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BELL
Unique ID: DUR-5EE7E3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy clapper bell, Post Medieval in date.
It appears to have been tinned on the surface as it has a silvery looking patina. The bell is complete but is missing the clapper. It has an integral copper alloy attachment loop at the top, this has broken so the loop is open. The bell flares at the base, and on the inside is written the alphabet, it appears to have been cast into the design. On the outer edge it is worn but there appears to have been a pattern of diagonal lines.
This is an unusual bell design, as the alphabet would not have been visible so it is unclear quite what purpose it served putting it on the inside.
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 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 36.2 mm
Width: 9.21 mm
Thickness: 3.81 mm
Weight: 52.8 g
Diameter: 46.48 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Whorlton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ4702
Four figure Latitude: 54.41129
Four figure longitude: -1.27735
1:25K map: NZ4702
1:10K map: NZ40SE
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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