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VESSEL
Unique ID: SOM-2EFA02
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy foot from a copper alloy vessel, the leg is now missing. The foot has a trapezoidal base with a ridge down the centre. It measures 71.7mm in length, 41.9mm in width, 19.4mm in thickness and the weight is greater than 110g. Dated broadly to 1250-1600.
Notes:
This record was created at a rally and may therefore fall below our usual standards of identification or photography
Sub class: Foot
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 71.7 mm
Width: 41.9 mm
Thickness: 19.4 mm
Weight: 110 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd July 2011
Rally details.
This object was found at Detecting Wales - 3rd July 2011, West Pennard
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ticket number 12
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Mendip (District)
To be known as: West Pennard
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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