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Record ID: NMS-D80212
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd of a medieval Grimston ware pottery bowl, reduced, with external lead glaze, weight 2g, 14th century - 15th century..
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-D7E350
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim sherd of a post-medieval Glazed Red Earthenware pottery bowl, with internal and external lead glaze, and some external sooting, diameter not accurately measurable, weight 10g, mid 16th century - 17th century..
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-D79CE5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Twisted rod handle sherd of a medieval to post-medieval Late Medieval and Transitional pottery jug (Jennings 1981, 61-2), pale reduced with pinkish surfaces and copper glaze, weight 82g, diameter of cross-section c.26mm, mid 15th - 16th century.
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-D76F0B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd of medieval to post-medieval Late Medieval and Transitional pottery (Jennings 1981, 61-2), pale reduced with pinkish surfaces and external copper glaze, weight 6g, mid 15th - 16th century.
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SF-46B4A1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of rim-sherd of Roman greyware from a pot.  Weight: 17.15g
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Redgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-46A3F0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a base sherd of Roman greyware.  .Weight 35.15g
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Redgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-444FC6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment body-sherd of Roman Samian Ware, potentially of a dish or bowl. Weight 26.09g
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Polstead', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-4444E4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment body-sherd of a Roman Greyware vessel. Weight: 9.07g
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Polstead', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-44414A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment rim-sherd of a Roman Greyware storage vessel. Weight:56.48g
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Polstead', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-4431CC
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment rim-sherd of Medieval coarseware.  Thickness: 10.30mm Length: 46.49mm Width: 21.56mm Weight: 11.05g
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Polstead', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-6EB4EE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two body sherds from medieval coarseware (MCW) vessels. Total weight: 31.39g
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gazeley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FD3E8D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A sherd from the body of an early Bronze Age vessel, dating to the period c.2350-c.1200 BC. Hard, coarse fabric containing plentiful poorly sorted quartz pieces (<2mm). The outer surface and core are an oxidised orange-red colour while the inner surface is a lighter grey. The outer surface is decorated with bands of three and two parallel lines of small square indentations. The fragment is too small to provide an indication of the original size and form of the vessel.  With thanks to Carlotta Marchetto, Oxford Archaeology East for identification help.  Length: 30.16mm, w…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-4855EF
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three sherds of Roman greyware (GX) vessels including two rim sherds and one body sherd. All very fragmentary and heavily abraded. 1. Length 51.71mm, width: 23.66mm, thickness: 8.75mm, weight: 13.22g - rim sherd, strongly everted, but too small to determine the original diameter. A fine, soft, light grey fabric tempered with frequent fine quartz sand with occasional larger fragments (<1mm) and occasional chalky, white fragments (<1mm). 2. Length: 37.75mm, thickness: 12.15mm, thickness: 10.23mm, weight: 13.65g - rim sherd, everted, but too small to determine the origin…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A4F88B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from the rim of a Roman ceramic Samian ware vessel.  The sherd comes from the rim of a deep-sided vessel, probably a bowl, but is too small to estimate the original diameter. The fabric is hard and fine, red-orange with a glossy red-orange slip. Probably of central Gaulish Les Martres-de-Veyre production (LMV SA), which was mostly exported to Britain in the early 2nd century AD. Length: 40.28mm, width: 35.95mm, thickness: 7.11mm, weight: 9.37g
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hopton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AB8B1C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The base of a Roman greyware (GX) vessel. Small, flat base with parts of straight-sided vessel walls surviving. Light grey core and surfaces. The fabric is soft and fine and is tempered with frequent fine, angular quartz sand (<1.5mm) and occasional larger fragments of dark coloured iron ore (<2.5mm) and chalky material (<1mm). Diameter of base: 38.72mm, thickness: 7.08mm, weight: 82.92g
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gazeley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-30EC08
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two probable undiagnostic Medieval ceramic body sherds dating to circa AD 200-1500. The sherds are of a soft, dark grey fabric with dark grey to black exterior and interior with abundant sub-angular >2mm quartzite inclusions. Both are heavily abraded and undiagnostic. 
