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VESSEL
Unique ID: SOM-642B42
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval to post-Medieval leg/foot from a cast copper-alloy cooking vessel (c. 1250-c. 1650 AD).
The object is trapezoidal in cross-section throughout its length, wider at the front than the back. On the front there is a central vertical rib. The base is flat and the top ends in an old abraded break. It is 36.3mm long,27.8mm wide, 29.2mm thick and weighs 79.69 grams.
Cast cooking vessels seem to have come into use in the second half of the 13th century and to have continued at least until c. 1650 (Geake 2001, 52).Butler, Green and Payne (2009, pg 4) suggest that this form (their Type A) was widespread in the Medieval period, but examples are known into the early 17th century.
Notes:
This record was created at a rally and may therefore fall below our usual standards of identification or photography.
Class: Pot 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 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.3 mm
Width: 27.8 mm
Thickness: 29.2 mm
Weight: 79.69 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th September 2011
Rally details.
This object was found at Spaxton 2011 - Stogursey, WHRADA, 25-09-2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Rally Reference 602
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: West Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Stogursey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST2142
Four figure Latitude: 51.171762
Four figure longitude: -3.131384
1:25K map: ST2142
1:10K map: ST24SW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N. | 2009 | Cast Copper-Alloy Cooking Vessels | York | Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 41 | |||
| Geake, H. | 2001 | Finds Recording Guide Version 1.1 |
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