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Post-Medieval lead alloy object
A decorative, hollow, bell-shaped object/cap made of lead alloy.
The object, is shaped like a bell with a decorative scalloped edge along the aperture. The upper surface is plain with a possible suspension loop ( now damaged) at the apex. On the mouth edge, beneath the scalloped decoration are a ring of connected small knobs. The internal suface is roung and unfinished.
There is a scar on the outer surface on one side of the bell, possibly a repair, which has a corresponding mark on the interior surface.
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Site Name: Pembrokeshire, West Wales
Notes: Part of Mr Colin Scale's personal collection of metal-detected finds discovered on Pembrokeshire beaches (Newgale, Amroth, Whitesands &'Wiseman's Bridge) during the 1980s and 1990s.