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VESSEL
Unique ID: NMS-476081
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A large heavily corroded copper alloy foot probably from a cooking cauldron. The foot tapers outwards from the point where it was fixed to the vessel. It is trapezoidal in both plan and cross section. All surfaces are flat with the exception of the front which has a crude raised central 'toe' running down its length. The leg is heavily encrusted and blackened with soot especially on the front face. The cauldrons to which the leg attached were usually of a tripod form and were widely used from circa 1200-1700 AD for serving and cooking. The object is 28mm long and 39mm at its widest point across the foot.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm
Width: 39 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 16th January 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PastfindersI
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Near Lewes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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