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FINGER RING
Unique ID: SWYOR-7E5770
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast, lead alloy finger ring with a plain bezel, probably of post-medieval date. The hoop is D shaped in section and broadens out to an oval bezel which is undecorated. The ring is 22.7mm in diameter and 12.8mm wide across the bezel. At the narrowest part of the hoop it is 3.8mm wide. It weighs 8gm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 12.8 mm
Weight: 8 g
Diameter: 22.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st July 2011 - Sunday 31st July 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1652
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
District: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Pontefract South (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4519
Four figure Latitude: 53.66555248
Four figure longitude: -1.32043485
1:25K map: SE4519
1:10K map: SE41NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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