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VESSEL
Unique ID: DOR-A93421
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy vessel leg from a cauldron or (more likely) a skillet. The leg is D sectioned and decorated with five parallel longitudinal ridges. The foot is rounded with a flattened and worn tip. At the top is a remnant of thin vessel wall with a smooth inner surface.
Date: Post Medieval - c. 1500 - 1700
Diameter: 61.47 mm x 40.31 mm x 17.73 mm
Weight: 119.52 g
Class: Leg
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 61.47 mm
Width: 40.31 mm
Thickness: 17.73 mm
Weight: 119.52 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 7th February 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS021793
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Fifehead Magdalen (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST7821
Four figure Latitude: 50.987976
Four figure longitude: -2.31481
1:25K map: ST7821
1:10K map: ST72SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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