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Record ID: NMS-F887DD
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tiny fragment from the edge of the slot in the base of a bell with worn cast decoration. 16th - 18th century.
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 29th August 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-16C013
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bell from horse harness. Elongated slightly tapering oval-sectioned vertical shank with irregular loop for suspension, four ‘petals’ crimped together at base to contain stone pea, 31mm long, approximate diameter 12mm.
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2004
Last updated: Friday 19th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colkirk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DD84C4
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval top half of copper alloy rumbler bell with suspension loop of wire rather than normal strip. Diameter c.20mm. The context of an example with such a loop from London may have been as early as the mid-12th cent. (Dress Access. 337-8, no.1644).
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 18th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corpusty', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4892B4
Object type: BELL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bell with lozengiform cannon, remains of iron crown staple and seven triangular apertures in side. Slightly squashed. Cf. examples from Beachamwell (HER 25476), Bradenham (HER 31358), Great Dunham (HER 45401), and two bells dated on the PAS website to the Roman period, from Newport, Essex (ESS-954081) and Brill, Buckinghamshire (BUC-F532E5), but also to others on the website which are dated to the Late Saxon period, e.g. examples from Chippenham, Cambridgeshire (SF-2C7AE4), Barham, Suffolk (SF-4A8FA1), Paulespury, Northamptonshire (NARC-D9C172) and West Clandon, Su…
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Friday 8th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-BEEC3F
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy bell. Separate inserted sheet loop, upper and lower half soldered together at well-defined median rib, round-ended slot in base, containing corroded remains of iron pea. Now squashed almost flat. Original height circa 30mm. See Egan and Pritchard (2002, 339, fig.221, no.1645 and 1666). 13th - 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
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Record ID: NMS-BD5E2F
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy crotal bell. Rectangular suspension lug with convex lower edge, two holes in upper half, well defined median rib, round ended slot in base, iron pea. There are faint traces of very worn radiating decoration on the upper and lower halves, with a semi-circular field to one side of the slot containing a letter T. Diameter 28mm. Height 34mm. Late 16th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2016
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Record ID: NMS-8561D2
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy crotal bell. Undrilled rectangular suspension loop, two holes in upper half, well defined median rib, round ended slot in base. Traces of gadrooned or 'sunburst' decoration on lower half with G and W in semi-circular fields to either side of the slot. Iron pea survives. Height 52mm. Diameter 45mm. 16th - 18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 9th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 9th December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-563705
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval white metal or white metal coated copper alloy bell: comprising a very crudely cast hollow hemisphere with a suspension loop at the apex and a series of eight arches in the lower edge. There are corroded remains of the inserted iron crown staple, for suspension of the missing clapper, in the centre of the interior surface. The face of the bell is decorated with four evenly spaced counter-relief roundels, each of which contains a shield bearing an eagle displayed impaling bendy of six. Height 26mm. Diameter 30mm. Weighs 30.18g. Although impaled arms on an identical example …
Created on: Thursday 3rd January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-F7F242
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy bell. Sheet-metal upper and lower halves with the edges turned out and soldered together to form a median rib, with a separately inserted rectangular strip forming the suspension loop and a round-ended slot cut in the base, now broken and distorted. The corroded iron pea is stuck to the inside. Height 40mm. Diameter 36mm. 13th - 15th century.
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-CBDDE1
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval or modern bell. Cast, with a high white metal content. Three joining fragments of the flared rim with at least three concentric ribs before the break. Original diameter circa 115mm.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 14th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-1C6798
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy composite bell. Sheet upper and lower half soldered together, with a round ended slot in the base and a separate sheet loop inserted in the upper half. Now crumpled, the pea missing. Original height circa 29mm. See Egan and Pritchard (2002, 339, fig.221, nos.1645 and 1666). 13th - 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 18th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 18th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-3692B7
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy composite rumbler bell. Sheet metal upper and lower half soldered to form a prominent median rib, with separate inserted and soldered rectangular strip forming a loop. Round ended slot in base. Iron pea. Diameter 19mm. Height 22mm. Late 13th - early 15th century (Egan and Pritchard, 2002, 338 - 9, fig.221, no.1644, 1645 and 1666).
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blyford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-60EEA3
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval silver bell. Composite, the hollow upper and lower halves origianlly soldered together and now broken at the median rib with only a fragment of the lower half surviving. Multiple median concave mouldings radiate from the base of the separate, soldered wire suspension loop which is partially covered in copper corrosion. The surviving part of the bell is squashed and broken. There are no surviving marks. Original diameter (reconstructed) circa 30mm. Surviving height 13mm. Small bells similar to this were in use from the 16th century as dress accessories and h…
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 9th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cantley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-FD5EC7
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible bell, or vessel or candle holder foot. Flared copper alloy rim with hight white metal coating or content. Original diameter 60mm. Probably 16th - 18th century.
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2013
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Record ID: NMS-3C63F2
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy bell. Angled sides, flat top with integral suspension lug with small circular hole. Iron corrosion around lug and remains of corrosed iron clapper internally. The lower edge of the bell is complete missing. Height at least 38mm. Maximum surviving diameter 31mm.
Created on: Thursday 7th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2013
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Record ID: NMS-D62195
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy cast bell. Rectangular lug with circular piercing for suspension in centre of convex top, sharply curved shoulders, straight sides flaring towards rim. Clapper and most of sides missing. Height 54mm. Diameter reconstructed) 46mm. 1500 - 1900. A4.
Created on: Monday 21st January 2013
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2013
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Record ID: NMS-9CF842
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver bell. Spherical, the upper and lower halves soldered together with a twisted wire forming the median rib. There is a slot in the base with slightly expanded ends, and a separate suspension loop soldered into the top. There s a stamped mark on the lower half of the bell, possibly an I. This is probably a makers mark. Erica Darch
Created on: Monday 4th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Deopham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-5743C6
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval crotal bell, rectangular perforated loop for suspension, two large perforations in upper half, pronounced median ridge, lower half with very faint traces of engraved decoration, slot with circular terminals now damaged, contains copper alloy pea, diameter 30mm.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.