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VESSEL

Unique ID: NARC-6F8412

Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An asymmetrical lead object: probably a plug for the repair of a damaged vessel. The plug has a groove where it was fitted to the wall of the broken object. On both faces of the plug there are impressions in the surface of the lead made by woven fabric possibly used to hold the plug in place as it cooled. Such plugs were in use from at least the Roman period until the post-medieval period, and without the presence of any diagnostic elements are impossible to date. There is however a small piece of leather caught within the groove which might suggest the plug's use in a leather vessel, or an alternative use as a belt stud.

Class: pot mend

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 21.8 mm
Width: 19.3 mm
Thickness: 4.1 mm
Weight: 4.8 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th October 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Moulded

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Norton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP6163
Four figure Latitude: 52.261791
Four figure longitude: -1.107656
1:25K map: SP6163
1:10K map: SP66SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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