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FINGER RING
Unique ID: NCL-17C085
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A late Medieval to early Post Medieval copper alloy finger ring. The ring consists of a circular band that is narrow at the bottom half (1.76mm) and widens at the top half to 5.66mm. It has an external diameter of 20.36mm and an internal diameter of 15.85mm. The top half of the ring is decorated with five circular bezels. On either side of the bezels are ten (twenty in total) perpendicular incised groves. The rest of the object is undecorated. The metal is dark green with mottled patches of light green and the object weighs 3.2g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.2 g
Diameter: 20.36 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011 - Thursday 3rd March 2011
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Thwing (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0670
Four figure Latitude: 54.114957
Four figure longitude: -0.379907
1:25K map: TA0670
1:10K map: TA07SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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