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Record ID: WAW-ED07F5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
10 Roman body and rim sherds; wheel thrown ceramic vessel. The sherds are body and rim sherds, in a fabric similar to, or is that known as Severn Valley ware. This type of pottery was produced throughout the Roman Period, in the Severn Valley area, and typically consisted of jars, jugs, flagons and tankards. They weigh 96.63g. Sherds specific details: Fabric type: probably Severn Valley Ware or oxidised ware Sherd type: body sherd Firing condition: oxidised orange exterior, unoxidised light grey core, oxidised orange interior Hardness: fairly hard but the surface is powde…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2016
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Record ID: WAW-ECF1C1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One body sherd of a hand made ceramic vessel of a late Iron Age ware tempered with flint and shell. The sherd weighs 59.31g. The sherd has a mid grey core, oxidised surfaces. The vessel form is probably a utilitarian type vessel such as a storage jars and dating to the late Iron Age Sherd specific details: Fabric type: shall and flint tempered ware. Firing condition: mid grey core, oxidised surfaces Hardness: hard Surface texture: Quite smooth and slightly powdery Condition of sherd: Some abrasion.
Created on: Monday 12th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2016
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Record ID: WAW-ECD2ED
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One body sherd of a wheel thrown ceramic vessel of a Romano-British coarse ware tempered with flint. The sherd weighs 121.08g. The sherd has a mid grey core, oxidised margins and buff coloured surfaces. The exterior surface appears to have been burnished in stripes. The vessel form is probably a utilitarian type vessel such as a storage jars and dating to the Romano-British period. Sherd specific details: Fabric type: Miscellaneous (unsourced) coarse ware with flint temper. Firing condition: mid grey core, oxidised margins and buff coloured surfaces Hardness: hard Surfac…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2016
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Record ID: WAW-ED47A4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five sherds (1 rimsherds, and 4 body sherds) of several different wheel thrown Medieval pottery types. Two main types are present: Cotswold oolitic limestone cooking pot types (12th to 14th Centuries) and Worcestershire glazed jug types (13th to 15th Centuries). The vessel types that are probably represented here included glazed jugs. Unglazed cooking pot types are present as well. This is representative of a typical Medieval ceramic assemblage. The fragments vary in thickness from 6.22mm to 11.4mm. In total they weigh 24.6 grams. There is a range of abrasion damage prese…
Created on: Monday 15th June 2015
Last updated: Friday 9th June 2017
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Record ID: WAW-ECE4C7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
18 rim sherds of wheel thrown ceramic vessels of a Romano-British miscellaneous (unsourced) local grey ware: The sherds together weigh 362.7 grams. The sherds have a mid grey reduced fabric. This type of Romano-British pottery was in production through the Roman occupation of Britain, from 1st to 4th Centuries (1 - 400 AD). Vessel forms present consist of utilitarian type vessels such as storage jars. Sherd specific details: Fabric type: Miscellaneous (unsourced) local grey wares Firing condition: unoxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior. Hardness: Soft Su…
Created on: Monday 15th June 2015
Last updated: Friday 16th June 2017
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Record ID: WAW-ECAC73
Object type: OVEN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of fired clay oven plates or lids. The fragmenst present were part of a larger sub-circular thick fired clay disc or discs, commonly found in Middle to Late Iron Age (500 BC to 100 AD) sites. The fabric consists of an oxidised grog tempered fabric, with frequent fossil shell inclusions. It is not certain wether these are from the same discs or seperate ones. Together they weigh 52.5g Discs like this have been found in several sites in Oxfordshire and there is currently debate on their original use. The main hypothesis is that they functioned as either oven pl…
Created on: Monday 15th June 2015
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
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Record ID: WAW-CFD025
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A basesherd of a handmade ceramic vessel. The sherd is 8.58mm thick and weighs 4.5g. The sherd consists of a basesherd, in a fabric is similar to similar to that published as SH1 (Standard common fossil shell type) in McSloy 2006, p 38, dated to Middle to Late Iron Age (500 BC to 100 AD) but with occasional small annular metamorphic rock inclusions. Sherd specific details: Fabric type: frequent fossil shell, occasional metamorphic rock inclusions. Sherd type: basesherd Base type: FLT Wall thickness: 8.58mm Firing condition: unoxidised exterior, unoxidised core, oxidised int…
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2013
Last updated: Monday 22nd July 2013
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Record ID: WAW-CFAB48
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a handmade fired clay object of unidentifiable form. It could possibly be a piece of fired daub. The fragment is 35.6mm in length, 26.87mm wide and 9.31mm thick. It weighs 8.6 grams. The fragment of fired clay has a fabric similar to that published as MAL B (Palaeozoic limestone tempered type) in McSloy 2006, p 39, dated to the Middle Iron Age to the Early Roman Period (-500 BC to 200 AD). Sherd specific details: Fabric type: Occasional metamorphic/Malvernian rock inclusions, frequent mica. Sherd type: fragment Wall thickness: n/a Firing condition: Unoxidised Hardnes…
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2013
Last updated: Monday 22nd July 2013
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Record ID: WAW-CF7A86
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd of a handmade ceramic vessel. The sherd is 8.24mm thick and weighs 21.8g. The sherd consists of a body sherd, in a fabric similar to that published as SH1 (Standard common fossil shell type) in McSloy 2006, p 38, dated to Middle to Late Iron Age (500 BC to 100 AD) but with occasional small annular metamorphic rock inclusions. Sherd specific details: Fabric type: SH1b frequent fossil shell (leached) with occasional metamorphic rock inclusions Sherd type: body sherd Wall thickness: 8.24mm Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, oxidised interior. H…
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2013
Last updated: Monday 22nd July 2013
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Record ID: WAW-A75BB0
Object type: MORTARIUM
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
One rim sherd of a wheel thrown ceramic vessel. The rim sherd consists of a fabric similar to that known from the Mancetter/Hartshill (Warwickshire) industry, dating from the 2nd to 4th Centuries AD. The sherd came from a large open mortarium (grinding bowl), with a hammerhead style rim. The sherd measures 9.74mm thick and weighs 36.2 grams. It measures 53.42mm in length, 36.32mm tall and 33.79mm wide. Sherd specific details: Fabric type: Mancetter / Hartshill Sherd type: Rimsherd Rim type: Hammerhead / Wall Rim diameter: 19cm Percentage of surviving rim: 5% Sherd thick…
Created on: Tuesday 15th February 2011
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2015
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