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RING
Unique ID: SOM-ACC964
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy ring with hexagonal cross section and slightly uneven thickness and width of unknown date. The object is undecorated but has long striations around its outer face, probably from filing or wear, and with two areas of wear where the ring is thinner.
Diameter: 27.4mm, width: 4.0mm, Thickness of loop from: 4.6mm, to: 3.3mm, Weight: 7.13g.
Such rings are largely undatable and can be as early as Iron Age, but it is most likely a Medieval to Post-Medieval horse harness ring, possibly to link two straps given how it is worn in two places.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa 800 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.4 mm
Width: 4 mm
Thickness: 4.6 mm
Weight: 7.13 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st July 2016 - Wednesday 18th January 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 017321
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: West Crewkerne CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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