Rights Holder: Oxfordshire County Council
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Unique ID: BERK-5FB613
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper alloy medieval finger ring. The ring band is complete but distorted - the hoop has a semi-circular cross section. The small circular bevel would have held a circular stone or gem but this is now missing. This style of ring probably dates from the 15th or 16th Century.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1599
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 14.6 mm
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Fritwell Aug 2010
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Other reference: 2010.274
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: SP5330
Four figure Latitude: 51.965959
Four figure longitude: -1.229985
1:25K map: SP5330
1:10K map: SP53SW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Saunders, P. | 1991 | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue: Part 1 | Salisbury | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum |