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BELL
Unique ID: SOM-402F87
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment from a post-medieval spherical animal bell ('crotal') cast in copper alloy (c. 17th century AD). The fragment consists of part of the lower half, part of the median rib, and a smaller part of the upper hemisphere, with ragged breaks and one broadly straight edge - the sound slot. One of the upper hemisphere's sound holes has been broken through; this and a counterpart would have been set at right angles to the sound slot. A shield shaped cartouche abuts the slot and may bear initials, now hard to discern. The lower half beyond is decorated with a lobed 'sun burst' pattern, each rounded lobe with a centrally incised line terminating in a small punch. The bell has a dull dark-green patina with some small patches of red/brown metal visible below.
Class: cast spherical
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.3 mm
Width: 35.5 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 16.98 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 22391
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: Mid Devon (District)
To be known as: Cullompton CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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