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BELL
Unique ID: IOW-E9C841
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy or gun metal post-Medieval to Modern bell (c. AD 1700-c. 1900).
The upper part of a bell has a circumferential break around the lower edge. The suspension loop has a circular aperture. Inside, it is largely covered with bubbly copper-alloy corrosion deposits.
Height: 34.55mm; diameter: 49.77mm. Weight: 50.34g.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Exactly AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 34.55 mm
Weight: 50.34 g
Diameter: 49.77 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 18th July 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2012-4-267
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Brighstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SZ4182
Four figure Latitude: 50.636258
Four figure longitude: -1.421599
1:25K map: SZ4182
1:10K map: SZ42NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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