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Record ID: HAMP-C3E0F1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large cast copper-alloy foot fragment from a cooking vessel of later medieval to post-medieval date, possibly a cauldron given its size. The object is trapezoidal in form and narrows from a width of 47.5mm at the point it has broken to 30.15mm at its terminal. It also thins, from 22.8mm thick at the point it has broken to c. 8.0mm at its terminal. A central rib runs up the front of the foot, this also thins with the foot. The break reveals that the leg had a trapezoidal cross-section with a triangular protrusion for the rib; the front is wider. This form of foot is comparable to the…
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 28th June 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-CF038B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval (1200-1500) copper alloy anthropomorphic object of uncertain function, consisting of a short incomplete tube 16.5mm high with recentish damage to one side and a c.4mm diameter perforation at the centre of the edge opposite. To the outside surface, around this perforation, is a short moulded neck projecting from the tube at 90 degrees. To either side are shoulders (moulded to the tube) and short but spindly arms (parallel to the neck). Extending from the neck is a humanoid head, the face an inverted pentagon in shape with triangular chin and right-angled temples.…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd January 2019
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Leonards and St. Ives', grid reference and parish protected.