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7 Jul: Great Bells of the British Isles

We are pleased to announce an addition to the scope of the towers listed in Dove. Readers of the printed version will be familiar with the list of Notable Bells of the British Isles in the appendices, specifically all those over 40 cwt. The towers that hold these bells have now been incorporated into the web version and can be found here. There are currently 150 bells given in this list, headed up by the Olympic Bell in Queen Elizabeth Park, Stratford at almost 451 cwt. From this list, readers will also be able to see what other bells accompany these significant bourdons, such as quarter bells in clock chimes, or lighter bells in diatonic chimes, or whether the bells are simply hanging alone.

12 May: New mapping functionality

Dove now has improved mapping functionality, allowing tenor weights and BellBoard performance totals to be presented on maps using colour.

To view tenor weights on a map, go to the tower listing (applying any search criteria you want), and choose Map showing tenor weights. Blue towers are the lightest and pink the heaviest, with green, yellow, orange and red used for intermediate weights.

To view BellBoard performance totals on map, go to the tower search page on BellBoard, and search for the type of performances you are interested in (e.g. all peals, or quarter peals in the last five years), and follow the link to plot a map or view a list of them on the Dove website.