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CROTAL
Unique ID: NMS-189B83
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy crotal bell, about half surviving. Rectangular attachment lug with fully round hole, one of originally two holes in upper half, slight medain rib, broken across round-ended slot in base. No decoration surviving. Height 42mm. 16th - 17th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 42 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 10th December 2009 - Thursday 10th December 2009
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 56888
Other reference: E14300
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Carleton Rode (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0990
Four figure Latitude: 52.46791409
Four figure longitude: 1.07544521
1:25K map: TM0990
1:10K map: TM09SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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