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VESSEL
Unique ID: WREX-C02E7B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete handle from a from a copper alloy cooking vessel, of Medieval to Post Medieval dating (c. AD 1400 - AD 1750).
It is sub rectangular in shape with a circular cross section. The object is undecorated and consists of one half of a V shaped handle. One end is broken at the point where it would turn, the other has a flat diagonally terminal which would have been part of the bowl of the vessel itself.
Length: 85.6mm; width: 24.04mm; thickness: 28.3mm; diameter mid-point: 17.16mm; weight: 143.5g
Class: Handle
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 85.6 mm
Width: 24 mm
Thickness: 28.3 mm
Weight: 143.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st August 2017 - Tuesday 7th November 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 1204
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Aston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ5677
Four figure Latitude: 53.28812896
Four figure longitude: -2.66148382
1:25K map: SJ5677
1:10K map: SJ57NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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