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VESSEL
Unique ID: DOR-60DEC4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a medieval copper alloy vessel handle from a tripod cauldron. The handle is cylindrical with an angled break at the end which indicates that this is part of an angled lug from the top of a cauldron. At the opposite end is a fragment of the vessel rim and body. The rim is pointed with an internal bead and the internal surface is very smooth. The surface of the handle is rough and sooted. The breaks are worn.
Date: Late Medieval to Post Medieval - c. 1400 - 1700
Dimensions: 54.94 mm x 24.75 mm, The handle is 12.30 mm in diameter
Weight: 48.46 g.
Class: Skillet
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 54.94 mm
Width: 24.75 mm
Weight: 48.46 g
Diameter: 12.3 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 019383
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Sturminster Marshall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SY9399
Four figure Latitude: 50.79052441
Four figure longitude: -2.10067574
1:25K map: SY9399
1:10K map: SY99SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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