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Unique ID: LVPL-0473A5
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete cast copper alloy finger ring, probably of Early Post Medieval dating (1500-1700).
The hoop is rectangular in cross section, being rounded to the external (outside edge). The shoulders expand slightly into a sub hexagonal bezel. The bezel measures 11.43mm in length, 11.68mm wide. Both the bezel and the hoop appear to be undecorated. The ring has broken across the hoop and has been flattened out slightly.
The finger ring is a dark green / brownish red colour, with patches of a dark green surface patina present. This patina is likely to be the original surface, the majority of which has been removed due to abrasion occuring as a result of movement within the plough soil. The loss of the original surface does mean that if the ring was originally decorated, no trace of the decoration is now present.
The finger ring is 23.78mm long, 19.30mm wide and maximum thickness is 11.70mm. The hoop is 4.60mm wide. It weighs 2.1 grams.
Plain finger rings of this style can be hard to date accurately as they can be relatively long lived, but it is thought that they tend to be consistent with Early Post Medieval dating (1500-1700 AD). A similar example has been recorded on the PAS database from Crewkerne, Somerset as SOM-AEFB06.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.78 mm
Width: 19.3 mm
Thickness: 11.7 mm
Weight: 2.1 g
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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