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 Cheese Press
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Part of a ceramic cheese press (c.150 mm). Thick cream was poured into the bowl, and the liquid (whey) drained through the holes. They are not common finds on Romano-British sites.
 
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From Site Bodiam
   
Date  3rd - 4th century AD
   
Location   Battle Museum display
   
Material   Ceramic
   
Context  From the Romano-British river port at Bodiam. Exact position unknown.
   
Reference   Lemmon, C.H. & Darrall Hill, J. 1966 'The Romano-British site at Bodiam', SAC 104, p.96-7, plate IVb, no.30.
   

Cheese Press
Cheese Press

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