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BELL
Unique ID: LVPL-AC12B1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment from a copper alloy spherical animal "crotal" bell of Post-Medieval date. Only a fragment of one sphere survives. The fragment is 47mm in length, 21mm high and 2mm thick. It is curved in profile. One edge is incomplete due to recent breaks while the other edge is complete and decorated with a median band. The outer surface of the bell has been tinned.
When complete this fragment would have formed a bell consisting of two halves joined by a raised median band. The upper half would have two perforated circular holes on each half on the object. Between each perforation would be an integral sub-rectangular attachment loop. On the lower half two circular perforations would have been joined by a rectangular perforation.
An example of a complete bell of this type which can be found on the database is LVPL-C9A17B, https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/704392.
Class: Crotal
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47 mm
Height: 21 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 13.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st December 2015 - Friday 8th January 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: White metal
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wirral (Metropolitan District)
District: Wirral (Metropolitan District)
To be known as: Clatterbridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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