Created on: Thursday 14th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-DE118F
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two medieval coarseware (MCW) vessel body sherds. Total weight: 21.77g
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-DE0702
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two medieval coarseware (MCW) vessel rim sherds. Total weight: 26.16g
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B52BC1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a Roman greyware (GX) vessel. Length: 39.27mm, width: 22.27mm, thickness: 6.14mm, weight: 16.71g
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B4D9AC
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nine sherds of medieval coarseware (MCW) vessels. Including four rim sherds and five body sherds. Total weight: 58.26g
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-38D011
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a ceramic vessel of an unknown date. The extant piece consists of circa 80% of a handle. It is rectangular in plan and lenticular in section. The fabric is soft buff orange exterior, interior and core with infrequent, large sub-angular inclusions of white and dark stone. 
Created on: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Whepstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7DF8E1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from the body of an early Roman coarseware storage vessel. The sherd is only slightly curved in profile suggesting a large vessel. The fabric is hard and coarse and is tempered with sparse rounded quartz sand with many irregularly-shaped voids. The core is a reduced grey, the outer margins are bright orange with a dark grey outer surface and the inner surface is mid-brown.  Length: 86.35mm, width: 75.72mm, thickness: 13.97mm, weight: 96.89g
Created on: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-3EE87F
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from the rim of a Roman greyware (GX) vessel. The rim is oval in cross-section, flaring towards its outer edge and everted. The fabric is soft and coarse and is tempered with frequent poorly sorted quartz sand. Light grey surfaces and core.
Created on: Tuesday 4th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradfield St George', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-3EAE10
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base sherd from a Roman greyware (GX) vessel. The base is circular, flat and 67.83mm in diameter. The fabric is hard and coarse and is tempered with poorly sorted quartz sand. The surfaces and core are all reddish-brown in colour. 
Created on: Tuesday 4th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradfield St George', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-3E99F4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from the base of a Roman greyware vessel (GX). The base of the vessel is flat and small fragments of the outwards flaring vessel wall survive. The fabric is fine and soft and is tempered with frequent fine quartz sand. Light grey surfaces and core.
Created on: Tuesday 4th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradfield St George', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-40E666
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of Roman greyware pottery, likely from different vessels. Rim sherd probably from a shallow vessel with an everted flat-topped rim which is hollowed sharply underneath. The fragment has a grey outer layer and terracotta inner fabric with a grey core throughout the length of the rim. L - 35.52, H - 23.86, Thickness - 10.73, Weight - 9.365 Body sherd made from a grey clay with small inclusion and a rough finish. L - 34.36, H - 17.67, Thickness - 5.88, Weight - 3.750
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5D59CD
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two body sherds of Roman ceramic greyare pottery. Each sherd has a reduced grey sandy fabric on the exterior, core and interior. Infrequent sub angular <2mm inclusions. 
Created on: Tuesday 30th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F71BE9
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman ceramic body sherd from a vessel dating to circa AD 43-250. The vessel is samian ware. It is rectangular sectioned with a deep orange, fine fabric with glossy slip. The outer face is adorned with relief decoration comprised of a transverse beaded groove with two opposed double arches separated by columns. The sherd is probable of mid-southern Gaulish manufacture. The sherd is too small to assess the diameter of the vessel. 
Created on: Thursday 25th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Pakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-15DE13
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from a medieval coarseware (MCW) vessel, dating to the period c.AD 1150-c.1450. A sherd from the rim of the vessel, which is upright and rectangular in cross-section. The inner surface and core are a light brown colour, while the outer surface is a slightly darker grey. The edge of a band of thumb print decoration can be seen on the outer surface above the break. The fabric is coarse and tempered with poorly sorted angular quartz sand (<2mm). Length: 79.62mm, width: 43.71mm, thickness: 15.17mm, weight: 45.59g
Created on: Monday 27th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0285F7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of three ceramic vessels comprised of one rimsherd, one basesherd and one body sherd. 1. Rimsherd. It has a hard light grey core fabric with a hard dark grey exterior and interior. Frequent sub-oval poorly sorted inclusions <2mm. 2 Basesherd. It has a hard reddish grey core fabbric with hard dark grey exterior and interior. Abundant sub oval quartz inclusions <1mm.  Length: 47.6mm; Width: 69.8mm; Thickness: 7.3mm; Weight: 36.79g. 3. Bodysherd. It has a hard light grey core fabric and dark grey interior and exterior. Infrequent sub-oval quartz inclusions <…
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Badley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4EFC5C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Early Medieval ceramic basesherd dating to circa AD 450-700. Hardy sandy fabric tempered with large, frequent quartzite inclusions.  The sherd is consistent with Suffolk Early Anglo-Saxon fine sandy pottery.  Lenght: 53.7mm; Width: 33.4mm; Thickness: 14mm: Weight: 27.80g.
