NMS-C700A1: Medieval rumbler bell

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BELL

Unique ID: NMS-C700A1

Object type certainty: Certain
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Medieval bag-shaped rumbler bell with cut and folded base and top hammered into a suspension loop. Height 40mm. The pea has been lost. Cf. Ivens et al. fig. 152 no. 54.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1066
Date to: AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st May 2007

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Waveney (District)
To be known as: Beccles

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Ivens, R., Busby, P. and Shepherd, N. 1995 Tattenhoe and Westbury: Two Deserted Medieval Settlements in Milton Keynes Aylesbury Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society fig. 152 no. 54.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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