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FINGER RING
Unique ID: HAMP-608267
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragmentary copper-alloy finger-ring of probable medieval date; the majority of the hoop has been lost as a result of old damage. The bezel is broadly circular in plan. It is sub-biconical in profile, with the taller upper cone truncated and with an inverted conical recess to take a setting; the latter is now missing. On its lower surface the bezel is even further truncated, merely bevelled to a flattened circular centre. The junction of bezel and hoop is on this lower part of the bezel. The hoop is narrow and has a flattened circular cross-section. There is slight 'pinching' on the lower surface as the hoop begins on both sides. To one side of the bezel around a quarter of the hoop survives. Only a small section survives to the other side, bent to one side. The artefact now has a largely dark-green patina. See ref. BH-6459D8 on this database for a similar example.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.6 mm
Height: 12.9 mm
Width: 8.8 mm
Thickness: 5.4 mm
Weight: 1.78 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 18th February 2012
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Crawley (18/02/12)
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3270
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Crawley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4234
Four figure Latitude: 51.103769
Four figure longitude: -1.401504
1:25K map: SU4234
1:10K map: SU43SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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