Record ID: GLO-FD6500
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Earthen ware pottery fragment length 86mm, width 96mm, thickness 15mm, weight 117.8g. Reduced dark grey fabric with frequent mica, occasional black grog tempering <2mm, infrequent lime stone inclusions. Grey core, buff exterior. Straight side walls, there is a lip below the rim which has an undulating outside edge and stabbed decoration on the top edge. The vessel would have had a sagging base. this type of vessel would have been made in the north Gloucestershire/Worcestershire area and dates to the 11th-12th century.
Created on: Monday 25th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-73BF31
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of undecorated Samian ware. An orangey fabric with orange-red slip. The fabric is quite smooth with well sorted fine calcareaous temper and occasional voids. This is likely to be a product of the East Gaulish industry. A rim sherd. The rim is plain and rounded. Probably from a conical cup (Form 33). Date: Early Roman - c AD 140 - 230 Weight: 14 g
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-AFF953
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of reduced coarseware. A grey to dull brown fabric with abundant sand temper. A thin walled body sherd with heavy sooting. Part of a handmade cooking jar. A product of the SE Wiltshire/E Dorset industries (Lorraine Mepham, pers. comm.) Date: Medieval – 12th to 14th century Weight: 9 g
Created on: Thursday 5th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-B01644
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of reduced coarseware. Light grey fabric with bands of orange oxidisation and dark grey reduced surfaces. The fabric has abundant very fine sand temper and moderate fine sand (up to 0.5 mm)There is one small patch of greenish glaze on the exterior surface. A rim sherd from a globular jug with a remnant of a handle attachment. The rim is flattened and has an external bead. Date: Late medieval to early post-medieval – 15th to 16th century Weight: 35 g (Lorraine Mepham, pers. comm.)
Created on: Thursday 5th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-B02176
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of oxidised coarseware. Pale orange fabric with abundant fine sand temper and sparse flecks of haematite. The exterior has patchy green glaze. A rim sherd from a jug with a slight neck and a plain, lid-seated rim. There is an applied strip externally below the rim with thumb decoration. Date: Late medieval to early post-medieval – 15th to 16th century Weight: 27 g (Lorraine Mepham, pers. comm.)
Created on: Thursday 5th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-B514F4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
2 sherds of Medieval reduced greywares. Reduced grey fabric with fine sand temper and occasional larger quartz pieces (up to 3mm). One sherd has an oxidised orange-red exterior surface, the other grey and heavily sooted. Both are flat base sherds from jugs with thumbed frilling. Product of an unknown source. Date: Late Medieval – c. 14th to 15th century Weight: 76 g (Lorraine Mepham, pers. comm.)
Created on: Thursday 5th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-B53A12
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of Medieval reduced greywares. Reduced grey fabric with sand temper and occasional larger quartz pieces (up to 3mm). A rim sherd from a cooking jar. The rim is everted with a slight internal lid seating. Handmade. Some sooting to the exterior. A product of the SE Wiltshire/E Dorset industries. Date:Medieval – c. 12th to 14th century Weight: 8.5 g (Lorraine Mepham, pers. comm.)
Created on: Thursday 5th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-B56062
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of Medieval reduced greyware. Reduced grey fabric with sand temper and occasional larger quartz pieces (up to 3mm). A large body sherd with traces of external green glaze. Probably a sherd from a jug. A product of the SE Wiltshire/E Dorset industries. Date:Medieval – c. 12th to 14th century Weight: 34.5 g (Lorraine Mepham, pers. comm.)
Created on: Thursday 5th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-B57213
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of Medieval reduced greyware. Reduced grey fabric with sand temper and occasional larger quartz pieces (up to 3mm)and rare flint pieces. The interior surface is slightly oxidised to a buff colour and there is sooting and scratching externally. A body sherd from a cooking jar. Handmade. Probably a local variant, similar to fabrics of the SE Wiltshire/E Dorset industries. Date:Medieval – c. 12th to 14th century Weight: 15 g (Lorraine Mepham, pers. comm.)
