The Bell of Badoney

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The Hunt Museum
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2018-08-20
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Culture: [Medieval](http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0gjgrsxwzx). Material: bronze. Accession no: HCA 618. Current Location: [The Hunt Museum](https://www.huntmuseum.com/), [Limerick](https://www.geonames.org/7778675/limerick-city.html). A bronze sanctuary bell from the ninth century known as the Bell of Badoney. Both front and back are widely splayed while the other sides are narrower. It has a small handle on top and the clapper is missing. The bell was found in a bog at Lower [Badoney](http://discovernorthernireland.com/Bodoney-Badoney-Church-Plumbridge-Omagh-P20544/), Co. Tyrone, in 1856. This site forms part of the Journey Through Time, archaeological and historical tour of the Foyle and Sperrins area. [More](https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/6b08b8b8-3f36-3844-a6c0-78caf7205fbf/?s%3DHCA+618&pos=1).