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BELL
Unique ID: NMS-76A34A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy crotal bell with an iron pea, non-drilled loop, and engraved decoration, gadrooning on the lower half and, within semicircular frames flanking the cleft, a bell founder's hammer and the maker's initials, now mostly obscured by corrosion. Height 42mm. Diameter 30.5mm. 17th 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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 42 mm
Diameter: 30.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 27th July 2016 - Wednesday 28th September 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 60930
Other reference: DDMD092016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Fulmodeston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF9932
Four figure Latitude: 52.84871631
Four figure longitude: 0.95376911
1:25K map: TF9932
1:10K map: TF93SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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