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VESSEL
Unique ID: DOR-4F5FB4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy leg from a metal cooking vessel such as a cauldron or skillet. It has a plano-convex cross section with the flat side at the front. The front of the leg is decorated with a central longitudinal rib.The foot has a flat underside which shows signs of wear and sooting. It would have been one of three on a complete vessel.
Date: Medieval to Post Medieval - c. 1250 - 1700
Dimensions: 27.05 mm x 57.91 mm x 36.40 mm
Weight: 154.04 mm
Class: Cauldron or skillet leg
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.05 mm
Width: 57.91 mm
Thickness: 36.4 mm
Weight: 154.04 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st April 2013 - Friday 14th June 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 022318
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: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Puddletown (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SY7495
Four figure Latitude: 50.75401016
Four figure longitude: -2.36994061
1:25K map: SY7495
1:10K map: SY75SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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