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VESSEL
Unique ID: WILT-008789
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval or Post Medieval cooking vessel foot dating to period c. AD 1100- 1800.
The foot has a sub-trapezoid base which has numerous small bubble voids. The outer face of the foot/leg is obliquely angled with a prominent vertical ridge. The upper edge of the leg is broken, not recently and has a smaller trapezoid cross section than the base of the foot. The surface of the leg has a a rough, mottled and abraded surface. The object measures 9.41mm in tall, 39.43mm in top width, 41.41 mm in base width, 4.8mm in thickness and 32.71g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 9.41 mm
Weight: 49.19 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM5135
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Latton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1297
Four figure Latitude: 51.67164654
Four figure longitude: -1.82787178
1:25K map: SU1297
1:10K map: SU19NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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