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BELL
Unique ID: NARC-3BE2D5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy crotal bell. Incomplete. A square suspension loop 10mm wide, 8mm high and 3.5mm thick with a circular hole which is 4mm in diameter.
The bell is broken across a roughly horizontal axis, with a small portion of the central raised band visible. two sound holes are positioned on the upper half and are 3.5mm in diameter. The body of the bell itself is 24mm in diameter. The bell is worn but there is evidence that the upper half of the bell had a sun-burst pattern, with deep grooves running vertically down the body, stopping at the central ridge.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 11.75 g
Diameter: 24 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th September 2010
Rally details.
This object was found at Isleham, Cambridgeshire, 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Isleham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL6375
Four figure Latitude: 52.34884228
Four figure longitude: 0.39167074
1:25K map: TL6375
1:10K map: TL67NW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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