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BELL
Unique ID: NMS-D8DF6B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a clapper bell in silvery copper alloy, with very little extant below the very poorly cast suspension loop. There is rust on the inner and outer faces but no certain trace of a crown staple. Extant height 27mm. Width of loop 17.5mm. Mid 16th - 18th century.
Field SC
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: 27 mm
Width: 17.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st March 2015 - Tuesday 31st March 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 59794
Other reference: SET042015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Great Ellingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0298
Four figure Latitude: 52.54236887
Four figure longitude: 0.97739826
1:25K map: TM0298
1:10K map: TM09NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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