Record ID: BH-6E1163
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from a Medieval jug handle. The sherd retains portions of both of its parallel sides. Extending down the centre is a deep, broad groove. The fabric is light brown and has sand temper plus occasional larger inclusions. The edges are heavily abraded. It measures 45.9mm high, 42mm wide and 12.6mm thick. The weight is 32.51g.
Created on: Monday 1st February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clothall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-ECF530
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete ceramic handle from a Dressel 20 type amphora of Roman date. The handle is of oval section, expanding towards the top. The curvature of the handle is consistent with a 1st century type (see Tyers 1996: 88). The fabric is a light yellowish-pink colour and contains sand temper. Some of the surface has been lost. The fragment measures 155mm long, up to 38.6mm wide and weighs 252.57g. The ovoid Dressel 20 amphora was produced in the Guadalquivir valley, southern Spain, for the transportation of olive oil around the Roman empire.
Created on: Friday 21st August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Albans', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-885CA3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a Saxo-Norman domestic vessel of probable 11th century date. The short rim section is roughly vertical and has a convex upper surface. At the bottom of the rim the pot angles outwards at approximately 45 degrees. It is likely that the orginal pot would have been 'bag-shaped'. The fabric is similar in form to Ipswich ware, being light grey in colour with sand temper. The sherd is abraded. It measures 29.1mm long, 22.7mm wide and 7.3mm thick. The weight is 5.92g.
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Furneux Pelham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-5E46C4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a large Hertfordshire grog-tempered storage jar of late Iron Age to early Roman date. The sherd comes from just below the right-angled rim. The fabric is light grey with frequent large inclusions. The surfaces are black and exhibit grooves, suggesting that the pot was finished on a turn table. The sherd measures 122.5mm long, 68.9mm wide and 15.3mm thick. The weight is 117.2g.
Created on: Thursday 9th July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-5D3267
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A handle from a medieval ceramic vessel such as jug. Probably dates from the 13th or 14th century AD. The handle is handmade and of rough form. It is of sub-oval section and tapers towards the broken end. At the opposite end is a flat area which is the point at which it was attached to the vessel. Two drop-shaped indentations decorate the outer surface. The fabric is light orange-brown in colour and contains sand temper. The sherd is heavily abraded. The piece measures 69.6mm long, 32.5mm wide (max) and 24.4mm thick. The weight is 45.58g.
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clothall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-579C11
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base sherd from a Greyware pot of probable Roman date. The nature of the fabric suggests that this may be a product of the nearby kilns at Ware, Hertfordshire. The base is flat and the sides extend upwards at approximately forty-five degrees. The fabric is a heavily sand-tempered light to mid grey colour. The sherd measures 54.6mm long, 16mm wide and 21.6mm high. The weight is 17.45g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thundridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-579311
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a Greyware pot of probable Roman date. The nature of the fabric suggests that this may be a product of the nearby kilns at Ware, Hertfordshire. The rim is simple in form, extending at ninety degrees from the body of the pot and having a rounded outer edge. The fabric is heavily sand-tempered and mid to dark grey in colour. The sherd measures 43.4mm long, 12.6mm wide and 22.4mm deep. The weight is 11.97g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thundridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-577E34
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a Greyware pottery jar of probable Roman date. The nature of the fabric suggests that this may be a product of the nearby kilns at Ware, Hertfordshire. The rim is simple in form, extending at ninety degrees from the body of the pot. The fabric is heavily sand-tempered and light grey in colour. The sherd measures 72.6mm long, 18.1mm wide and 24.5mm deep. The weight is 30.13g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thundridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-575720
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base sherd from a Dr 18/31 samian plate/bowl of Central Gaulish origin. Probably dates from the 1st or 2nd century AD (P. Webster; 1996; pp. 35). The sherd comprises part of the flat base and a section of the foot ring. The fabric is light orange in colour and the slip is mid brownish-red. The sherd has abraded edges. The piece measures 40.4mm long, 34.9mm wide and 21.9mm high. The weight is 18.47g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thundridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-74C945
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a handle from a Roman pottery vessel. The form of this piece strongly suggests that it originates from a Dressel type 20 amphora - a large globular vessel produced in southern Spain (in particular, the Guadalquivir valley) during the 1st to 3rd centuries AD, for use in the transportation of olive oil (see P. Tyers; 1996; pp. 87-89). The handle sherd (one of an original two) is fairly rough in appearance, due to having been hand made; it has a shallow curvature and is oval in section. The fabric is light yellowish-brown and heavily sand-tempered. The edges of the piece …
