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A petrological examination of mediaeval pottery from Launceston Castle, Cornwall

A petrological examination of mediaeval pottery from Launceston Castle, Cornwall
A petrological examination of mediaeval pottery from Launceston Castle, Cornwall
Thin sectioning of twenty-five representative sherds of later Mediaeval pottery from dated contexts allowed them to be divided into a number of broad fabric groups based on the range of non-plastic inclusions present. These consisted of: (1) volcanic, possibly from the Exeter district, (2) gabbroic, from the Lizard, (3) chert-tempered, (4) slate-tempered, probably local, (5) North Devon gravel-tempered ware, (6) quartz, (7) ?St. Germains ware from the Tamar Valley, and (8) tourmaline-granite, possibly from the Fowey Valley.
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Williams, D. F.
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Williams, D. F.
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(1990) A petrological examination of mediaeval pottery from Launceston Castle, Cornwall. Archaeology Data Service doi:10.5284/1095592 [Dataset]

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Thin sectioning of twenty-five representative sherds of later Mediaeval pottery from dated contexts allowed them to be divided into a number of broad fabric groups based on the range of non-plastic inclusions present. These consisted of: (1) volcanic, possibly from the Exeter district, (2) gabbroic, from the Lizard, (3) chert-tempered, (4) slate-tempered, probably local, (5) North Devon gravel-tempered ware, (6) quartz, (7) ?St. Germains ware from the Tamar Valley, and (8) tourmaline-granite, possibly from the Fowey Valley.

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Published date: 1 January 1990

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Local EPrints ID: 468651
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/468651
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Contributor: D. F. Williams

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