Created on: Thursday 5th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-B59706
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of oxidised coarseware. The fabric is buff to orange with some external pale grey reduction. The fabric contains abundant fine sand temper with occasional larger rounded pieces (up to 1mm). A flat topped rim sherd with a slight in-turn from a dish or bowl A product of the SE Wiltshire/E Dorset industries (Lorraine Mepham, pers. comm.) Date: Medieval – 12th to 14th century Weight: 28.5 g
Created on: Thursday 5th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-B5A212
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
4 sherds of reduced and oxidised coarsewares. All have abundant sand temper, some finer and some a little more coarse and rounded. The fabrics vary from reduced grey to oxidised pale orange and the surfaces also vary from reduced dark grey to buff or orange. All are products of the SE Wiltshire/E Dorset industries (Lorraine Mepham, pers. comm.) Two are flat base sherds and two are body sherdsfrom jugs or jars. Date: Medieval – 12th to 14th century Weight: 30 g
Created on: Thursday 5th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-BF09D8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 large sherd of internally glazed red ware. The fabric is reduced pale grey with an oxidised exterior surface and tempered with fine sand. The internal surface is covered in a pale green glaze which also overlaps the rim. A rim sherd from a jar. The rim is wide and slightly everted with an internal lid seat at its base. On the exterior of the rim at the vessel shoulder is an applied strip with thumb decoration. Wheelmade. Some abrasion. Date: Early post-medieval - late 16th to 17th century
Created on: Friday 6th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-BF3A24
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of coarseware. The fabric is reduced pale grey with an oxidised red surfaces and tempered with fine sand. There are possible traces degraded glaze on the external surface. The sherd is probably a fragment of spout from a cistern or other spouted vessel. A fragment of outer edge remains. On the exterior the sherd expands into a slight projection with a slashed groove in it - this is probably the attachment point of the spout to the vessel wall. Some abrasion. Date: Late Medieval to Early post-medieval - 15th to 16th century Weight: 27.5 g
Created on: Friday 6th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-BF7174
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of black burnished ware. Reduced grey fabric with abundant rounded quartz sand temper. The external and internal surfaces are both heavily burnished. A rim sherd from a bowl. The rim is beaded. Some abrasion. A type 13 bowl (see Seagar Smith, R, 1993 "Black Burnished Ware and other Southern British coarsewares", p 232-233, DNHAS Offprint Date: Late Iron age to Early Roman - 1st century Weight: 24 g
Created on: Friday 6th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-BF9C55
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of black burnished ware. Reduced grey fabric with abundant rounded quartz sand temper. The surfaces are burnished. A fragment of countersunk handle from a type 1 jar. Some abrasion. (see Seagar Smith, R, 1993 "Black Burnished Ware and other Southern British coarsewares", p 230-231, DNHAS Offprint) Date: Late Iron age to Early Roman - 1st century Weight: 8 g
Created on: Friday 6th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-BFB432
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of black burnished ware. Reduced grey fabric with abundant rounded quartz sand temper. The exterior surface is burnished with a plain band of burnish on the upper part and obtuse angle cross hatching below it. Some abrasion. A body sherd from a jar. Date: Roman - 2nd to 3rd century (suggested by the angle of the lattice decoration) Weight: 18 g
Created on: Friday 6th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-529CA4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One sherd of Samian ware. A soft brownish-orange fabric with moderate mica and occasional iron ore pieces. The slip is brownish-red, dull and thinly applied. There are traces of a maker's mark on the interior surface ( M------------). A footring from a bowl. Probably Lezoux fabric from Central Gaul. Date: Roman - c. AD 120 - 200 Weight: 20.50 g
Created on: Thursday 21st May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-11E8D5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of unglazed earthern ware. The fabric is oxidised orange brown with reddish margins and is tempered with abundant fine sand and occasional iron ore pieces. There is a single hole pireced from the exterior of the vessel before firing. This is possibly a strainer. Date: Medieval - c. 1200 - 1500 Weight: 9 g
Created on: Monday 17th May 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 19th May 2010
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Record ID: DOR-0DBA02
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
9 sherds of Black Burnished ware. Grey to black reduced fabric (one sherd is oxidised reddish brown) wtih abundant rounded quartz sand temper. The surfaces are generally burnished. Poole/Wareham fabric. All the sherds are slightly abraded. The vessels were handmade.The group comprises (using the Wessex Archaeology (WA) Greyhound Yard Excavations type series where possible): 1 rim sherd from a "dog-dish" (WA type 20). 1 rim sherd from a flanged bowl. (WA type 24). The flange is slightly dropped below the rim. 1 rim sherd from a lid (WA type 26). A domed lid with an external baed aro…
Created on: Sunday 4th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 3rd November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chickerell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DOR-0DE471
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
6 sherds of Samian ware (Terra Sigillata). 2 sherds have an oxidised orange fabric with conchoidal fracturing. The red slip coating is orangey red and glossy. The remaining four sherds are pinkish red with frequent white inclusions and the slip is thinner with a matt finish. 1 sherd from a footring and 5 undiagnostic body sherds. Probably from the central Gaulish manufacturing sites of Lezoux and Les Martres-de-Veyre. All the sherds are abraded and small. Date: Roman - 1st to late 2nd century Weight: 18 g
Created on: Sunday 4th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 3rd November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chickerell', grid reference and parish protected.