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CROTAL

Unique ID: BERK-72F292

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete cast copper alloy crotal bell dating to the early post-medieval period (AD1500-1700). The crotal bell is made in one piece but has a filed girth seam intended to imitate the seam on earlier two-piece bells. The bell has an integrally cast square suspension loop and the lower sounding holes and split are filled with earth. Both the upper and lower hemispheres of the bell is decorated with the popular 'sunburst' design formed of nine double 'rays' decorated by a central longitudinal incised line. The founders' mark of a horseshoe symbol can be seen on the underside of the bell but it is uncertain to which foundary or maker this mark belongs to. This distinguishing mark helps date this crotal tentatively to the 16th or 17th centuries (Bailey 1995, 39-40; refs. 4, 5).

Notes:

Other crotal bells on the PAS database with sunburst design and horseshoe marks are known nearby BERK-03BB21 and further afield- HAMP-FF5317 (Ropley, Hampshire), HAMP-53CF33 (Compton and Shawford, Hampshire), HAMP-B923D5 (Hambledon, Hampshire), HAMP-26E131 (Chilcomb, Hampshire).

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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Height: 38.5 mm
Weight: 58.6 g
Diameter: 32.1 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 11th February 2018

Rally details.

This object was found at Wendlebury #1

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
Parish or ward: Merton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP5719
Four figure Latitude: 51.8666749
Four figure longitude: -1.17358811
1:25K map: SP5719
1:10K map: SP51NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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