Record ID: SOMDOR-90D803
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two small pottery sherds weighing a collective total of 7.27g were examined under a binocular microscope (x12) and analysed in accordance with the guidelines of the Prehistoric Ceramics Research Group (PCRG 1997). Due to a lack of diagnostic features, a comparison with other ceramic assemblages is problematic and can only be made through the analysis of their fabric types. A simple rounded rim form too small to be diagnostic was recovered with a very abraded bodysherd weighing only 1g. The rim fragment has been burnished on both surfaces and varies in colour from reduced grey black…
Created on: Thursday 15th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rimpton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-6D2BB1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two pottery sherds of medieval date. Both are base sherds and both are oxidised, although one has a light grey reduced core. The fabric contains moderate sub-rounded iron ore (up to 1mm) and sparse limestone pieces (up to 1mm).
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pawlett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-583754
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of South East Dorset Black Burnished I pottery of 1st century BC-1st century AD date. The rim sherd comes from a large round or barrel-shaped storage jar, which curved inwards at the rim (Greyhound Yard type 6). The mid-grey reduced fabric contains abundant angular to sub-rounded fine quartz sand and sparse iron ore. Weight: 61.2
Created on: Monday 12th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pawlett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-578A65
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two sherds of hand-made South-Western Black Burnished ware pottery of first to third century AD date. Both sherds are everted rim sherds. The fabric is reduced with mild oxidation on the internal surface of one sherd. Both sherds exhibit a marked 'sandwich' effect and have a black slip on the external surface. The fabric is tempered with some rounded quartz sand and occasional rounded grog. Total weight: 30g
Created on: Monday 12th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pawlett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-574A97
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Eight sherds of hand-made south-east Dorset black burnished 1 pottery of Roman date. The sample comprises two base sherds, four rim sherds, one body sherd and part of a handle. Two of the rim fragments are from everted rimmed jars and two are from plain shallow bowls ('dog dishes'). The handle is probably from a flagon or jug and the base sherds are undiagnostic. The fabric of seven sherds is generally reduced throughout although one of the rim sherds has a slightly oxidised external surface. The other sherd is oxidised throughout. The fabric is tempered with abundant grains of rounded…
Created on: Monday 12th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pawlett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-5A02D2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead pot mend dating from the Roman period (43-409 AD). The mend takes the form of a double headed rivet with a degraded fragment of SE Dorset black burnished ware adhering to it.
Created on: Friday 16th February 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Toller Down', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-B9E934
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single sherd of Roman coarse grey ware, possibly from the Savernake region of North Wiltshire and datable to 43-150 AD. The fabric is very coarse and is light grey on the exerior and buff/white on the interior in a sandwich effect. Inclusions comprise abundant rounded light grey grog (<1mm), frequent large brown/black iron ore (<6mm) and frequent sub-angular chalk/limestone (<1.5mm). It is handmade, with a lumpy interior finish. The sherd measures 35.36mm x 29.32mm x 8.17mm thick (9.58g).
Created on: Monday 15th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-3C53C5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Fifteen sherds from coarseware cooking pots of eleventh to twelfth century date. Five are rim sherds, five are body sherds and five are carinated base sherds (two of which conjoin). The sherds are a reduced dark grey or a slightly more oxidised dark reddish-brown. The fabric contains moderate angular chert and sub-rounded grog inclusions (up to 3mm). Most of the sherds have external sooting. The curvature of the rim sherds indicates rim diameters of about 30cm, 52cm, 58cm and 60cm (x2). Combined weight: 651g
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-3BB4B7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from a tripod pitcher of late twelfth to thirteenth century date. The sherd comprises one of the vessel's three squat rounded feet and part of the body. There is a carination just above the foot. The sherd is a reduced dark grey throughout with the exception of the internal surface, which has re-oxidised a pinkish-buff colour. The fabric contains abundant small (<1mm) angular and sub-angular limestone and other inclusions. The sherd is externally glazed with a reduced green lead glaze. Dimensions: 88.2mm by 44.8mm by 27.2mm Weight: 60g
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-CC8221
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd from a hand-made vessel of probable 13th to 14th century AD date. The sherd has a grey reduced core and oxidised orange surfaces. The fairly coarse fabric contains moderate fine quartz sand, occasional iron oxide (up to 3mm), occasional angular quartz pieces (up to 3mm) and limestone (up to 3mm). There are traces of a degraded external lead glaze. The vessel was probably produced at one of the south Somerset production centres. The fabric is similar to Donyatt fabrics DPT 1/DPT 2.
