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SIEVE
Unique ID: NMS-9A445C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Three small fragments (combined weight 11g) of medieval or post-medieval sheet copper alloy sieves, skimmers or colanders, two without any original edge, one with part of a straight edge. All are pierced by round holes punched from a single direction. Average hole diameters, 1.5, 3 and 4mm, suggest they are parts of three objects. 14th - 17th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 3
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 16th April 2019 - Monday 17th June 2019
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 51659
Other reference: NMD062019
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Dunton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF8829
Four figure Latitude: 52.82572905
Four figure longitude: 0.78890582
1:25K map: TF8829
1:10K map: TF82NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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