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Description: | Pottery rim sherd with rounded everted rim with large inclusions of quartz and dark grey inclusions of augite and smaller white inclusions of felspar. The exterior surface has been wiped, and there is evidence of black-coating on the exterior and the interior surfaces, particularly on the upper edge of the rim.
The inclusions in the fabric suggest that this may be a sherd of local gabbroic ware, made from clay that has weathered over the gabbro stone, which is made up of felspar and augite, on the Lizard in Cornwall.
Quinnell (2004) illustrates similar examples from Trethurgy in Cornwall, on page 113, Fig.54, No.48, and on page 115, Fig.55, No.57, which are gabbroic and black-coated, and dates from c.AD 150-550.
Romano-British or Romano-Cornish! | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tyacke, Anna - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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