ANNULAR RING

Unique ID: KENT-4737F1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

13th - 18th Century. Copper alloy, crudely cast, annular ring. Length 26.9mm, Width 26.1mm, Thickness 3.2mm, Diameter 26.9mm, Weight 5.4g. Mass-produced multi-function irregular, annular ring with flattened sexfoil cross-section with bevelled inside and outside edge and hand file finishing marks. Some surface corrosion. Ref. History Beneath Our Feet by Brian Read, Anglia Publishing Ipswich 1995 page 69 No. 392 and Finds Identified by Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 2000, page 54-55 No. 4.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 1200
Date to: AD 1799

Dimensions and weight

Length: 26.9 mm
Width: 26.1 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 5.4 g
Diameter: 26.9 mm
Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th March 2007

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mr Geoff Burr - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr Geoff Burr - [view all attributed records]

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

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Spatial metadata

Region: South East And London
County: Kent
District: Gravesham
Parish: Higham

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ7371
Four figure Latitude: 51.411629 Four figure longitude: 0.486241
1:25K map: TQ7371
1:10K map: TQ77SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]

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References cited

Read, B, 1995. History beneath our feet Ipswich : Anglia Publishing, pp69
Bailey, G, 2000. Finds Identified Chelmsford : Greenlight Publishing, pp54-55

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