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FINGER RING
Unique ID: NARC-D24E6D
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A penannular ring with a thick mid section to the frame, tapering to pointed terminals that do not quite meet. Exterior width estimated from photo, 25mm.
Originally recorded as an ear-ring of unknown date, this artefact type is normally recorded as a late early-medieval finger-ring with parallels at the Viking-age town of Thetford (Rogerson and Dallas 1984, nos. 17-21). This example, however, is very thick, and although its interior diameter of c. 17mm would allow it to be worn on the finger, the identification is not certain.
See NARC-D24A5D for a version with a more conventional shape.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1050
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 25 mm
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: East Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Hemington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7885
Four figure Latitude: 52.45739071
Four figure longitude: -0.85351679
1:25K map: SP7885
1:10K map: SP78NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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