Fabric 56 - Malvernian unglazed ware
Form number
56/01
Manufacture
Hand-made
Type
Inturned jar
Type reference
MPRG 4.01.06
Other type
Cooking pot
Rim description
Everted or upright
Base description
Convex, knife trimmed
Function
Almost all the sherds found of this type of jar were sooted indicating its use for cooking over an open fire.
General distribution
Main area of distribution is within a 30 mile radius of the Malvern Hills, although vessels have been found as far afield as Shrewsbury and Cardiff.
Medieval (late 12th to 13th century)
Notes
No complete examples of this form type has been identified to date.