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BELL
Unique ID: SF-E2DC44
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy fragment possibly from a circular clapper bell of Post-Medieval date. Only the rim survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.
It is everted. On the front face are two parallel grooves running around the bell, close to the rim.
This bell measures 25.91mm in diameter, 10.34mm in width, 1.89mm in thickness, 2.84g in weight.
There is a similar example recorded on the PAS database (SWYOR-3C2726).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 10.34 mm
Thickness: 1.89 mm
Weight: 2.84 g
Diameter: 25.91 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st December 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Gosbeck
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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