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Record ID: SUR-434241
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
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An abraded rim sherd of Neolithic grooved ware of Clacton Style, probably from a flat-based jar or bowl. The fabric is dark brown in colour with small angular flint and iron inclusions. The exterior is decorated with triangular panels filled with pressed dots and an incised line around the rim. The interior surface has three circumferential ridges. The original rim diameter was possibly around 150mm.
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-85E46E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
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A curved rim sherd from a vessel of middle Neolithic Peterborough ware. The exterior has impressed coiled shapes from tightly twisted cord and the inner edge of the rim has a band of impressed corded decoration. The fabric is flint tempered with frequent large sub angular flint clasts.
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2024
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-85A630
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
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A curved body sherd from the side of a cylindrical vessel, possibly an urn, of later Neolithic to middle Bronze Age date. The vessel is hand made with a dark grey reduced fabric which is sandy with micaceous inclusions and reddish oxidised areas on the exterior and interior surfaces. The exterior of the vessel has bands of impressed corded decoration.
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2024
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-D65074
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
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A rim fragment from a middle Neolithic food vessel or bowl made from a dark grey to black fabric in the Peterborough Ware tradition, dating to c3500-2500BC. The rim, which had an original diameter of approximately 200mm, is rounded, everted and decorated with slashed pairs of lines. Below this are three bands of corded decoration running around the circumference. The fabric is sandy with well sorted inclusions including infrequent sub angular calcined flint clasts.
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 29th June 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-DF47CE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Nottinghamshire
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Neolithic or Bronze age ceramic vessel sherd, 51mm long, 38mm wide and 12mm thick with a weight of 29.29g. A body sherd with large, irregular calcite inclusions in an earthy, uneven body. It varies in colour from a cream/buff inner surface, brown/beige body to an orange outer surface. It is decorated with two sets of parallel depressions interrupted by at least one transverse pair of depressions. Possibly late late Neolithic to early Bronze age grooved ware?
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-466023
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Medway
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A body sherd from a ceramic vessel, possibly of grooved ware, dating to the Late Neolithic period c. 3000-2350BC. Description: Fine, black sandy fabric with small shiny (mica?) inclusions. The core and interior surface is the same colour as the exterior - very dark grey. The sherd is decorated with incised, linear angular decoration in a regular chevron pattern. Measurements: 32.65mm height, 27.77mm width, 5.9mm thickness. 6.05g in weight. Discussion: Grooved ware is rare in Kent, and this is the only example on the database from the County. However, similar examples h…
Created on: Saturday 27th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 19th August 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A89023
Object type: POT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
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Neolithic pot sherd, 32mm x 27mm. Sandy coloured exterior with dark, almost black interior, rim piece, low fired, microscopic voids in the fabric. Simple criss-cross pattern with incised lines. Weight 15.7g
Created on: Friday 8th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Osbournby Area', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: NMS-13C57C
Object type: POT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
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57 sherds weighing 1.676kg were collected from the lower filling of a pit, the base of which was 3 feet below the surface. All are Earlier Neolithic and comprise rim and body sherds from at least three vessels. The sherds are fairly large and well preserved though several shown signs of having been re-fired, probably burnt in a domestic hearth before burial. The assemblage includes rims from three vessels, all undecorated, round-based bowls typical of the Earlier Neolithic Plain Bowl tradition. One vessel has a rolled rim whilst the other two are direct rounded rims. Body sherds su…
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2018
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Record ID: SF-9DBDC5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
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Three body sherds from handmade vessels with flint and grog temper. Thery have a combined total weight of 13.38g in date and are of Prehistoric date, c.2700-800 BC.
Created on: Monday 17th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 17th November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near East Bergholt', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: SF-A45F00
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
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A rim sherd and two body sherds from handmade pottery vessels with coarse fabric fired red to brown at the surfaces and with white flint inclusions. They have a combined total weight of 22.31g and are of Prehistoric date, probably dating to between the Neolithic and Iron Age, c.3500-1 BC.
