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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-CB6B76
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Medieval or Post Medieval leg from a cooking vessel; a cauldron dating from AD 1200 - 1600. Only the foot of the leg survives. It has a five lobed footprint and tapers to the ankle which is sub D shaped in section. The reverse and base are concave. The metal has a patchy green patina and the break is patinated. There are also large areas of soot deposits.
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: 33 mm
Width: 38 mm
Thickness: 41.5 mm
Weight: 123 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st June 2013 - Sunday 30th June 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2125
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: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
District: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Calverley and Farsley (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE2136
Four figure Latitude: 53.81985626
Four figure longitude: -1.68249836
1:25K map: SE2136
1:10K map: SE23NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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