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Description: | Two small pottery sherds weighing a collective total of 7.27g were examined under a binocular microscope (x12) and analysed in accordance with the guidelines of the Prehistoric Ceramics Research Group (PCRG 1997). Due to a lack of diagnostic features, a comparison with other ceramic assemblages is problematic and can only be made through the analysis of their fabric types.
A simple rounded rim form too small to be diagnostic was recovered with a very abraded bodysherd weighing only 1g. The rim fragment has been burnished on both surfaces and varies in colour from reduced grey black to mid brown on its interior. It is a coarse fabric with an abundance of sub rounded and well sorted quartz grains measuring between 0.5 and 1mm. It also contains rare 1% amounts of red rock (<2mm), iron oxide and black glassy inclusions (<0.5mm) that are probably glauconite. This sherd shares similarities with the sandy Iron Age wares found at Ham Hill, Montacute (Morris 1987:33-5). Equivalent sandy fabrics with comparable inclusions have also been recovered at East Devon sites such as Blackhorse and Long Range (Fitzpatrick et al 1999) and have been identified as Glastonbury or South Western Wares. The most likely source area suggested for these fabrics are the granitic deposits in Devon and Cornwall (ibid. 33). Other comparable fabrics have also been found at South Cadbury (Alcock 1980) and Meare Village East both South Somerset (Orme et al. 1982, 66).
The bodysherd is very abraded with hardly any surviving surfaces. It is a fine sandy grey ware with a slightly soapy texture. It contains common amounts of well sorted, rounded quartz grains measuring less than 0.25mm, rare ferrous inclusions and has micaceous surfaces, but no visible mica plates. The fabric is very comparable to the Roman micaceous grey wares, which appear to be local South-Western products (Bidwell 1979:191). Such grey wares have been identified at the Roman Town of Ilchester. These grey wares are generally associated with locally copied versions of Black Burnished Wares belonging to the first century AD. Unfortunately, due to the distinct lack of diagnostic features it is very difficult to suggest a more accurate date than this. | 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: | 300
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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