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VESSEL
Unique ID: SOM-A827E1
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval cast copper alloy pot foot and part of the leg dating to AD1500-1700. The leg and foot are D-shaped in section with a flat back and convex front; the leg is broken off above a transverse collar with an old break. The remaining section of leg has traces of ribs running down it. The prominent collar is rounded in section. The base of the foot is rounded. The piece is now is 42.36mm long, 19.97mm wide and 13.70mm thick; it weighs 43.20 grams.
Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1200-1700 for serving and cooking. Butler et al (2009:4) suggest there were four main types of leg used. This is a type C which they suggest was already in use by the late 16th century
Class:
Cooking
Sub class: Leg and Foot
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.36 mm
Width: 19.97 mm
Thickness: 13.7 mm
Weight: 43.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th October 2015 - Wednesday 25th November 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 17221
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Stoke Sub Hamdon
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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