BERK-A19442: Lead pot mend

Rights Holder: West Berkshire
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Rights Holder: West Berkshire
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Rights Holder: West Berkshire
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VESSEL

Unique ID: BERK-A19442

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

An irregularly shaped lead pot mend with a fragment of greyware pottery present sandwiched between the lead. It is roughly oval in plan with one face smoothed to form a flat surface and the other irregularly rounded. There is a thick layer of lead above the pottery which is "grooved" in profile.

Class: Pot mend

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 34.87 mm
Width: 17.77 mm
Thickness: 13.58 mm
Weight: 42.37 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Great Shefford

Spatial coordinates


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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Audit data

Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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