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BELL
Unique ID: FAKL-A1DF04
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Cast copper alloy bell with an elongated suspension loop. The bell is pear-shaped with four slots across its base each ending in a small round opening. The panel between two of the slots is missing.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Post AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.6 mm
Weight: 6.42 g
Diameter: 13.1 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 308
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Paull
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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