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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-808213
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast, copper alloy, cauldron leg, dating from 1200-1500AD. It is triangular in section; one angle of the base of the triangle is more acute than the other. There is no obvious foot: the end of the leg is simply rounded off. It has a light green patina and is 19.7mm long, 21.8mm wide and 10.2mm thick. It weighs 16.14gm.
Class:
Cooking vessel
Sub class: Leg
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.7 mm
Width: 21.8 mm
Thickness: 10.2 mm
Weight: 16.14 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 19th September 2010
Rally details.
This object was found at Grange de Lings, Lincolnshire
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1269
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: North Carlton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK9577
Four figure Latitude: 53.281473
Four figure longitude: -0.576598
1:25K map: SK9577
1:10K map: SK97NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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