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BELL

Unique ID: NMS-5B11B2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete post-medieval white metal clapper bell, conical with vertical casting seam and stump of cannon at apex, surviving channel with blind hole at each end for the missing crown staple. Crude moulding forming around mouth. Extant height 31mm. Diameter 33-6mm. Weight 30.25g. Later 16th-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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Height: 31 mm
Weight: 30.25 g
Diameter: 36 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 17th March 2015 - Monday 20th April 2015

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 55489
Other reference: NMD042015

Materials and construction

Primary material: White metal
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Mulbarton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TG2000
Four figure Latitude: 52.55335208
Four figure longitude: 1.24371967
1:25K map: TG2000
1:10K map: TG20SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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