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dark grey-black core. The paste contains 
a common frequency of angular, white, 
calcined flint of variable size, the larger 
fragments up to 5 mm across. The ware, 
although hard, has a friable, hackley 
fracture. At x20 magnification very fine 
Fig. 17 Deverel-Rimbury Pottery (Sherds 9-16) 
opposed diagonal ribs below a step in the profile 
(Fig. 16.8). A similar fabric was used for a small 
vessel with a plain undifferentiated rim from ditch 
terminal 383 (Fig. 16.2). 
GRSH: Grog and fossil shell-tempered ware. 
An orange-brown ware containing a_ sparse 
frequency of fossil-shell up to 2 mm in size. At x20 
magnification the paste shows a light scatter of 
rounded quartz and red iron along with a sparse 
frequency of clay pellets or grog. The latter is sub- 
rounded in shape with pieces up to 3 mm in size. 
A total of eight sherds were recovered in this 
fabric of which only one was featured, a thin-walled 
vessel with a plain, — slightly flattened 
undifferentiated rim from 783. Other sherds were 
recovered from both the enclosure ditches, sections 
366, 383 and 512 and pit 609. 
FLINT1: Coarse flint-tempered ware. A patchy 
black, mid brown to orange-brown surface with a 
sparse white mica flecks, sparse fine 
rounded quartz sand and rare red iron 
grains are visible. 
Diagnostic forms include the 
substantial part of a cordoned bucket urn 
with a slash decorated rim and a finger- 
pressed cordon (Fig. 16.1) from ditch 783. 
The vessel has fragmented into some 398 
sherds (5928 g) distributed across contexts 
(371-3). Approximately 67% of the rim is 
present. This shows a slightly expanded 
form particularly on the internal face. The 
vessel has been perforated before firing at 
least three times, one hole being above the 
cordon, one below but in a different area 
of the pot and one uncertain. 
Further single flint-tempered sherds 
of similar character came from ditches 
397, 412 and 427. These sherds were of 
medium thickness, that is around 8mm, 
thus falling slightly below that exhibited 
by the urn sherds. 
FLINT2: Fine flint-tempered ware. 
A moderately hard dark brown to black 
ware. The paste contains a moderate 
frequency of fine calcined, angular flint, 
up to | mm in size but mainly finer. The 
surfaces are relatively smooth and show finer 
inclusions, suggesting the vessel walls have been 
wet smoothed. 
Represented by a single thin-walled sherd with 
faint traces of lightly tooled decoration (Fig 16.4) 
from ditch 783. The association of this sherd with a 
sizeable collection of middle Bronze Age shelly and 
coarse flint-tempered ware suggests that it should 
be seen as contemporary, perhaps from a Decorated 
Globular urn. 
Discussion 
At least six fabrics have been distinguished with 
definite middle Bronze Age associations, four 
shelly wares ( SHELL1-3, 6), one grog-tempered 
ware (GROG) and one _ flint-tempered ware 
(FLINT). To these can probably be added the grog 
and shell-tempered ware GRSH, although the 
chronology of this is less clear, and the single fine 
flint-tempered sherd (FLINT2). In total these 
