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STRAINER
Unique ID: SF-682A7D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper-alloy circular strainer of Medieval date.
It is flat with multiple punched circular perforations. There are the remains of three evenly spaced corroded iron rivets.
This strainer measures 51.96mm in diameter, 1.30mm in thickness, 15.88g in weight.
There is a similar example from London (Egan, 1998, p. 158, no. 440).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 15.88 g
Diameter: 51.96 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Barnham
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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