Rights Holder: Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service
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Unique ID: ESS-459EA3
Object type certainty: Certain
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Medieval cast copper alloy vessel leg. It is rectangular in plan with a trapezoid cross section. There is a worn break at one end with the opposing end bending downwards at a 45 degree angle to form the foot. It is 42.79mm long, 15.52mm wide, 7.55mm thick across the leg and 11.71mm wide, 8.42mm thick across the foot. it weighs 30.09 grams.
Class: Pot 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: 42.79 mm
Weight: 30.09 g
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 11th October 2010
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Other reference: OEF 6288
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
4 Figure: TL5616
Four figure Latitude: 51.820852
Four figure longitude: 0.262022
1:25K map: TL5616
1:10K map: TL51NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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