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Early Medieval pottery jar
Rim fragment from a small fine jar: Form E2b. The rim is everted and has a very slight channel internally. Grey fabric of the hardness of stoneware with very little grit.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/E.221
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Section 1; Cut IV, Layer (12), Context C/D C: Black, usually greasy soil, with small angular rubble; much bone, charcoal flecking; rich in finds. D: Large, often slabby stones, with smaller stones interspersed; dark humus-soil; relatively few bones or finds. Excavation conducted in the promontory fort and the adjoining hill-slope enclosure. Cwm George : Cwrt-yr-Ala Park
Acquisition
Donation, 14/6/1962
Measurements
weight / g:3.1
thickness / mm:4
Material
white ware
quartz tempered
grog tempered
iron ore tempered
Techniques
wheel-thrown
Location
In store
Categories
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