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
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-E51722
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 large sherd of a Black Burnished ware handled oval dish. The fabric is Poole-Wareham type 1. Reduced grey to black fabric with abundant rounded quartz sand and occasional rounded shale. Handmade. The exterior surface is slipped and burnished. A substantial sherd with rim base and stub of handle present. The rim of the vessel is plain, the base is flat and the walls are straight. A WA type 21 oval "fish dish". The sherd is unabraded. Date: Late Roman (late 3rd to late 4th century Weight: 80g
Created on: Monday 14th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-E53BC0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of oxidised coarseware. Pink fabric with common sand and occasional iron ore pieces. Wheelmade. The exterior surface is sooted. A rim sherd from an open vessel. The rim is flat topped with shallow diagonal line slash decoration. The sherd is slightly abraded. Date: Late Medieval to early Post-medieval - 15th to 16th century Weight: 16g
Created on: Monday 14th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-21C235
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of coarseware. A reduced grey core with buff margins and an orange surface. Dense rounded quartz sand and rare iron ore pieces. Handmade. A rim sherd from a thin walled cooking jar. The rim is plain with a slight internal lid seat. The sherd is very abraded. Date: Medieval - 12th to 14th century Weight: 8g
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.