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VESSEL
Unique ID: PUBLIC-9918AF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Cast copper-alloy leg from a cooking vessel. The object is 40mm long and has a basically rectangular form, tapering from 27mm wide at the sloping upper surface to 19mm at the bottom. It is also basically rectangular in cross-section but has a central ridge running down its outer face. There is some black material on the surface, possibly soot from the cooking fire. It weighs 49.43g. Legs with this form were used on cooking vessels from late medieval times into the 17th century.
Sub class: leg
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: with finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight: 49.43 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 9th July 2016
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Scarborough (District)
To be known as: GF002B
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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