Rights Holder: Lincolnshire County Council
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Unique ID: LIN-174CC7
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete but damaged copper-alloy crotal bell. The bell is spherical with a moulded lip around the waist. The upper hemisphere contains two circular holes and a rectangular loop. The lower has the traditional channel joining two circular holes. An iron pea survives in the centre. The lower hemisphere is decorated with an incised sunburst design of oval petals. The lower half of the central circle of the flower is inscribed with the maker's mark 'WG' -William Gwynn (1770-1813) of Albourne.
Class:
cast spherical
Inscription:
WG
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1770
Date to: Circa AD 1830
Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Diameter: 34 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st October 2010
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: TF0733
Four figure Latitude: 52.883826
Four figure longitude: -0.411313
1:25K map: TF0733
1:10K map: TF03SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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