Record ID: CORN-7EE1D8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery bar-lug guard sherd of grass-marked ware. The curve of the raised guard was used to protect the bar behind and beneath it, and the rope attached to the bar, from the open fire that the pot was suspended over. The surface and core of the sherd has been oxidised to a light brown colour. The surface of the pot has a thick layer of carbonised material all over the exterior. The fabric looks, from macroscopic analysis, to be gabbroic, as it has inclusions of mica, white felspar and a dark grey mineral which could be augite. Gabbroic clay, sourced on the Lizard, carried on being use…
Created on: Sunday 30th December 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2018
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Record ID: CORN-7ED811
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery base sherd, possibly from a shallow platter, of grass-marked ware, with the impressions of grass or chaff clearly visible on the base of the sherd. The surface and core of the sherd has been oxidised to a light brown colour. The surface of the pot has a thick layer of carbonised material on the exterior, just above the base. The fabric looks, from macroscopic analysis, to be gabbroic, as it has inclusions of mica, white felspar and a dark grey mineral which could be augite. Gabbroic clay, sourced on the Lizard, carried on being used during the post-Roman period and into the Ea…
Created on: Sunday 30th December 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Spatial data recorded.