Eilean Fhianain
Bell (Early Medieval)
Site Name Eilean Fhianain
Classification Bell (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 355516
Site Number NM76NE 1.10
NGR NM 75214 68279
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/355516
- Council Highland
- Parish Arisaig And Moidart
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (23 March 2017)
This bronze hand bell, which is of Early Medieval form, is attached by a modern chain to the N pedestal of the altar at the ENE end of the parish church (NM76NE 1). It measures 158mm by 126mm across its roughly rectangular splayed mouth by 164mm in height to the crown where there is a loop handle measuring 67mm across and 37mm high. The body of the bell varies from 7mm to 12mm in thickness and is undecorated but the handle is engraved with a simple skeuomorph of a rope (short diagonal lines confined between two vertical lines). The iron clapper, which is not original, is hooked on to a loop suspended from two perforations in the crown.
Visited by HES, Survey and Recording (ATW, GG) 23 March 2017.
