Record ID: SOM-F8EE27
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body shard from a Roman black burnished ware vessel. Light coloured sandy fabric, with dark grey/brown inner and exterior surfaces. Plentiful mica and sparse, medium sized quartzite inclusions. Length: 37.41mm, Width: 28.54mm, Thickness: 7.96mm.
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Donyatt CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FB4531
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base shard from a Roman black burnished ware vessel. Light coloured sandy fabric, with dark grey/brown inner and exterior surfaces. Plentiful mica and sparse, medium sized quartzite and flint inclusions. There are also several small oval voids within the fabric. Length: 41.51mm, Width: 41.82mm, Thickness: 13.75mm.
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Donyatt CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FB5011
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim shard from a Roman black burnished ware vessel. The rim of the vessel is triangular in section and appears to have turned outwards very slightly. Light coloured sandy fabric, with dark grey/brown inner and exterior surfaces. Plentiful mica and sparse quartzite inclusions. Unfortunately the small size of the shard and its misshapen nature makes it difficult to determine the original diameter of the vessel. Length: 29.99mm, Width: 18.31mm, Thickness: 13.67mm.
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Donyatt CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FB60E1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim shard from a Roman black burnished ware vessel. The vessel appears to have gone inwards slightly towards the rim. Light coloured sandy fabric, with dark grey/brown inner and exterior surfaces. Plentiful mica and small, sparse quartzite inclusions. Unfortunately the small size of the shard makes it difficult to determine the original diameter of the vessel. Length: 36.53mm, Width: 27.9mm, Thickness: 7.76mm.
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Donyatt CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FB6541
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim shard from a Roman black burnished ware vessel. The rim is lipped with a slight ridge around the inside and two grooves just below on the outside. Light coloured sandy fabric, with dark grey/brown inner and exterior surfaces. Plentiful mica and sparse quartzite inclusions, with a small number of large, rounded voids. Unfortunately the small size of the shard makes it difficult to determine the original diameter of the vessel. Length: 29.69mm, Width: 17.86mm, Thickness: 13.88mm Weight: 6.78g
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Donyatt CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9C60E5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body shard from a Roman black burnished ware vessel. Light coloured sandy fabric, with grey core visible in places. There is the remains of dark brown slip on both the inner and outer surfaces. Plentiful fine mica and sparse, coarse quartzite and flint inclusions. Length: 67.18mm, Width: 41.36mm, Thickness: 16.09mm Weight: 42.10g
Created on: Monday 6th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Donyatt CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9C90B0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three rim shards from Roman black burnished ware vessels, found close together. All have a light grey-buff coloured sandy fabric, with the remains of dark brown-black slip on both the inner and outer surfaces, which remains slightly lustrous in places. Plentiful fine mica and coarser quartzite and flint inclusions. 1. Length: 60.74mm, Width: 19.95mm, Thickness: 21.85 Approx. rim diameter of vessel: 18cm Weight: 23.81g 2.Length: 38.88mm, width: 34.24mm, Thickness: 11.12mm Approx. rim diameter of vessel: fragment too small Weight: 13.83g 3. Length: 25.05mm, Width: 22.95mm, …
Created on: Monday 6th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Donyatt CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-BC5283
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim shard from a Roman black burnished ware vessel. The rim is lipped with a groove, followed by a slight ridge around the inside. Brown sandy fabric, with dark black/brown burnished inner and exterior surfaces. Plentiful mica and fairly frequent quartzite (or quartz sandstone)and black iron ore inclusions. Unfortunately the small size of the shard makes it difficult to determine the original diameter of the vessel. Length: 26.87mm, Width: 23.16, Thickness: 17.39mm Weight: 6.84
Created on: Tuesday 26th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Donyatt CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FC0611
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One body shard from a Roman greyware vessel. The shard is fairly fine and slightly sandy in texture. It is buff-grey in colour with a slightly darker, smooth outer surface. The inner surface is much abraded. The outer surface has a grooved line decorating it. The main inclusions are abundant poorly sorted fragments of white and clear quartz, with occasional large darker particles, possibly of iron ore. Length: 35.95mm, Width: 27.64mm, Thickness: 12.70mm Weight: 10.29g
Created on: Friday 29th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seavington St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FC1877
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two rim shards from Roman greyware vessels, probably both jars. Both with a hard, sandy, mid-grey fabric, slightly smoother on the outside. Inclusions include fairly sparse fine mica, sparse large grains of white quartz, dark particles (probably of iron ore) and numerous small rounded, fairly irregular voids. The second shard has generally higher numbers of inclusions, but other than that they appear to share a similar fabric type. The first shard has a upright, everted rim, whilst the second has a largely flattened, tapering rim that is only very slightly everted on the outer edge. …
Created on: Friday 29th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seavington St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FC33D2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim shard from a Roman black burnished ware vessel. Very similar in form to black burnished ware type 3., listed in Excavations at Greyhound Yard, Dorchester 1981-4 (Woodward et al. 1993, p.230-1). These are ‘cooking pots/storage jars with very everted rims’ (ibid, p. 231). Woodward et al. (1993) suggest a date range from the 3rd century AD possibly up to the early 5th for these. The fabric is dark-brown in colour, with the remains of dark brown-black burnishing on the outer and inner surface, which is now heavily worn. Occasional medium grained quartz and mica, with more freq…
