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VESSEL
Unique ID: NLM-378C62
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy vessel fragment. Cast cauldron leg of plano-convex sub-triangular section, flat behind, with three ridges on its outer convex face, one terminating in a flat-based toe or claw. This is presumably from a cauldron with its legs fashioned as animal pads. Fiercely abraded. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1350
Height: 37.7mm, Width: 35.1mm, Thickness: 14.0mm, Weight: 61.15gms
Class: Cauldron Leg
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 1350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 37.7 mm
Width: 35.1 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight: 61.15 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 9th March 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM41942
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Legbourne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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