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BELL
Unique ID: NLM-4211ED
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead alloy bell fragment. One half of a small spherical bell, with an internal groove running around its open edge to receive a protruding flange from its counterpart [lost]. The top of the bell bears an aperture of diameter 2mm, presumably for a separate clapper [also lost]. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650.
Diameter: 19mm, Height: 12.7mm, Thickness (wall): 0.8mm, Weight: 2.71gms
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 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 12.7 mm
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 2.71 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 5th November 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37976
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9317
Four figure Latitude: 53.64125878
Four figure longitude: -0.59476717
1:25K map: SE9317
1:10K map: SE91NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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