Proposal:Bell cage

Bell cage
Proposal status:	Abandoned (inactive)
Proposed by:	Biff
Tagging:	man_made=bell_cage Data item
Applies to:
Definition:	tag for a structure that holds (church) bells but is too low to be called a bell tower
Statistics:
Rendered as:	icon of bell
Draft started:	2012-10-15

Proposal

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  Bell cage Akmarijp, see also [1]

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  Bell cage Elsloo, see also [2]

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  Bell cage Wrabness, see also [3]

I had the problem of mapping a structure that is separate from the church and houses a bell, but is not tall like a tower.

For a separate bell tower, I would have used:

man_made=tower

tower:type=bell_tower

However, in my opinion, low structure like the bell cages shown in the gallery above do not qualify to be called towers (please check links to see pictures from more suitable angles that show how much smaller these bell cages are than the churches they belong to). I found that the following tag has already been used a few times (e.g. [4]):

man_made=bell_cage

So, that's what I used, and now I'm trying to document it by writing this proposal.

Rationale

Similar structures may be found in many countries, e.g.:

Germany

• picture, see #Example 1

Netherlands

• wikipedia:nl:Klokkenstoelen in Friesland.

UK

http://www.eastbergholtchurch.co.uk/bells/

Examples

Example 1

building=roof

man_made=bell_cage

Tagging

The category "man_made" is proposed, mostly because man_made=bell_cage has already been used for some bell cages in the Netherlands, which is supported by man_made=campanile for similar structures in Sweden and the use of man_made=tower plus tower:type=bell_tower for normal steeples and bell towers.

Generic tags

Of course, generic tags may be used, like name=*, height=*, operator=*, access=*, source=* etc.

Applies to

A typical bell cage should be lower than 5 m. (If it's significantly higher than 5 m, then it's probably a bell tower and not a bell cage.)

If it occupies an area smaller than 5 m by 5 m then it should be mapped as a node. If it occupies a larger area, it should be mapped as an area.

Rendering

An icon showing a bell would be easy to understand.

See also

• tower:type=bell_tower
• man_made=campanile
• Proposed features/Bell

Comments

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