Find Spot record 2794 - Unnamed Findspot in Peckforton

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Summary

A copper alloy crotal bell dating from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. Bells like these were typically attached to animals.

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FINDSPOT (AD 16th Century to AD 18th Century - 1540 AD to 1799 AD)

Full Description

<1> Penny S, Various, Portable Antiquities Voluntary Recording Scheme Recording Form, Penny S, 1999 (Paper Archive). SCH4332.

Copper alloy rumbler bell (Crotal bell). With cast square suspension loop and relief band around horizontal circumference. Lightly traced surface decoration on bottom half. Iron pellet in situ. Worn makers mark 'T' at base. Found by metal detector 1999.

<2> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL833 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

Crotal with cast square suspension loop and relief band around horizontal circumference. Lightly traced surface decoration on bottom half. Iron pellet in situ. Worn makers mark (letter T?) on base.

<3> The British Museum, Portable Antiquities Scheme Online Database, LVPL833 (Web Site). SCH5176.

Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SCH4332 Paper Archive: Penny S. Various. Portable Antiquities Voluntary Recording Scheme Recording Form. Penny S, 1999.
<2> SCH5212 Digital Archive: Portable Antiquities Scheme. Various. Portable Antiquities Data Import. LVPL833.
<3> SCH5176 Web Site: The British Museum. Portable Antiquities Scheme Online Database. www.findsdatabase.org.uk. LVPL833.

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Location

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Map sheet	SJ55NW
Civil Parish	PECKFORTON, CREWE AND NANTWICH, CHESHIRE EAST
Historic Township/Parish/County	PECKFORTON, BUNBURY, CHESHIRE

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Record last edited

Jan 21 2019 4:33PM