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Iron Age pottery storage jar
Rim and body sherds, 8-11mm thick, of quite friable fabric containing sparse quartz, grog and burnt organic inclusions. The sherds have oxidised orange/brown surfaces and a buff/grey core. The jar has a tall, flaring, rounded rim which expands past the limit of the shoulder. This is an unusual form for the Welsh Iron Age with no obvious parallels in the immediate vicinity. Vessels of similar form and size have been recovered from Middle Iron Age contexts at Rainsborough, Northants (Avery et al, 1967, pp258-287, figs, 29, 31 & 32).
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
90.109H/3
Find Information
Site Name: Twyn-y-Gaer, Cwmyoy
Grid Reference: SO 294219
Collection Method: excavation
Notes: Context not yet known.
Acquisition
Donation, 12/11/1990
Measurements
Material
pottery
quartz tempered
burnt organic tempered
grog tempered
Techniques
hand made
Location
In store
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