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ANIMAL BELL
Unique ID: NMS-3A4E9A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy crotal bell with a non-drilled loop and an iron pea. The upper half is plain and the lower half engraved with gadroon ornament. In a circular field spanning the cleft there is an engraved maker's mark: oWo on one side and oGo on the other. Diameter 43.5mm. Height 52mm. Late 18th - early 19th 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 1775
Date to: Circa AD 1825
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 52 mm
Diameter: 43.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 14th March 2015 - Saturday 14th March 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: KLMD042015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: East Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Brigstock (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9481
Four figure Latitude: 52.41892542
Four figure longitude: -0.61924001
1:25K map: SP9481
1:10K map: SP98SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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