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VESSEL
Unique ID: LEIC-265E93
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval copper alloy vessel foot. The object is incomplete and its shape is a rounded rectangle. The foot tapers from the base to the top. This creates a triangular section. There is a raised vertical line running down the middle of the object. The weight of the foot is 82.24 grams and the thickness is 16mm. The length is 46mm and the width is 30mm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 30 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight: 82.24 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Great Casterton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0110
Four figure Latitude: 52.67829695
Four figure longitude: -0.5075326
1:25K map: TF0110
1:10K map: TF01SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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