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Description: | An assemblage of 16 medieval pottery sherds from Kingsbury Milborne Port, Somerset. The date range of the assemblage seems to broadly encompass the 12th to 13th centuries AD, although, one sherd may be late Saxon and a few sherds of post-medieval pottery were also found in association.
The earliest sherd is the flattened upright rim of a late Saxon cooking vessel. The fabric has a light grey to buff core and dark grey-black surfaces. It is coarsly gritted with predominately rounded and sub-angular quartz grains (<2mm) and isolated limestone and grog (<3mm). The fabric is similar to Ilchester type A7, probably dating from the 10th-11th centuries (Leach, 1982, 170). The sherd measures 28.82 x 36.71mm x 11.07mm thick (18.65g).
Another relatively early sherd is the rim of a 12th-13th century cooking vessel. The rim is everted with depressed thumb decoration. The fabric is hard and relatively fine, although coarse textured to the touch. The colour is dark grey-brown throughout. Inclusions include abundant fine quartz (<0.5mm) and isolated limestone and angular flint (<4mm). Similar to Ilchester fabric BB (ibid, 172). The sherd measures 44.33 x 41.09mm x 7.87mm thick (18.98g).
A group of 6 sherds (4 rims, 1 base and 1 body sherd) are of similar fabric (Ilchester type BB) dating from the 12th to 13th centuries. these generally have buff-light grey cores and oxidised orange-brown or buff surfaces, occasionally fire blackened. They are generally sand tempered but with varying amounts of angular limestone and flint inclusions. The rim sherds measure; 33.02 x 25.77 x 7.13mm (11.12g); 30.23 x 36.83 x 7.60mm (8.85g); 29.95 x 24.73 x 4.31mm (6.69g); 25.66 x 28.19 x 4.92mm (6.41g). The base sherd measures 38.58 x 30.85 x 7.91mm (13.60g). And the body sherd measures 31.24 x 36.63 x 5.78mm (5.59g).
One particular group of three sherds (two rims and a body sherd) from a cooking vessel, have a distinctive fabric. Hard and coarse to the touch, the temper includes abundant small oolites, possibly derived from the local Inferior Oolite limestone (generally <1mm). In places the oolites appear to have leached out leaving voids. Isolated angular limestone, flint/chert and shell (<3mm) are also present. The fabric is generally buff or grey in colour throughout. Forms and fabric are similar to Ilchester fabric A5, dating to the 13th century, although the Ilchester sherds also contain quartz temper (Leach, 1982, 173 & 203). The largest rim measures 84.21 x 49.73mm x 9.05mm thick (57.99g). The smaller rim sherd measures 27.35 x 21.64mm x 7.98mm thick (5.93g). The body sherd measures 30.44mm x 18.00mm x 5.26mm thick (3.50g).
Two body sherds with a speckled gren glaze have fine sandy oxidised fabrics with reduced grey cores and isolated iron ore and fossil limestone. Similar to Donyatt fabric DPT4 datable to the 14th century (Coleman Smith & Pearson, 1988, 103.
A base sherd, possibly from a chafing dish, has a pale pink-buff patchy fabric throughout, and a speckled lime green internal glaze. Inclusions comprise a background of fine quartz with moderate iron ore. Possibly similar to Donyatt fabric DPT6 datable to the 16th century. The sherd measures 67.65 x 38.99 x 11.21mm thick (45.13g).
Two sherds (one rim ad one base sherd) with a well formed dark brown internal and external glaze, may derive from a single vessel, possibly a small jug or pot. The fabric is fine, oxidised orange and contains isolated iron oxide. Similar to Donyatt fabric DPT7 datable to the 17th century. The rim sherd has rouletted decoration. The rim sherd measures 27.77 x 29.84 x 2.87mm thick (3.57g);and the base sherd is 29.17 x 26.22 x 3.85mm thick (5.93g). | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 950
1699 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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