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RING
Unique ID: HAMP-08AD56
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy ring of uncertain date, from the Earliest Iron Age to the post-medieval period (c. 800 BC - AD 1800). In plan it is sub circular and hexagonal in cross section. On the inner and outer edges of the ring there are bevelled edges. There are incised lines round the outer edges which may be from wear or decoration. The ring has a dark green patina. The outer diameter measures 26.3mm and the inner diameter measures 17.3mm. The ring measures 3.6mm in thickness,and weighs 5.46g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa 800 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.6 mm
Weight: 5.46 g
Diameter: 26.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 8th November 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Entry Form WINCM 191
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: East Hampshire (District)
To be known as: Colemore and Priors Dean
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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