Dartford District Archaeological Group - The Christopher St John Breen Medieval Pottery Archive
Pictures of sherds of medieval pottery recovered from the Billingsgate Dumps in 1984

LSS        Late Saxon Shelly ware    900 – 1150

Picture of body sherd of Late Saxon Shelly ware (Background grid to pictures in cm squares)

Picture of fabric of sherd of Late Saxon Shelly Ware pictured above


Picture of fabric of sherd of Late Saxon Shelly Ware pictured above
(scale in millimetres)

Picture of body sherd of Late Saxon Shelly ware (Background grid to pictures in cm squares)

Picture of fabric of sherd of Late Saxon Shelly Ware pictured above


Picture of fabric of sherd of Late Saxon Shelly Ware pictured above
(scale in millimetres)

The majority of these sherds were typed over twenty years ago, and since then knowledge of the fabrics and their dating may have been modified, so please if you feel that any information is incorrect, please let us know at localhistory@tedconnell.org.uk so that we can amended our information.

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