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BELL
Unique ID: NLM-1EAB14
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy bell. Cast open mouthed bell with a flat top. A central rectangular hole in the top, 2.5mm across, held a separate clapper (lost). A turned or incised line runs around the edge of the flared rim of the bell. Slightly bent and split at one point on the rim. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.
Diameter: 32.6mm, Thickness (wall): 1.8mm, Height: 24.6mm, Weight: 19.21gms.
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: 24.6 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 19.21 g
Diameter: 32.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd January 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM20178a
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: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Ashby cum Fenby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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