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BELL
Unique ID: KENT-B09797
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete but slightly damaged, Medieval C15-C16th, copper alloy, fair size pear-shaped crotal bell as worn probably by a C15th jester.The bell has a slightly elongated, spherical shape with a long, worn through and broken suspension loop once with a rounded terminal. It has a crude cross shaped sound 'slot' at the base and a small spherical baked clay pea which still rings. There is a matt, dark brown surface with some patches of pale green matt corrosion and one or two remnant spots of gilding around the loop and the slot. This bell is likely to date to 1400-1599. Ref. Detector Finds, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1992, page 35-44, page 36 fig. 1-4, History Beneath Our Feet, Brian Read, Anglia Publishing Ipswich 1995, page 88-89 and Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, A Catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom, Volume 1, Brian Read, Portculis Publishing 2001, page 58 No. 464-467. The bell is 41.07mm long, 28.89mm wide, 24.78mm thick, diameter 28.89mm and weighs 21.2g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1599
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.07 mm
Width: 28.89 mm
Thickness: 24.78 mm
Weight: 21.2 g
Diameter: 28.89 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th February 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Tandridge (District)
Parish or ward: Limpsfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3954
Four figure Latitude: 51.26821036
Four figure longitude: -0.00893165
1:25K map: TQ3954
1:10K map: TQ35SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 1995 | Detector Finds | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 35-45 | page 36 fig. 1-4 | |
| Read, B. | 1995 | History Beneath our Feet (1995) | Ipswich | Anglia Publishing | 88-89 | ||
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: a catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 58 | 464-467 |
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