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FINGER RING
Unique ID: SUR-400204
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A finger ring, now broken into fragments. The ring is cast with a series of raised platforms or expansions. On these a group of four letters alternate with a series of short parallel grooves arranged diagonally. The letters are difficult to read and their orientations are not clear as the fragments are difficult to piece together with certainty. They appear to be M (or N),S,S,T. The type of metal is not clear. In section it appears to be copper alloy but there is a prominent void in each break - perhaps the product of faulty casting.
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 6.07 mm
Weight: 3.24 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B10.31
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Bracknell Forest (Unitary Authority)
District: Bracknell Forest (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Warfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU8772
Four figure Latitude: 51.440323
Four figure longitude: -0.749666
1:25K map: SU8772
1:10K map: SU87SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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