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Description: | An Early-Medieval copper-alloy bell.The bell chamber is of hexagonal section, tapering towards the top, where it is surmounted by a damaged loop. The six sides that surround the open bottom end are concave and have been turned inwards, being to create a lobe on each of the six corners. The bell's clapper in missing but two small diameter holes, set within an unidentified substance beneath the point, mark its original position. The outer surfaces of the bell are corroded in places and possibly bear traces of a black coating. The object measures 29.9mm high, 24.6mm wide at the base and weighs 11.7g.This bell was found in association with a similar, smaller bell, BH-948BC7. Another parallel was found at Meols, Cheshire (Griffiths et al 2007: 69/pl. 75, no. 390). They are increasingly thought to be characteristic of the Danelaw in the 10th century (ibid. 69-70 for further discussion).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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