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VESSEL
Unique ID: BERK-ADA4C3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Medieval to Post Medieval fragment of a ewer leg, triangular in section with a central vertical rib. There is a horizontal rib at the ankle end and a short rounded foot below. At the broken end is a dished section where the leg would have joined the vessel. Circa AD1200 -1800.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 71.53 mm
Width: 32.11 mm
Thickness: 18.7 mm
Weight: 100 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 11th September 2010
Rally details.
This object was found at West Hanney 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Y470
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: West Hanney (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3992
Four figure Latitude: 51.625472
Four figure longitude: -1.438006
1:25K map: SU3992
1:10K map: SU39SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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