Record ID: DOR-25DAD3
Object type: MORTARIUM
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A sherd of Oxfordshire fineware mortarium. The fabric is hard fired and sandy with sparse small black and red iron ore inclusions, occasional lumps of chalk and is micaceous (Young 1977, 123). It is oxidised orange at the margins with a grey core. The internal surface is covered in rounded pink quartz triturations (up to 2.5 mm). A base sherd. The sherd is abraded. It would originally have been red or brown slipped. Date: Roman - c. 240 - 400 Weight: 47 g
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marnhull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-AF1B95
Object type: MORTARIUM
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
One sherd of Samian ware/terra sigillata (Eastern Gaulish fabric). Oxidised orange fabric with some white flecks. The surfaces are covered with with a brownish-red, thin slip with a matt finish. The brown finish is probably due to a slight mis-firing reduction of the kiln The surfaces are quite abraded and chattered. A body sherd, probably from a Dragendorf 45 mortarium. The grits are white and quartzitic. The slip overlies them. Wheelmade. The fabric and form date this vessel to the mid to late 2nd century (AD 170- 230) (Webster, P. 1996, Roman Samian Pottery in Britain, CBA Pra…
Created on: Monday 10th January 2011
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradford Peverell', grid reference and parish protected.