Record ID: DOR-5DDA6E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of New Forest ware colour coat. The fabric is smooth, oxidised reddish yellow with buff margins. The slip coating is brown. The base from a beaker. It has a low footring. Wheel thrown. Very abraded. Date: Roman - c. AD 260 - 370 Weight: 51 g
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Record ID: DOR-4818B3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim sherd from a greyware storage jar or similar dating to 43-410 AD Date: Roman. Length: 44.45mm. Width: 25.32mm. Thickness: 8.42mm. Weight: 12.77g.
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2016
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2017
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Record ID: DOR-08C32B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of hand made pottery dating to the 12th-14th century AD. A fragment of a strap handle from a jug. The fabric is oxidised with coarse, poorly sorted temper consisting of stone, sand, flint and limestone pieces measuring up to 6mm. Red margins with a buff coloured core. The handle is decorated with a fairly shallow diagonal slashes. Date: Medieval. Length: 54mm. Width: 44mm. Weight: 47g.
Created on: Saturday 21st May 2016
Last updated: Friday 25th November 2016
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Record ID: SOM-9B0F82
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic body sherd from a vessel of probabe early medieval to medieval date (c. AD 800 - 1300). The fabric is a mottled dark brown and black colour and exhibits abuindant poorly sorted angular flint temper. All edges terminate in old breaks which are heavily abraded. The sherd measures 23.68mm in length, 34.34mm in width, is 11.87mm thick and weighs 9.94g.
Created on: Monday 16th May 2016
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2016
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Record ID: DOR-1B7CD3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
No 1: A rim fragment of a Roman Black Burnished Ware pottery vessel dating to the late 3rd century and later. The vessel type is that of a dropped flanged bowl typical of the late 3rd to 4th centuries AD ( Woodward, Davies, Graham 1993: 234-235, Type25, Fig 123). The exterior decoration is very slight and shows the top of the arc of an intersecting arcs pattern. Abundant rounded quartz sand temper with a reduced fired grey black fabric. The colour across the sherd surface is black, with a browny grey core. Dimensions: 23 mm x 29 mm x 19 mm (flange rim) Weight: 9.9 g No 2: A rim …
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2020
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Record ID: DOR-9A3661
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of Black Burnished ware 1. Poole/Wareham fabric. Reduced dark grey with slight orange oxidisation at the margins. Abundant rounded quartz sand temper. A rim sherd from a jar with in-turned rim (Wessex Archaeology Type 6). There is an incised groove externally below the rim and the remnant of an "eyebrow" motif on the shoulder. Handmade. Abraded. Date: Late Iron to Early Roman - c. 100 BC to AD 100 Weight: 25.4 g See Davies, S and Seagar-Smith, R, 1993, Black Burnished Ware Type Series - The Roman Pottery from Excavations at Greyhound Yard, Dorchester, Dorset Dorchester : D…
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
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Record ID: DOR-9A169B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of Oxfordshire red-slipped pottery. It has oxidised orange-red margins with a grey reduced core. Iron ore and chalk temper in a micaceous matrix. A body sherd with an external flange from a mortarium (probably). There are traces of red slip on the external surface. Wheel thrown. Abraded. Date: Roman - c. AD 240 - 400 Weight: 31.2 g
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
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Record ID: DOR-D206CC
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of glazed stoneware. Pale grey smooth fabric with light orange brown ash glaze. Highly fired. A frilled base sherd from a jug or tankard. German stoneware, probably Siegburg industry. Date: Post Medieval - late 15th to16th century Weight:9.5g
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2016
Last updated: Friday 29th April 2016
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Record ID: DOR-D1EC16
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of decorated glazed stoneware. Pale grey smooth fabric with light orange brown ash glaze. Highly fired. A frilled base sherd from a jug or tankard. German stoneware, probably Siegburg industry. Date: Post Medieval - late 15th to 16th century Weight: 55 g
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2016
Last updated: Friday 29th April 2016
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Record ID: DOR-D1D7A6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of decorated salt glazed stoneware. Pale buff smooth fabric with orange-brown salt glaze. Highly fired. A body sherd from a jug, probably a Bartmann (Bellarmine) type. It is decorated with an applied roundel containing opposed fleur de lis. German stoneware. Date: Post Medieval - 17th century Weight: 23 g
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2016
Last updated: Friday 29th April 2016
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Record ID: DOR-D1CE72
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of decorated salt glazed stoneware. Pale buff smooth fabric with dark brown salt glaze. Highly fired. A body sherd from a jug, probably a Bartmann (Bellarmine) type. It is decorated with an applied heraldic roundel. German stoneware. Date: Post Medieval - 17th century Weight: 8 g
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2016
Last updated: Friday 29th April 2016
