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CROTAL
Unique ID: NMS-178203
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy crotal bell with non-drilled loop, iron pea, engraved gadroon decoration on the lower half, engraved on one side of the cleft o R o, and on the other o W o. Diameter 49mm. Height 60.5mm. 18th - early 19th century.
Field MB1
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 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1820
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 60.5 mm
Diameter: 49 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2013 - Monday 30th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 59703
Other reference: SET092013
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Tharston and Hapton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1994
Four figure Latitude: 52.49990126
Four figure longitude: 1.22504379
1:25K map: TM1994
1:10K map: TM19SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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