SCVMCW - South Cove Medieval Coarseware

Very fine pale grey sandy ware with sparse mica

TS sample description (Patrick Quinn): Abundant well-packed, sub-rounded to sub-angular silt-sized inclusions of quartz with less common muscovite mica, plagioclase, perthite and opaques. Relatively sparse fine and medium sand-sized more rounded inclusions of quartz, polycrystalline quartz and chert also occur. Non-calcareous reduction-fired clay matrix that may be vitrified. Several inclusion poor plastic clay pellets that could be natural. Abundant meso-elongate drying voids.

Example from putative production site at South Cove.