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Record ID: CORN-828078
Object type: POT SHERD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery body sherd of a Dressel type amphora (Carl Thorpe pers comm). The sherd is made up of a hard rough fabric, orange in colour throughout, with small mica and dark grey-coloured augite inclusions, and large chunks of quartz.
Quinnell (2004) refers to sherds of Dressel Type 1-4 from Trethurgy on page 101, but these are not illustrated but dated from the Late Iron Age to the Roman period.
Late Iron Age to Romano-British period
c. 1st century BC to 2nd century AD
Created on: Sunday 30th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-7EF303
Object type: POT SHERD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery rim sherd of Southwest Decorated ware with internal groove, on the top of the rim, and external impressed dashed line, below the rim, helping to define it.
The surface and core of the sherd has been oxidised to a light brown colour. The surface of the pot has been burnished during manufacture and a few patches of carbonised material remain on the exterior, just below the rim. 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, was extens…
Created on: Sunday 30th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-7EE6C5
Object type: POT SHERD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Group of sixteen undiagnostic pottery sherds, all body sherds.
The surfaces and cores of the sherds have been oxidised to an orange to light brown colour. There are carbonised remains on the exterior surfaces of most of the sherds. A few sherds are also burnished. 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, was extensively used from the Iron Age to the Post-Roman period in Cornwall.
Late Iron Age to Post-Roman period in date (Carl Tho…
Created on: Sunday 30th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-C93BE2
Object type: POT SHERD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery rim sherd from a jar with an upright rim, slightly flattened on the top.
The fabric is a uniform dark brown colour throughout, with a reduced exterior and interior, and looks to be gabbroic as it has inclusions of white felspar and grey augite, as well as mica. The surface of the pot has been burnished during manufacture but is now covered in patches of carbonised remains on both the exterior and interior of the sherd.
Iron Age in form, with its upright rim.
Christie (1978) illustrates a similar example from Carn Euny on page 414, Fig.57, No.8, which is dated from the 3r…
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-C7F267
Object type: POT SHERD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery base sherd with part of the foot ring from the base of a bowl, possibly a cordoned ware bowl dating from the Late Iron Age.
The fabric is a uniform orange to light brown colour throughout, with an oxidised exterior and reduced interior, and looks to be gabbroic as it has inclusions of white felspar and grey augite. The surface of the pot has been burnished during manufacture.
Iron Age in form, as it is well made and high fired.
Christie (1978) illustrates a similar example from Carn Euny on page 415, Fig.58, No.14, which is dated from the 3rd to the 1st century BC.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-C77958
Object type: POT SHERD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery rim sherd with an upright rolled rim with two parallel grooves under the rim on the exterior.
The fabric is a uniform light orangey brown colour throughout, with a reduced exterior, and looks to be gabbroic as it has inclusions of white felspar and grey augite, as well as mica. The surface of the pot has been burnished during manufacture.
Iron Age in form, as it is well made and high fired.
Christie (1978) illustrates a similar example from Carn Euny on page 415, Fig.58, No.11, which is dated from the 3rd to the 1st century BC.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-C74983
Object type: POT SHERD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery rim sherd with an upright rim and an internal groove defining rim, suggesting that it is from a Southwest Decorated ware jar.
The fabric is a uniform light brown colour throughout, with a reduced exterior, and looks to be gabbroic as it has inclusions of white felspar and grey augite, as well as mica. The surface of the pot has been burnished during manufacture and a few patches of carbonised material remain on the exterior.
Iron Age in form, as it is well made and high fired.
Christie (1978) illustrates a similar example from Carn Euny on page 415, Fig.58, No.21, which …
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: CORN-C71E18
Object type: POT SHERD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery rim sherd with an upright rolled rim and an external groove under rim, helping to define it.
The fabric is a uniform light orangey brown colour throughout, with a reduced exterior, and looks to be gabbroic as it has inclusions of white felspar and grey augite, as well as mica. The surface of the pot has been burnished during manufacture.
Iron Age in form, as it is well made and high fired.
Christie (1978) illustrates a similar example from Carn Euny on page 415, Fig.58, No.29, which is dated from the 3rd to the 1st century BC.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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