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Early Medieval pottery plate
Rigoir Form 4. Abraided base: Form D2, fragment of a plate or bowl, with pseudo-footring. Faint traces of a single row of rouletted ornament at the angle between the base proper and the side of the vessel.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/E.182
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Cut XXIV, Layer (3), 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:15.8
thickness / mm:8
Material
grey ware
quartz tempered
mica tempered
Techniques
wheel-thrown
colour-coated
Ceramic Surface Finish
rouletting
impressed decoration
Ceramic Surface Finish
Location
In store
Categories
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