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BELL
Unique ID: NMS-BADD9F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a post-medieval clapper bell in a silvery grey copper alloy with two pairs of encircling ribs above the mouth, Diameter 75mm. Weight 36.53g. Mid 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
Weight: 36.53 g
Diameter: 75 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 16th February 2017 - Wednesday 15th March 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 16611
Other reference: AHS032017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Morningthorpe and Fritton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM2293
Four figure Latitude: 52.48971413
Four figure longitude: 1.26849823
1:25K map: TM2293
1:10K map: TM29SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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