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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-D47796
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy leg or foot from a Medieval or Post Medieval cooking vessel. The leg is a rounded rectangle in section, and wedge shaped, broken at the wider end. It is sooted and has a dark brown patina.
Class:
cooking vessel
Sub class: leg
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 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.7 mm
Width: 31.61 mm
Thickness: 13.52 mm
Weight: 33.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011 - Thursday 16th February 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1776
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Little Smeaton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5216
Four figure Latitude: 53.637943
Four figure longitude: -1.215006
1:25K map: SE5216
1:10K map: SE51NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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