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RING
Unique ID: HAMP-8A0E01
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy ring of a type often been suggested to be medieval or post-medieval harness rings (Geake 2001, 74), though they are typically undiagnostic. Further, Geake (ibid., 74) suggests that the broadly hexagonal cross-section which this ring possesses probably indicates a medieval date; it is bevelled externally and internally at the edge. This ring has a maximum internal diameter of c. 20.3mm. It has a dark-grey patina with small areas of off-white corrosion product and pitting. Both flat surfaces are covered in file marks. The circumference has been slightly flattened at one point.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.2 mm
Width: 21.5 mm
Thickness: 3.35 mm
Weight: 3.91 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 26th February 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3134
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Amport (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3045
Four figure Latitude: 51.203429
Four figure longitude: -1.571977
1:25K map: SU3045
1:10K map: SU34NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geake, H. | 2001 | Finds Recording Guide Version 1.1 | 74 |
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