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BELL
Unique ID: NLM-00AD71
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy bell fragment, possibly finished on a lathe. Cast and slightly everted rim of a vessel or object with an externally corrugated body, of estimated diameter 180mm. Suggested date: possibly Late Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1350-1650.
Height: 36.2mm, Width: 52.4mm, Thickness: 3.2mm, Weight: 20.20gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 36.2 mm
Width: 52.4 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 20.2 g
Diameter: 180 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 31st July 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM22085a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Bigby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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