Record ID: HAMP-5FD8B5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 13th-century coarseware pitcher broken into fifteen fragments, of which one is from the base, one is from the rim, three are from the handle and ten from the body. The handle sherds fit together into the complete handle, connecting with the rim and one body sherd. The total length of this handle is 195mm. The sherds range in size from 40.3 by 34.0mm, to 106.75 by 69.6mm, with a relatively uniform thickness of around 5.5mm. The handle sherds are thicker, at 22.65mm. There is an oval impressed decoration on the handle, which is overlaid with an incised line decoration; the slashes were…
Created on: Thursday 12th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yetminster CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HAMP-C5EAF7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of seventeen sherds from medieval vessels made with a coarse, sandy ware, orange/red in colour. The group comprises mainly body sherds with some rims. Some of the fragments were darkened, and some very small. Together they weigh 67.2g.
Created on: Friday 7th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-C3E0F1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large cast copper-alloy foot fragment from a cooking vessel of later medieval to post-medieval date, possibly a cauldron given its size. The object is trapezoidal in form and narrows from a width of 47.5mm at the point it has broken to 30.15mm at its terminal. It also thins, from 22.8mm thick at the point it has broken to c. 8.0mm at its terminal. A central rib runs up the front of the foot, this also thins with the foot. The break reveals that the leg had a trapezoidal cross-section with a triangular protrusion for the rib; the front is wider. This form of foot is comparable to the…
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 28th June 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-CF038B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval (1200-1500) copper alloy anthropomorphic object of uncertain function, consisting of a short incomplete tube 16.5mm high with recentish damage to one side and a c.4mm diameter perforation at the centre of the edge opposite. To the outside surface, around this perforation, is a short moulded neck projecting from the tube at 90 degrees. To either side are shoulders (moulded to the tube) and short but spindly arms (parallel to the neck). Extending from the neck is a humanoid head, the face an inverted pentagon in shape with triangular chin and right-angled temples.…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd January 2019
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Leonards and St. Ives', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HAMP3688
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead-alloy pot-mend of probable Roman date. Two sub-rectangular plates, with a cylindrical connecting piece at both ends.
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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