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VESSEL
Unique ID: NMS-6C0C35
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A small corroded and sooted copper alloy leg and integral foot probably from a skillet, ewer or small cooking cauldron. The leg is rectangular in plan with a trapezoidal cross section. At about two thirds of its length it angles outwards into a short lingulate shaped foot with a flat base. The vessels to which these legs attached were usually of a tripod form and were widely used from circa 1200-1700 AD for serving and cooking. The object is 42mm long, 20mm at its widest point, and 9mm thick..
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 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 2nd April 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PastfindersI
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Near Lewes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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