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CROTAL
Unique ID: NMS-42F8E7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval tinned copper alloy crotal bell, integral trapezoidal loop with drilled perforation, two perforations in gadrooned upper half, one irregular and elongated, miscast, median ridge, broken and distorted lower half with scale decoration and, unusually, a heart cast in relief to stand proud of the suface on either side of the remains of the basal slot with circular terminals. Diam.c.31mm. Pea missing. 17th-18th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 31 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 20th March 2013 - Wednesday 20th March 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 58363
Other reference: AHS032013
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Attleborough (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0394
Four figure Latitude: 52.506087
Four figure longitude: 0.989682
1:25K map: TM0394
1:10K map: TM09SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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