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VESSEL
Unique ID: LEIC-B57C0E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval to post medieval copper alloy pot leg, Length: 40 mm, width: 37 mm, thickness: 16 mm, weight: 73.4 g.
The object is rectangular in form and cross section and widens out at the base to form a sub-triangular cross sectioned foot. It has a slight ridge running vertically down the centre.
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 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 37 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight: 73.4 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: Hungarton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7006
Four figure Latitude: 52.64722907
Four figure longitude: -0.96680631
1:25K map: SK7006
1:10K map: SK70NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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