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RING

Unique ID: SUR-8EDE4A

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper-alloy ring, perhaps from a sword belt fitting of late Iron Age or Roman date. The ring has a circular section and is 34mm in diameter.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.61 mm
Weight: 9.7 g
Diameter: 34.19 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: B15-580

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Nettlebed (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU6986
Four figure Latitude: 51.56865999
Four figure longitude: -1.00586205
1:25K map: SU6986
1:10K map: SU68NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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