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Record ID: DOR-D1B43E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of decorated salt glazed stoneware. Pale buff smooth fabric with pale brown speckled salt glaze. Highly fired. A body sherd from a jug, probably a Bartmann (Bellarmine) type. It is decorated with an applied heraldic roundel comprising a shield with a crown or coronet above and mantled. The top left quarter of the shiled only remains and contains two llion-like animals, passant guardant. German stoneware. Date: Post Medieval - 17th century Weight: 20 g
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2016
Last updated: Friday 29th April 2016
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Record ID: DOR-D1471F
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of decorated salt glazed stoneware. Pale buff- grey smooth fabric with dark brown salt glaze.. Highly fired. Decorated with part of a bearded face mask (the right eye remains). A sherd from a Bartmann jug (or Bellarmine). German stoneware. Date: Post Medieval - 16th to 17th century Weight: 8.5 g
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 13th August 2020
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Record ID: DOR-D11C1F
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of decorated salt glazed stoneware. Pale grey smooth fabric. Highly fired. Decorated with an applied drop-shaped motif with a frame of small raised dots around it and a deep blue glaze. A body sherd, probably from a jug or tankard.German stoneware, probably from the Westerwald industries. Date: Post Medieval - late 17th to 18th century Weight: 4 g
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2016
Last updated: Saturday 16th April 2016
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Record ID: DOR-A9D7DA
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of unglazed earthenware. The fabric has oxidised orange to buff margins and a pale grey reduced core. Mixed temper of fine sand with frequent other stone pieces (including flint pieces and small quartzite pebbles) up to 4 mm. A fragment of oval cross-sectioned drawn handle with a large thumb undentation at the top. It is attached to a small fragment of the vessel wall with a plain rim just above the handle. Handmade. Quite abraded. Date :Medieval c. 1200 - 1400 Weight: 29.35 g
Created on: Tuesday 29th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2020
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Record ID: DOR-A9B32B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of unglazed earthenware. The fabric has oxidised orange margins and a pale grey reduced core. Fine sand temper with occasional iron ore pieces. A fragment of slashed strap handle from a jug. Date:Medieval c. 1300 - 1500 Weight: 27.81 g
Created on: Tuesday 29th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2020
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Record ID: DOR-278D25
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd of a New Forest ware colour coated beaker with beading above an incised grove. The beading has slight abrasion. The body is thin and is well made with slight sand temper. It becomes thinner further from the rim and was probably reduction fired leaving a grey/buff core. The vessel is colour coated with a purple slip. Date: Roman - c 260 - 370 The fragment weighs 7.33g. A similar sherd is described in HAMP-4E3C31. The shape of the sherd corresponds to those illustrated in "Roman Pottery in Britain" by Paul Tyers 1996 edition, page 172.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2016
Last updated: Sunday 26th July 2020
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Record ID: DOR-013E11
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four sherds of handmade Black Burnished coarseware pottery.The reduced fabric has rounded quartz temper. Three sherds from flanged bowls and one possibly from a necked jar. There is some burnish on the exterior surfaces. Date: Roman period - 2nd to 4th centuries. Total weight: 32.22g. The sherds reflect the descriptions in "Roman Pottery in Britain" by Paul Tyers 1996 edition pages 63 -64 and are similar to those described in DOR-00C33B.
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2016
Last updated: Friday 19th November 2021
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Record ID: DOR-011939
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base sherd from a Roman ceramic vessel, dating from mid 3rd Century to end of 4th Century. Probably Oxfordshire red slipped ware. The fabric is fine grained, micaceous and of an orange colour with buff interior. The fragment indicates that the base was flat and circular. Above the base the walls of the vessel flare widely outwards suggesting the vessel was a shallow dish. There is the remains of a footed rim. There is evidence of deep scratching on both sides of the fragment but it is not clear whether this was part of a decoration. It is also possible the vessel was once colour coa…
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2016
Last updated: Friday 19th November 2021
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Record ID: DOR-008737
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One sherd of handmade Black Burnished coarseware pottery in the South West fabric. The fragment is of dark grey reduced fabric with mixed sand an stone temper. There is some burnish on both the exterior and interior of the everted rim with a rougher surface further into the interior. The sherd can be dated to the Roman period approximately from the 1st to 4th centuries. The fragment weighs 21.72 g. A similar fragment can be referenced at SOM-61B837 and there are descriptions and illustrations of other corresponding finds in "Excavations at Greyhound Yard, Dorchester 1981-4" by Woodw…
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2016
Last updated: Friday 19th November 2021
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