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Description: | A nearly complete cast copper alloy bell of probable Post Medieval date. The bell is complete save for the clapper. It is circular in plan with an everted rim, curved concave sides and a flattened top. A sub-triangular suspension loop with sub-oval aperture extends from the top surface. The interior is iron-stained, probably from a now-missing corroded iron clapper. Two small holes at the top of the interior suggest that the suspension loop is attached, rather than integral, although these may instead have been attachment points for the clapper. The bell is plain and undecorated, except for a possible small makers mark near the rim. The bell measures 46.9 mm in length/height, 48.9 mm in diameter at rim, 26.1 mm in diameter at shoulder, 2.7 mm in thickness at rim, 4.8 mm in thickness at suspension loop, and weighs 60.1 grams.The bell is very similar in design and size to other bells recorded on the PAS database: SF-6DF2B7, NMS-615AF1. A similar bell, from a 16th century context, is illustrated in Egan, 2005, p. 213, no. 1175.
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