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VESSEL
Unique ID: PUBLIC-92D86B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An early-medieval to post-medieval, cast lead probable pot mend. The object consists of a, flattened, irregular disc with a narrow, integrally-cast neck similar to that normally found in a lead pot mend. However, instead of the normal second cast disc, there are two integrally-moulded flaps projecting from opposing sides of the neck. One is now folded down and one up, but they would originally have served to secure the pot mend on either side of a hole through the vessel. Around the neck of the object are fragments of iron and iron corrosion suggesting that this was used to mend a broken iron vessel rather than the usual ceramic ones. The disc of the object has several lines cut into its upper surface in a distinctive pattern and one edge is scored with deep, diagonal slashes. Other finds from the area suggest a possible date range from early-medieval to post-medieval, AD 800-1500.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.37 mm
Width: 13.82 mm
Thickness: 13.3 mm
Weight: 12.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th September 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Skidbrooke
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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