CORN-712A32: Medieval finger ring with five cells (plan)

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FINGER RING

Unique ID: CORN-712A32

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete cast copper alloy finger ring, stirrup-shaped in profile, with a rectangular bezel with five sub-circular cells or settings for stones within it, consisting of four smaller settings around one larger central setting. What remains in the base of these settings is lead oxide which was used to hold the stones, now missing, in place. "The dividers between the individual stones look asymmetrical to the extent that they would seem to be catering for slightly irregular shaped natural gems in the Medieval tradition, rather than the precisely regularised, facetted gems of the Post-medieval period" (Geoff Egan pers comm). See BUC-633791 for finger ring with similar settings. Egan and Pritchard (2002) illustrate a stirrup-shaped ring with an oval setting on page 326, Fig.215, No.1609, and another copper alloy ring with a rectangular bezel on page 328, Fig.216, No.1621, which is dated to c.1350-1400.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 10 mm
Width: 5 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 3.59 g
Diameter: 21 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 3rd May 2007

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hayle (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW5638
Four figure Latitude: 50.191633
Four figure longitude: -5.41985
1:25K map: SW5638
1:10K map: SW58SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: returned to finder
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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