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Nayland with Wissington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3810B6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from the body of a Roman colour-coated ware vessel. Probably Oxfordshire red/brown-slipped ware. Hard, fine-textured fabric with poorly sorted occasion reddish iron ore and fine quartz sand. It appears to have a slightly laminar fracture, although the edges are heavily abraded. It has an orange core, slightly darker inner surface and traces of dark brown slip on the outer face. There is a line of regularly spaced rectangular indendations close to one edge. Production of this pottery commences by c. AD 240 and continues until end of 4th cent. Without details of form i…
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bures St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-CDE143
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five ceramic sherds of probable Roman ceramic coarseware dating to circa AD 43-410. 1 rimsherd; 4 body sherds. The rimsherd has a soft coarse fabric dark grey-orange exterior and grey core with infrequent black inclusions. The greyware sherds each have a hard, coarse fabric with frequent quartz inclusions.  Weight: 82.44g.
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Polstead', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-697CFF
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from the rim of a Roman greyware (GX) vessel. The rim is everted with an oval cross-section. The fabric is fine and soft and the olnly visible inclusions are sparse rounded white quartz sand (0.5mm). The surface and the core are a reduced mid-grey colour, while the margins are an oxidised reddish. Length: 49.88mm, width: 21.99mm, thickness: 11.68mm, weight: 12.71g
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-EC1459
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
14 heavily abraded, undiagnostic sherds from the body and bases of Roman greyware vessels. Total weight: 135.08g
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 14th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke-by-Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EC07DE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Seven sherds from the rims of Roman greyware vessels. Total weight: 117.85g
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke-by-Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EA62EB
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three fragments of Roman samian ware vessels. Central or East Gaulish manufacture.  1. Length: 49.11mm, width: 33.51mm, thickness: 8.53mm, weight: 15.74g - rim sherd from a D-cross-sectioned beaded rim, too fragmentary to assess the original diameter. A light orange, fine fabric with a glossy orange slip 2. Length: 28.82mm, width: 23.15mm, thickness: 5.51mm, weight: 2.66g - body sherd, very fragmentary. The fabric is bright orange, fine grained and the slip is a glossy bright orange 3. Length: 21.08mm, width: 15.74mm, thickness: 4.91mm, weight: 2.6…
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hawstead', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-E97902
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments from the bases of Roman greyware vessels. Well abraded sherds from flat-bottomed vessels. Both in a coarse fabric tempered with poorly sorted quartz.  1. Length: 51.36mm, width: 44.15mm, thickness: 7.81mm, weight: 15.05g 2. Length: 38.72mm, width: 28.31mm, thickness: 7.65mm, weight: 8.79g
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 14th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke-by-Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B14692
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from the body of a large late Iron Age to early Roman ceramic earthenware vessel. A thick-walled vessel with a very hard, coarse fabric tempered with spare poorly sorted white quartz (<2mm) and frequent red clay-like pellets (grog?). Dark brown core and surfaces with smooth outer face decorated with a series of parallel grooves. It is too small in size to determine the original form of the vessel.  With thanks to Carlotta Marchetto of OAE for the identification help.  Length: 61.93mm, width: 49.16mm, thickness: 13.65mm, weight: 44.10g
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B06F84
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
5 x rim sherds from Roman greyware vessels. All in a hard, coarse grey fabric with everted rims. 
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monk Soham', grid reference and parish protected.