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VESSEL
Unique ID: SOMDOR965
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Notes:
PAL 1154Class: Pot leg
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.68 mm
Width: 19.1 mm
Thickness: 10.54 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1999
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: DORSET WEST STAFFORD
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 1995 | History Beneath our Feet (1995) | Ipswich | Anglia Publishing | 95 |
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