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VESSEL

Unique ID: SWYOR-51A943

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Part of 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 is moulded like an animal paw with three toes and a transverse moulding across the ankle. The leg is quite angular at the front. The reverse and base are concave giving the leg a C-shaped section. The metal has a patchy green patina and the break is patinated. There are grey possible soot deposits. The leg is 41.2mm long, 34.4mm wide and 22.2mm thick. 95.2g.

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: 41.2 mm
Width: 34.4 mm
Thickness: 22.2 mm
Weight: 95.2 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 28th August 2012 - Tuesday 28th August 2012

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 2224

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: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
Parish or ward: Plompton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE3754
Four figure Latitude: 53.98074006
Four figure longitude: -1.43730464
1:25K map: SE3754
1:10K map: SE35SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: About one year ago

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