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BELL
Unique ID: LIN-D59DE6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of an Early Medieval copper brazed iron bell. The fragment comprises part of the crown and shoulder of the bell, and also of the handle. The bell appears to be made of iron sheet brazed with copper. The bell is irregularly broken around the body. The crown is sub-rectangular in plan and flares to the breaks on all sides. The handle loop is semi-circular and is covered with light-brown concretion. This concretion also covers one side of the bell, and the interior too. The concretion changes to a dull purple-brown colour towards the break, where it also comprises flecks of charcoal. The concretion might be indicative of the manufacturing process.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 720
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 44 mm
Width: 57 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight: 61.23 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 10th September 2018 - Monday 10th September 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Louth area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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