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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT

Unique ID: SF6589

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Unidentified object which has a distinctly Iron Age feel to it. It is basically a copper-alloy ring 29 mm in diameter. The cross-section is oval and measures 4 x 5 mm, though at one point it is worn internally to 4 x 4 mm. There appear to be three narrow, roughly circular-section projections running in towards the centre, all of which are broken; they are set unevenly around the ring and half of the ring's circuit is plain with no projection. The longest of the projections curves slightly and they presumably formed a curvilinear openwork pattern in the centre. The ring has a shiny grey patina which has corroded away in many places. At one point on the outside of the ring is what looks like active corrosion, which has revealed two areas of iron ?core - flat areas 1 mm thick protruding from the centre. The iron ?core cannot be extensive, however, as the object does not react to a magnet. This object has been examined by Dr J. D. Hill at the British Museum, but its function remains uncertain.

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Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: 800 BC
Date to: AD 43

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 10.61 g
Diameter: 29 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2001

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK LACKFORD

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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