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BELL
Unique ID: KENT-DC325D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete, Post Medieval, Mid C18th-Early C19th. Cast, copper alloy, fair size rumbler bell. A large, open, rectangular suspension loop with a plain upper half and moulded sunburst decoration on the lower half. There is a worn bell founder's initials either 'WG' or possibly 'SG' - both unknown. A lower quarter of the bell has broken away probably by agricultural machinery otherwise a light brown patina with some light green corrosion but minus the 'pea' so it no longer rings. This is likely to date to 1750-1825. Ref. Detector Finds, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1992, page 35-45 No. 26 or 27 and No. 51 or 52. The bell is 47.86mm long, 35.94mm wide, 35.73mm thick, diameter 35.94mm and weighs 32.6g.
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 1825
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.86 mm
Width: 35.94 mm
Thickness: 35.73 mm
Weight: 32.6 g
Diameter: 35.94 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 21st May 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Curvilinear
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Tandridge (District)
Parish or ward: Oxted North and Tandridge (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3955
Four figure Latitude: 51.27719675
Four figure longitude: -0.00854313
1:25K map: TQ3955
1:10K map: TQ35NE
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 | 26, 27, 51, 52 |
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