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Do you know what this is? Do you know its location? If so sent your answer to us by a comment. We shall be giving or confirming the answer soon, depending on those comments. To be honest NAUTICAL LOG had never seen one until about 5 minutes ago and found it fascinating so we are sharing some nautical knowledge.
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It's a Time and Tide bell:
http://www.marcusvergette.co.uk/bell.htm
by Marcus Vergette
A permanent installation of 12 bells around the U.K. rung by the sea at high tide.
This project is to make a permanent installation of the Time and Tide Bell at the high tide mark at a number of diverse sites around the country, from urban centres to open stretches of coastline. The rise of the water at high tide moves the clapper to strike the bell. Played by the movement of the waves, the bell creates a varying, gentle, musical pattern. As the effect of global warming increases, the periods of bell strikes will become more and more frequent, and as the bell becomes submerged in the rising water the pitch will vary. The first bell was installed July 2009 at Appledore, Devon: the second on Bosta beach Gt. Bernera, Outer Hebrides in June 2010.
Hmmm, interesting. I've never seen such a thing either, but by the looks of it, it is some sort of wave activated bell. So, perhaps a swell warning bell?
I foresee many irritated members of the public heading out to mute the bells once the novelty has worn off. Where I live, they wouldn't last a single night before being stolen for scrap.
GAVIN: That is a sad comment to human nature in modern times.
In my early days people put money in the parking meter while they went in to rob the Bank!!
Good Watch.
I didn't think my photo would get this much publicity! It had me wondering what it was when I discovered it on a day trip to North Devon. There was no, (brass or bronze), information plaque to enlighten the public as to what it was, (perhaps it had been stolen, (Gavin)), so I had to google my way around the WWW to find out.
Regards, The Pier Master,
(http://piermaster.blogspot.com/)
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