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VESSEL
Unique ID: PUBLIC-029CC2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy sheet repair of vessel, probably a cooking vessel. The repair patch is oval in shape with a rectangular piece in the centre which protrudes onto the reverse side to form the actual repair. This would have been folded over onto the main vessel to repair the break. The oval patch is 27mm long and 19mm wide. The rectangular central piece is 20mm by 9mm. The reverse of the plate has a ridge in the centre parallel to the rectangular plate and is the remains of the section that was folded over to form the repair.
Weight 5g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 5 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Wainfleet St. Mary (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF4957
Four figure Latitude: 53.08942218
Four figure longitude: 0.22345937
1:25K map: TF4957
1:10K map: TF45NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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