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Welwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-6F4D14
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of a Gaulish Samian pottery bowl, probably of mid 2nd to early 3rd century AD date. The form of the remaining piece suggests that it originates from a shallow bowl of Form 18 to 31 (P. Webster; 1996; pp. 32). Approximately half of the footring survives. It measures 53.1mm in diameter by 7.5mm high. The small remnant of the side of the pot angles upwards from the footring at a shallow angle. The fabric is light pinkish-orange and has no visible inclusions. The slip is dark orangey-brown. Overall the sherd measures 59.2mm in diameter, 35.4mm wide and 17.1mm high. The weight…
Created on: Friday 24th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Redbourn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-61AEB7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base sherd from a late Iron Age to early Roman pottery vessel. Similar pottery was found in Belgic layers at Verulamium (R.E.M Wheeler and T.V.Wheeler; 1936; pp. 153-4) dating from between c.10BC and 50AD. The sherd originates from a wheel-thrown carinated bowl of large diameter. The remaining portion of the side angles inwards slightly from the flat base. The outer face has two concentric decorative grooves a short distance up from the bottom and a further groove below. The fabric is mid grey and has grit and sand inclusions. It is likely that this was a locally made vessel. T…
Created on: Monday 30th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wheathampstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-8390A4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd of pottery vessel, possibly St. Neot's Ware of 10th-11th century date.
Created on: Friday 1st September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BH-94B836
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Roman samian pottery sherds (of the same piece) from the base of a flat-bottomed bowl or plate. The nature of the fabric - which is mid orangey-red in colour with small calcareous inclusions and has a dark reddish-brown slip - may indicate an eastern Gaulish origin. The two sherds when pieced together measure 42mm long by 39.9mm wide and 6.3mm thick. They weigh 10.77g
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Offley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-949A81
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd from a Roman samian bowl of probable southern Gaulish origin. The outer surface has raised decoration of indeterminate form. The fabric is light pink and the slip is dark reddish-brown. The sherd measures 42.9mm long by 33mm wide and 6.7mm thick. It weighs 8.23g.
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Offley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-946C96
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd from the upper side of a Roman samian bowl of 1st to 3rd century AD date. The outer face of the sherd is decorated with a horizontal ovolo border and, as with the inner face, has lost most of its slip. The fabric is deep orange in colour and may indicate a central or eastern Gaulish origin. The sherd measures 33.4mm wide by 41mm high and 6.3mm thick. It weighs 8.10g.
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Offley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-93FEE6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd of Roman samian ware, probably from a steep-sided bowl or cup, possibly similar to a Dragendorff type 33 (P.Webster, 1996, p.45) vessel. The fabric is light pinkish-orange and has a dark reddish-brown slip. It is most likely to have come from southern Gaul and probably dates from the 1st or 2nd century AD. The sides are slightly convex and there is a transverse groove near the lowest point of the outer face. The sherd is relatively unabraded and measures 42.2mm long by 29.4mm wide and 6.3mm thick. It weighs 9.18g.
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Offley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-1234C2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of late Roman pottery. The piece consists of part of the rim and upper body of a Hadham Ware "Roman/Saxon" bowl. The rim does not project greatly from the body and there is a horizontal groove extending around the underside of its outer edge. Two narrower horizontal grooves lie below this and above a raised circular boss. The fabric is light grey and has few visible inclusions. It measures 37mm wide by 49.1mm high and 10mm thick. It weighs 14.02g.
Created on: Sunday 10th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7C3054
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two large rim sherds of a large hollesley medieval coarse ware bowl with thumbed decorative border below the rim. When complete the rim diameter of this bowl would have been circa 40cm. One fragment has a fragment of base surviving, the base diameter originally would have been circa 25cm. The depth from rim to base is c95mm. The two sherds now measure 95mm by 132mm and 68mm by 105mm in size. Hollesley ware was in use from the late 13th-14th centuries.
Created on: Wednesday 26th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bramfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-EC2F27
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman pottery base sherd from a Hadham ware jar of late 2nd to 4th century AD date. The base is flat with an outer lip which forms a clear break between it and the wall of the vessel. The wall extends upwards at approximately 60 to 70 degrees. The fabric is dark grey in colour and has a mid orange surface. There are occasional small stone and grog inclusions. The surface also appears to show some mica dusting. It measures 42.9mm long by 33.1mm wide and 9.9mm thick at the base. The weight is 16.29g. The edges are slightly abraded.
Created on: Monday 20th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Albury', grid reference and parish protected.