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VESSEL
Unique ID: WILT-63A405
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy leg/foot from a cooking vessel of later medieval to post-medieval date. The foot is sub-rectangular in shape and semi circular in cross section. The front face is broadly flat apart from a central vertical rib, the reverse is convex and undecorated. The object is corroded with a dusty mid-green colour with patches of corrosion product and possible dark coating.
The vessel leg is 53.6mm wide, 46.4mm in length, 20.45mm thick and weighs 105 grams.
Class: Leg / foot
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 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46.4 mm
Width: 53.6 mm
Thickness: 20.45 mm
Weight: 105 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4321
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Tilshead (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0348
Four figure Latitude: 51.23117957
Four figure longitude: -1.95841621
1:25K map: SU0348
1:10K map: SU04NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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