieval - 11th to 13th century Weight: 5 g Identified with guidance and notes from Lorraine Mepham
Created on: Monday 9th June 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charlton Horethorne', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DOR-D23EA6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
1 sherd of medieval coarseware. Patchily fired fabrics with pale grey reduction and orange oxidisation. There are prominent inclusions of poorly sorted quartz sand, flint, cherst and occasional calcareous inclusions (one piece has oolitic limestone) which protrude through the surface of the pottery. A rounded rim with a slight in-turn. The sherd is abraded. Handmade vessel. Probably of relatively local maunfacture. Date: Medieval - 11th to 13th century Weight: 6 g Identified with guidance and notes from Lorraine Mepham
Created on: Monday 9th June 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charlton Horethorne', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DOR-D23746
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
1 sherd of medieval coarseware. Patchily fired fabrics with pale grey reduction and orange oxidisation. There are prominent inclusions of poorly sorted quartz sand, flint, cherst and occasional calcareous inclusions (one piece has oolitic limestone) which protrude through the surface of the pottery. A flat-topped rim sherd. The sherd is abraded. Handmade vessel. Probably of relatively local maunfacture. Date: Medieval - 11th to 13th century Weight: 10 g Identified with guidance and notes from Lorraine Mepham
Created on: Monday 9th June 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charlton Horethorne', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DOR-D0D928
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
34 sherds of medieval coarsewares. Patchily fired fabrics with pale grey reduction and orange oxidisation. There are prominent inclusions of poorly sorted quartz sand, flint, cherst and occasional calcareous inclusions (one piece has oolitic limestone) which protrude through the surface of the pottery. All are undiagnostic body sherds. The sherds are abraded. Handmade vessels. Probably of relatively local maunfacture. Date: Medieval - 11th to 13th century Weight: 222 g Identified with guidance and notes from Lorraine Mepham
Created on: Monday 9th June 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charlton Horethorne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-723BE6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three sherds of Early Medieval (Saxo-Norman) pottery. Irregularly fired fabric with a dark grey core and grey or red-brown surfaces. The fabric has a slightly soapy feel. Tempered with abundant, fairly well sorted quartz and patinated flint pieces (
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-0F2A67
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim of a medieval pottery jar. A sagging based cooking jar. Lorraine Mepham has identified this as 10th to 12th century in date and originating from Southern England, possibly Hampshire. The fabric has a slightly soapy texture and is coarsely tempered with abundant limestone and occasional flint and grog. The fabric is reduced and grey in colour, and there are patches of orange-brown oxidisation on the external surface. The rim is tall, slightly everted and plain. There is a groove between the base of the rim and the shoulder and the outer surface is wiped in places. The vessel body is…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-8A4D13
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
3 sherds of pottery. Oxidised orange red and buff fabric with moderate mixed grit and quartzite sand (up to 5 mm). One rim sherd from a shouldered jar. Two thin-walled body sherds. Abraded. Identified as Ilchester type gritty wares, 10th to 12th century by Lorraine Mepham.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-8A3616
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
2 sherds of pottery. One sherd is oxidised to a dull red colour, the other is very dark grey, reduced fabric. Both are tempered with abundant mixed grit and quartzite sand (up to 3 mm). Thick walled rim sherds from jars. The oxidised piece has an wide external bead. The reduced sherd is a cupped rim with a plain edge. Abraded. Identified as Ilchester type gritty ware, 10th to 12th century by Lorraine Mepham.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-C66403
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of pottery.Reduced grey fabric with darker grey, sooted outer surface. Very coarse, mixed temper of sub-angular quartz and frequent flint pieces (generally c. 2.5 mm, but up to 5 mm). Sherborne A/B fabric. Body sherd from a thick-walled vessel, probably a cooking jar. Handmade. Some abrasion.
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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