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Unique ID: BH-0A74CB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval to post-medieval lead-alloy bird feeder.
The feeder has a flat, semicircular base, above which the sides are vertical. At the top, the rim flares outwards. The vessel appears to have been deliberately closed by squashing the sides and folding inwards the incomplete front wall.
Maximum width: 65.8mm; depth (front to back): 25.2mm; height: 37.7mm. Weight: 198.34g.
A close parallel for this feeder was found in excavations in Southwark (Egan 2005: 129, no. 617). The London example was unstratified; however, according to Egan, the earliest feeders of this form date from the late 15th/early 16th century, with the plainer examples extending up to at least the late 17th century (ibid).
Class: bird feeder
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 37.7 mm
Width: 65.8 mm
Thickness: 25.2 mm
Weight: 198.34 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/72 - 84
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: East Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Hormead
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 |
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