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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-F50F00
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
The base of a large copper alloy pot leg dating from the Medieval or post Medieval period. The foot of the pot leg is rounded while the leg is rectangular in section. The surface is sooted indicating that the leg is from o cooking pot, and the break at the top of the leg is only partially patinated. It has a length of 46.90mm, width 42.73mm, thickness 22.87mm, weight 356g. For reference see Geake 2001, Finds Recording Guide. The leg is large enough that it is probably from a cauldron dating from 1200 – 1600.
Class:
cooking
Sub class: leg
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46.9 mm
Width: 42.73 mm
Thickness: 22.87 mm
Weight: 356 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2009 - Sunday 7th February 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1035
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Caenby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0089
Four figure Latitude: 53.388382
Four figure longitude: -0.497849
1:25K map: TF0089
1:10K map: TF08NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geake, H. | 2001 | Finds Recording Guide Version 1.1 |
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