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Unique ID: YORYM-8F3DC3
Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment of a copper-alloy vessel of medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1100 - 1850. The fragment the foot of a cooking vessel. The object is roughly rectangular in plan with a D-shaped section which expands to the base. It is undecorated. The break to the upper end of the foot is worn.
The metal has a dark black/green patina and is worn. Blackened patches are present on all surfaces. The fragment is 15.9mm long, 19.5mm wide, 12.7mm thick and weighs 10.9g.
These objects are very common metal detector finds and are often found heavily worn and pitted as the metal content was high in lead which leached out over time (Butler, Green & Payne, p.4).
While it is not possible to allocate this fragment to a specific type it is likely to be from a large cooking vessel and dates from c.AD 1100 to c.AD 1850 when the use of cast iron cooking vessels predominates.
Ref: Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N. (2009). Cast Copper-Alloy Cooking Vessels (FRG Datasheet 41). Sleaford: The Finds Research Group AD 700-1700.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.9 mm
Width: 19.5 mm
Thickness: 12.7 mm
Weight: 10.9 g
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Other reference: YMT : E06072
4 Figure: SE9785
Four figure Latitude: 54.25149637
Four figure longitude: -0.51270675
1:25K map: SE9785
1:10K map: SE98NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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