DUR-00F326: DUR-00F326 : Finger Ring : Iron Age

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FINGER RING

Unique ID: DUR-00F326

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete copper alloy finger ring of late Iron Age to Roman date (200 BC - AD 200). The object made of copper alloy wire which is circular in section and has a diameter of 24.78mm. It is coiled into a spiral of two and a half turns. Both ends terminated in a square end with rounded corners.

The metal is a dark green in colour with a slightly pitted patina.

Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Database: Unique ID: SWYOR-50CC3C, Unique ID: WMID-71C29C, Unique ID: LVPL-B09B39 and Unique ID: WMID-AF3534.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 200 BC
Date to: Circa AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.76 mm
Weight: 13.7 g
Diameter: 31.7 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
Parish or ward: Cropton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE7788
Four figure Latitude: 54.28184757
Four figure longitude: -0.81882273
1:25K map: SE7788
1:10K map: SE78NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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

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