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-D763A2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A handle sherd of probable seventeenth century date. The sherd has a quatrefoil-shaped cross-section and probably formed part of the handle of a bucket pot. The fabric contains abundant very fine (>0.1mm) quartz sand, moderate small (>2.5mm) rounded iron oxide and moderate very fine mica particles. The mica appears to be more common on the surfaces. The sherd has light orange oxidised surfaces and a reduced grey core. There are traces of a yellow lead glaze in several places. It was probably a product of one of the South Somerset production centres. Dimensions: 47mm by 21.5mm by 18.…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tatworth and Forton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-7ED035
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A barley twist handle fragment from a late medieval or early post medieval vessel. The broadly cylindrical fragment measures 66mm in length by 28.7mm in diameter and weighs 46.21g. It has an oxidised orange surface and a reduced grey core. The fabric contains abundant fine rounded quartz sand and occasional darker orange iron oxide. There are patches of a light brownish-green lead glaze in the recesses. This is probably a product of one of the South Somerset production centres.
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-ADAAD1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
28 sherds of South East Dorset Black Burnished Ware, generally small and abraded, recovered in association with a large quantity of other Roman coarseware sherds from a small 1.5m square patch of garden. 18 are plain undecorated body sherds, mosty with burnished surfaces and generally black or dark grey in colour. These body sherds range in size from 16.64 x 17.89 x 4.79mm thick (1.52g) to 37.55mm x 28.22mm x 5.08mm thick (7.25g). Two slightly larger body sherds have burnished parallel line decoration. They measure 39.32mm x 33.01mm x 6.16mm thick (11.75g) and 36.85mm x 30.01mm x 4.60m…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westbury-Sub-Mendip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-715E22
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small abraded body sherd of Medieval coarseware pottery dating from the 11th-13th centuries AD. The fabric is reduced light grey in colour with buff-orange/brown surfaces, which have been almost completely removed through abrasion. Inclusions consist mainly of abundant poorly sorted rounded and sub-round quartz (<1.5mm) and occasional angular flint/chert (<3mm). It was probably made in the South Somerset region. It measures 34.27 x 24.47 x 6.17mm thick (4.83g).
Created on: Friday 24th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rimpton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-58BD22
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four abraded body sherds of late Iron Age shell tempered pottery datable from 300BC to 43AD. They are generally buff pink to orange in colour throughout, although one sherd is reduced grey with an orange-pink external surface. One sherd is up to 18.5mm thick, the others range from 8-5mm in thickness. They are generally small sherds ranging from 18 x 22.5mm to 33.65 x 34.77mm in size. The total assemblage weighs 36.96g.
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-470C32
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
8 abraded sherds of medieval and late-medieval pottery ranging in date from the 11th to 16th century. The earliest in date is a small body sherd of pre-Norman conquest grass marked pottery. It is dark grey in colour throughout with a light grey internal slip or skin. Inclusions consist of frequent poorly sorted rounded and sub-rounded quartz (
Created on: Friday 10th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rimpton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-46E728
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
30 small and abraded sherds of medieval pottery recovered during casual fieldwalking from a single field in Sandford Orcas. In general the sherds vary in size from 46.51mm x 33.53mm x 6.11mm thick (9.96g) to 9.99mm x 9.49mm x 4.94mm thick (0.49g). Of the 30 sherds only 4 are rim sherds and two are base sherds. The rims tend to be flattened and the bases flat. The assemblage can be broadly divided into two main fabric types. the first fabric type comprises 10 body sherds of a reduced grey fabric, occasionally with oxidised orange or buff/brown surfaces. Inclusions are coarse and consis…
Created on: Friday 10th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sanndford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-44B433
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
9 abraded sherds of medieval coarse ware pottery recovered from casual observation of ground works for a pipe line at Higher Weathergrove, Sandford Orcas, Dorset. The assemblage is divided between two fabric types. The first of which comprises five body sherds and one base sherd of 11th-12th century cooking pot. The fabric generally has a light grey or buff core with buff, brown or orange surfaces. The inclusions consist of frequent poorly sorted rounded and sub rounded quartz (some white and some rose coloured), occasional angular flint or chert and oolitic limestone
Created on: Friday 10th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-F62EF7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
8 sherds of Late Iron Age shell tempered pottery. including 1 upright plain rim from a globular jar. The remainder of the sherds are body sherds, one of which has a single incised or burnished line decoration and another has a tapered neck. All handmade, although one has less temper and is fired to a higher temperature and may be wheel made. The colour of the sherds is patchy ranging from oxidised orange-pink to buff-brown. Total weight of the assemblage is 150.33g. sherds size varies from 50.34 x 48.08mm to 25.03 x 19.79mm and thickess varies from 12.56mm to 6.54mm.
Created on: Monday 6th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-61B363
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three sherds of medieval or post-medieval pottery, including one early medieval base sherd and two 16th-17th century glazed sherds. The base sherd has a flat base (260mm), the fabric is coarse with frequent sub-rounded quartz and angular chert and isolated fossil limestone inclusions (
Created on: Monday 30th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.