Rights Holder: Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service
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Unique ID: ESS-4AE358
Object type certainty: Certain
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Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper alloy vessel leg. It is rectangular in plan with a trapezoid cross section. It is slightly curved in profile. There is a pronounced rib with triangular cross section running down the centre of the leg. There is a worn break at one end and the other end is heavily abraided. It is 71.58mm long, 60.88mm wide, 13.74mm thick increasing to 21.56mm thick to include the rib. It weighs 110.4 grams.
Class: Leg
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Quantity: 1
Length: 71.58 mm
Width: 60.88 mm
Weight: 110.4 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th August 2010
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Other reference: OEF 6296
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: TQ5888
Four figure Latitude: 51.568738
Four figure longitude: 0.278345
1:25K map: TQ5888
1:10K map: TQ58NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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