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BELL

Unique ID: SF-4B6D27

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

An incomplete cast copper-alloy clapper bell of probable Post-Medieval date. Only part of the rim survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.

It has an everted rim that is slightly thickened on its outer surface.

This bell measures 33.82mm in length, 19.66mm in height, 1.67mm in thickness, 5.13g in weight.

A similar, smaller bell is noted from London from contexts that date to the 16th or 17th centuries AD (Egan, 2005, p. 212 no. 1175).

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 1750

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 33.82 mm
Height: 19.66 mm
Thickness: 1.67 mm
Weight: 5.13 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st February 2014

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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: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Westley

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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