Created on: Friday 29th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seavington St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FC3EF2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim shard from a Roman black burnished ware vessel. The wide, plain rim suggests that it is similar in form to black burnished ware type 51., listed in Excavations at Greyhound Yard, Dorchester 1981-4 (Woodward et al. 1993, p.236-7). These are ‘large, round-bodied, open bowl[s, with] plain bead rim’ (ibid, p. 237). Woodward et al. (1993, p.237) are unclear of the date range of such vessels, but suggest that they are known to pre-date the 3rd century. The fabric is dark-brown in colour, with the remains of dark brown-black burnishing on the inner surface, and wipe marks on the out…
Created on: Friday 29th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seavington St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FC4BD2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five body (and one rim) shards from Roman black burnished ware vessels. All five fragments are of a fairly similar fabric. The first two are slightly thicker and coarser, plus darker (grey-black) in colour. Both of faces of these shards appear to have been burnished. The third shard is slightly thinner and finer, but also has two burnished faces. The final two shards are also thinner and finer, but are only burnished on the outer surface, which is slightly lighter in colour with a buff patch on one. The first shard appears to have come from the rim of a vessel, but it too small in size…
Created on: Friday 29th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seavington St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FC95E3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body shard from a Roman black burnished ware vessel. A small amount of wedge-shaped rim does survive, but not enough to take an accurate diameter measurement. There is a strip, approx. 30mm wide, running around the centre of the outer face of the vessel, which is decorated with comb marks in a herring-bone pattern. Very similar in form to black burnished ware type 13., listed in Excavations at Greyhound Yard, Dorchester 1981-4 (Woodward et al. 1993, p.233). These are round-bodied, open bowls, some, such as this one, with wedge-shaped rims. Those vessels with the upright rim are thoug…
Created on: Friday 29th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seavington St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FCAAB4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base shard from a Roman colour-coated New Forest fineware vessel. The fabric is light grey in colour, with a darker grey-brown, shiny slip on both the inner and outer surfaces. Fine, very hard, sand tempered fabric. Probably a fragment from the base of a beaker. This fabric was produced during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD and had a distribution across southern England. Length: 40.93mm, Width: 25.75mmm Weight: 12.24g
Created on: Friday 29th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seavington St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FCBA74
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two body shards from Roman colour-coated New Forest fineware vessels. The fabric is light grey in colour, with a darker grey-brown, shiny slip on both the inner and outer surfaces. Fine, very hard, sand tempered fabric. This fabric was produced during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD and had a distribution across southern England. 1. Length: 34.40mm, Width: 23.87mm, Thickness: 4.19mm Weight: 4.14g 2. Length: 27.97mm, Width: 19.84mm, Thickness: 4.62mm Weight: 3.82g
Created on: Friday 29th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seavington St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FCCAC2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from the base of a Roman mortaria. Oxidised orange exterior and interior with inner grey core. Sandy fabric with frequent large cdhalky inclusions. Pink and clear quartz trituration grits. Length: 27.20mm, Width: 19.74mm, Thickness: 7.77mm Weight: 5.05g
Created on: Friday 29th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seavington St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FCD414
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A shard from the rim of a Roman Oxfordshire ware vessel imitating samian ware. The fabric buff-orange in colour, with the remains of a darker orange outer surface. It is hard with a laminar texture. Moderate amounts of poorly sorted iron ore and sparse small chalky lumps set in a micaceous matrix Length: 40.95mm, Width: 22.06mm, Thickness: 7.88mm Weight: 5.78g
Created on: Friday 29th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seavington St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FCDF95
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base shard from a Roman black burnished ware vessel. Fairly coarse fabric. The outer surface is orange in colour with blotchy grey burnishing (or possibly slip). The inner margins are also orange, whilst the centre is dark brown. Occasional medium grained quartz and mica, with more frequent red and black iron ore and shale inclusions. Despite the oxidised exterior, this is probably fabric BB1, produced in the Wareham/Poole harbour region between the 1st and 4th centuries AD. Length: 39.87mm, Width: 25.38mm, Thickness: 10.66mm Weight: 11.23g
Created on: Friday 29th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seavington St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6A02E6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base from a Roman Nene Valley ware beaker. The base iself is small (as is characteristic on vessels of this type), tapering inwards slightly above and then abruptly outwards to form the body of the vessel. A small portion of this remains in situ, but the majority is now missing. The fabric is hard and fine in texture and light grey-brown in colour. It is coated in a dark brown-black slip. Wipe marks may be seen in the slip on the bottom of the base. The fabric is tempered with abundant fine quartz sand and small dark black and brown flecks. This ware was widely distributed across Brita…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Merriott', grid reference and parish protected.