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Description: | Three handles, two rims and two body sherds of 12th-13th century medieval pottery.1 - handle, oval in section 21x18mm and surviving to 84mm in length, at one end broken as it flattens to extend to the join with the ?jug (29mm wide). It is decorated on the outer surface with five 10x2mm 'gouges'. The fabric is grey and oxidised on the outer surface with shelly inclusions. Weighs 42.95g.2 - large curving body sherd with three finger print decorations in a horizontal line. Measures 121x53x8mm and weighs 62.08g. The fabric is light coloured with flint inclusions.3 - Broken handle with part of rim in a snady, green-glazed fabric. The outside of the handle is decorated with 5 vertical slashes, at least a couple of millimetres deep in places. The handle is oval in section (23x12mm) and the sherd is widest at the rim (48mm). The fragment is 112mm long and weighs 62.03g.4 - Body sherd of a sandy fabric decorated with 3mm wide grooves. Green glazing remains on the inside surface. Measures 50x29x7mm, weighs 13.10g.5 - Incomplete handle with part of rim in an oxidised grey fabric with traces of green glazing. The fragment is widest at the rim (64mm) and the handle is 28mm wide and 13mm thick. The length of the fragment is 84mm and it weighs 54.79g.6 - Rim sherd of pinky orange fabric with many flint inclusions and sooting on the outside. Measures 69.5x26x10mm and weighs 28.85g.7 - Body sherd of pinky orange fabric with sooting on both surfaces. The rim is T-shaped in section with decoration of diagonal grooves along the top surface of the T. It measures 76x44x8mm and weighs 44.81g.The fact these survive in such large fragments suggests a possible rubbish pit.
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