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BELL
Unique ID: LANCUM-CD057D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy crotal bell dating to the period 1750-1850. The bell is complete and contains a small ball and there is no foundry mark. The bell is spherical with a sub rectangular hanging loop at the top. In the top half of the sphere, a circular hole has been cut on either side of the loop. Around the circumference, there is a raised ridge and the bell is decorated with traces of a sunburst finish. The lower half of the bell has a long straight gap ending in a circular hole at each end. There is a green-brown patina on the surface.The length is 47mm, the width is 37mm and the weight 25.76g.
Class: spherical bell
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 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47 mm
Width: 37 mm
Weight: 25.76 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 9th October 2017 - Monday 9th October 2017
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Ribble Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Salesbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD6733
Four figure Latitude: 53.7922584
Four figure longitude: -2.50241327
1:25K map: SD6733
1:10K map: SD63SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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