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VESSEL
Unique ID: SUSS-1F8ED6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead bird cage trough or feeder. The vessel is complete but very distorted, and would originally have been D-shaped in section, flaring from the base, with a flanged rim. The flattened rim measures 61.18mm in length. The object is undecorated, therefore could date to the late 15th- 17th century (decorated examples tend to be earlier in date). The metal surface is worn and has a patchy cream coloured patina.
Class: bird feeder
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.98 mm
Width: 59.97 mm
Weight: 57 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 11th June 2005
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Rother (District)
To be known as: Udimore
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 2005 | Material Culture in London in an Age Of Transition: Tudor and Stuart period finds c.1450 - c.1700 from excavations at riverside sites in Southwark | London | Museum of London Archaeology Service | 129 | 617 |
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