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FINGER RING
Unique ID: NMS-279616
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy finger ring, a hoop without a bezel, flat on the inner face and convex on the outer with a circumferential engraved groove near both edges and between them three evenly spaced groups of twelve transverse grooves. Internal and external diameters 22.2 - 22.9 and 19 - 19.5mm. Width 4.8mm. 17th century.
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 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 4.8 mm
Diameter: 22.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 20th December 2014 - Wednesday 17th June 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 35591
Other reference: ECKW072015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Rocklands (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9897
Four figure Latitude: 52.53485856
Four figure longitude: 0.9178998
1:25K map: TL9897
1:10K map: TL99NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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