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BELL
Unique ID: LIN-3E42F6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete and slightly damaged Post-Medieval copper alloy spherical animal 'crotal' bell. The suspension loop at the top has a rectangular and flat cross-section. The upper and lower hemispheres are divided equally by a horizontal circumferential joining rib. Two holes in the lower hemisphere are joined by a split.
This bell has been entirely filled with lead and may have been reused as a weight.
Similar to: PAS, find number: IOW-A805A6.
Evidence of reuse: Filled with lead
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38 mm
Width: 29 mm
Weight: 183.15 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 25th April 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: near Sleaford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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