SKTHOLL - Stowmarket Hollesley-type Ware
Fine to medium, fairly soft fabric with abundant fine sand (including 'sparkly', high proportion stained yellow), sparse to moderate mica, occasional large self-coloured clay lenses and occasional ‘local’ inclusions such as chalk and ferrous fragments. Usually pale grey but may be oxidised to a buff or orange.
TS sample description (Patrick Quinn): Well-sorted medium sand to silt-sized sub-rounded to sub-angular inclusions of quartz, polycrystalline quartz, chert, calcareous grains, plagioclase, ferruginous inclusions and rare mica. The rare calcareous inclusions are composed of micritic calcite and foraminifera microfossils. Non-vitrified clay matrix that is oxidised on one margin. Matrix contains distinct variegation including more iron-rich non-calcareous areas and calcareous lighter coloured bands and streaks than could indicate intentional mixing or could be natural and poorly blended. Sparse meso- and macro-elongate voids.
Microcope examples from Stowupland and Stowmarket.
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