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VESSEL
Unique ID: LEIC-4E6638
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Late Medieval -Post Medieval copper alloy pot leg, 37mm long, 22mm wide and 15mm thick with a weight of 48.56g.
The object is rectangular in form and sub triangular in cross section. The object tapers slightly in width and widens to a rounded base.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Exactly AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight: 48.56 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: Owston and Newbold (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7808
Four figure Latitude: 52.66411529
Four figure longitude: -0.84811536
1:25K map: SK7808
1:10K map: SK70NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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