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RING
Unique ID: BUC-F2FF73
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). It is circular in shape and is worn along one edge, suggesting it was attached to something. The ring is flat and oval in cross section. The ring is a dark green colour. The diameter of the ring measures 22.1mm. The ring is 3.2mm thick, and weighs 3.08g. Rings such as this would have been numerous and multi-purpose, for hanging keys from a belt for example. The buckle has a dark grey to black.
The buckle is 35.5mm in diameter, 4.1mm in thickness, and weighs 9.65g.
See also BUC-3F6E6C.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa 700 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.1 mm
Weight: 9.65 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 8th October 2017 - Sunday 8th October 2017
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers Bucks Oct 2017 American Tour 2
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: AYBCM 4774
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Thornton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7435
Four figure Latitude: 52.00850986
Four figure longitude: -0.9232998
1:25K map: SP7435
1:10K map: SP73NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 1991 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991) | London | Stationery Office Books | Page 58, fig. 36 |
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