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Description: | Cast lead-alloy tank dating from the later Saxon period, i.e. 9th-10th centuries AD. It is almost complete with one of the handles missing and Kevin Leahy considers these tanks to be the largest lead objects to have survived from the Anglo-Saxon period. They were made in two or more parts, the base and one or more pieces forming the side wall. These were cast flat in open sand moulds and rolled around to form a cylinder. The components were melted together with a hot iron. The quality of the finish is often very poor although some examples are decorated. The function of these tanks is not understood. Three tool hoards (Flixborough, Stidriggs and Westley Waterless) have been found in lead tanks, but they would make inconvenient toolboxes. Most of them are fitted with two small iron carrying rings and the Flixborough hoard contained two hooked iron rings that would have allowed the tanks to be carried on a pole. Jane Cowgill thought the tank from Riby Crossroads, Lincs. may never have been watertight, but three lead tanks found near Garton on the Yorkshire Wolds had sooting on their bases which had been burned through and repaired in places. They were found in association with tenth century material. There is a C14 date for Stidriggs of AD 775-892 at one standard deviation. The length is 360mm, width 300mm, height is 180mm.
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