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FINGER RING
Unique ID: NLM-AB83F5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy finger ring. Cast D-section band; apparently plain, abraded. The small size may suggest this to have been for a woman or child. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1900.
Internal Diameter: 16.4mm, Band Width: 4.9mm, Band Thickness: 1.5mm, Weight: 2.33gms
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 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 4.9 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 2.33 g
Diameter: 16.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 3rd May 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM36147
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: High Burnham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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