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VESSEL
Unique ID: PUBLIC-F15A52
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead pot mend of Roman to Post Medieval date. Cast plug to mend a vessel wall of 3-4mm thickness (estimated).
The object is sub-circular in plan, 21.9mm x 20.9mm and 15.4mm in thickness. One side is much wider than the other giving the mend a mushroom shaped profile. A plough strike has shortened one side.
The mend has a creamy white patina.
The pot mend weighs 25.8g.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: with finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.9 mm
Width: 20.9 mm
Thickness: 15.4 mm
Weight: 25.8 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Brampton Abbotts
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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