Created on: Monday 20th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Risby', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: CORN-C2A644
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Pottery sherd with fine incised pairs of parallel oblique lines within vertical linear borders, also consisting of two parallel lines. The pairs of oblique lines, which are at about a 45 degree angle, are divided by a central pair of vertical lines, so that they appear as a chevron or herringbone pattern when looked at as a whole. The sherd is made of gabbroic clay that weathers over the gabbro outcrop on the Lizard in Cornwall. The fabric has inclusions of pale felspars, dark augite and mica, and is orangey-brown on the exterior and dark brown on the interior of the sherd, with some …
Created on: Monday 15th April 2013
Last updated: Sunday 11th July 2021
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Record ID: SUR-433C40
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A ceramic rim sherd of Neolithic date made from a soft black fabric which contains a large flint grit. The rim is slightly out-turned and measures 33.83mm long with a thickness of 6.4mm. The diameter of the vessel appears to have been in the order of c120mm. External decoration comprises an upper band of hoof-shaped impressions (3-4 are visible) perhaps made using the tip of a bone and a lower band of diagonal whipped cord impressions (2 are visible). The sherd belongs to the Peterborough Ware tradition, c3500-2500BC.
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 9th October 2012
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Record ID: CORN-9C7C23
Object type: POT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Pottery rim sherd with a rounded top that is everted externally, with a slight groove below this where the pot is angled to form the wall of the vessel, but essentially what Manby (1999) refers to as a simple rim on page 61, in Table 6.2. The sherd is made of gabbroic clay that weathers over the gabbro outcrop on the Lizard in Cornwall. The fabric has inclusions of pale felspars, dark augite and mica and is mid-brown on the exterior and on the interior of the rim, with an orangey-brown core. This gabbroic fabric and type of rim are seen on Grooved Ware vessels, dating from c.2900-2400…
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-9ABAA3
Object type: POT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Pottery body sherd made of gabbroic clay that weathers over the gabbro outcrop on the Lizard in Cornwall. The fabric has inclusions of pale felspars, dark augite and mica, and is orangey-brown on the exterior and mid-brown on the interior of the sherd, with a dark brown core. This gabbroic fabric is seen in comparable local Grooved Ware vessels, dating from c.2900-2400 BC (Henrietta Quinnell, forthcoming).
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-9A6BC5
Object type: POT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Pottery body sherd fragment made of gabbroic clay that weathers over the gabbro outcrop on the Lizard in Cornwall. The fabric has inclusions of pale felspars, dark augite and mica, and is orangey-brown on the exterior and mid-brown on the interior of the sherd, with an orangey-brown core. This gabbroic fabric is seen in comparable local Grooved Ware vessels, dating from c.2900-2400 BC (Henrietta Quinnell, forthcoming).
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-9A5134
Object type: POT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Pottery body sherd made of gabbroic clay that weathers over the gabbro outcrop on the Lizard in Cornwall. The fabric has inclusions of pale felspars, dark augite and mica, and is orangey-brown on the exterior and on the interior of the sherd, with an orangey-brown core. This gabbroic fabric is seen in comparable local Grooved Ware vessels, dating from c.2900-2400 BC (Henrietta Quinnell, forthcoming).
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-998FE3
Object type: POT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Pottery base sherd with a slight angle on the interior of the sherd towards the beginning of the wall of the vessel. The sherd is made of gabbroic clay that weathers over the gabbro outcrop on the Lizard in Cornwall. The fabric has inclusions of pale felspars, dark augite and mica, and is orangey-brown on the exterior and mid-brown on the interior of the sherd, with an orangey-brown core. This gabbroic fabric is seen in comparable local Grooved Ware vessels, dating from c.2900-2400 BC (Henrietta Quinnell, forthcoming).
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-997452
Object type: POT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Pottery body sherd, missing some of its exterior. The sherd is made of gabbroic clay that weathers over the gabbro outcrop on the Lizard in Cornwall. The fabric has inclusions of pale felspars, dark augite and mica, and is orangey-brown on the exterior and mid-brown on the interior of the sherd, with a dark brown core. This gabbroic fabric is seen in comparable local Grooved Ware vessels, dating from c.2900-2400 BC (Henrietta Quinnell, forthcoming).
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-992D77
Object type: POT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Pottery body sherd fragment, missing most of its interior. The sherd is made of gabbroic clay that weathers over the gabbro outcrop on the Lizard in Cornwall. The fabric has inclusions of pale felspars and mica, and is orangey-brown on the exterior and on the interior of the sherd, with an orange core. This gabbroic fabric is seen in comparable local Grooved Ware vessels, dating from c.2900-2400 BC (Henrietta Quinnell, forthcoming).
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-9918E1
Object type: POT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Pottery body sherd made of gabbroic clay that weathers over the gabbro outcrop on the Lizard in Cornwall. The fabric has inclusions of pale felspars and mica, and is orangey-brown on the exterior and on the interior of the sherd, with a mid-brown core. This gabbroic fabric is seen in comparable local Grooved Ware vessels, dating from c.2900-2400 BC (Henrietta Quinnell, forthcoming).
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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