Record ID: SOM-5405A4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete late Medieval to Post-Medieval Silver gilt finger ring. The ring has raised border on the exterior of the hoop and a mouldings pattern within that. The pattern consists of ‘H’s alternating with oval within borders of transverse raised lines. The inner face is plain with small indentations running along the circumference of the ring. The silver gilt surface presents small green areas of copper alloy corrosion both on the outer and inner side of the ring. Dimensions: The ring measures 22.9mm in diameter 1.9mm in thickness and weighs 5.88g. Discussion: This…
Created on: Thursday 13th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staple Fitzpaine CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-24BA75
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  A complete Medieval silver finger ring with inscription on the outer side. The hoop is rectangular in cross section and continuous, with no bezel. The ring is slightly distorted and now oval when viewed from above. The outer side is decorated with the inscribed letters + A + G + L + A running around the hoop, the letters are evenly spaced around the loop and each separated from the next by a cross potent. The L and A’s are serifed and the A’s barred and with a top bar. Dimensions: The finger ring is 22.5mm by 20.8 externally, 3.1mm wide and varies betwee…
Created on: Tuesday 25th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rodney Stoke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FE5673
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
2018 T996 - Returned to finder after being disclaimed as treasure Description: An incomplete silver gilt finger ring of medieval to post medieval date. The finger ring survives as a separate bezel attached to approximately one quarter of the original hoop. The bezel is in the form of a crowned and pierced heart. The "heart" of this design is made up of a V shape. A trifoliate knop extends from each of the two upper tips of this V. Two further projections extend from its sides also terminating in trifoliate knops. Placed above the V shaped heart so as to leave a sub-triangular sh…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Congresbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E14808
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
2018T704 returned to finder after being declared as treasure Description: A complete Medieval silver finger ring with inscription on the outer side. The hoop is rectangular in cross section and continuous, with no bezel. The outer side is decorated with the inscribed letters + A + G + L + A running around the hoop, the letters are evenly spaced around the loop and separated by a cross potent, the A's unbarred and with a top bar. The ring appears to have been cleaned or suffered from corrosion in the soil. Dimensions: The finger ring is 20.2mm in diameter externally, 2.1…
Created on: Friday 28th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wembworthy CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-3401DA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A late medieval silver finger ring. The finger ring consists of a flat silver band with an integral sub-rectangular hoop. The hoop is decorated with an incised saltire, with an angular, inwards pointing trilobed element in each angle. A further cross has been more crudely and lightly incised into the reverse of the bezel. The exterior of the hoop is inscribed +ANNA . MATER . S MARIE. There are no maker's or hall marks. Dimensions: The finger ring measures 22.1mm across the hoop, with the hoop being 4.2mm wide and 1.2mm thick. The bezel measures 7.5mm wide by 8.8mm lon…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 15th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Axminster', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-3A33E6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver finger ring set with a clear stone, probably rock crystal. The bezel is rectangular with a lower part formed of a slightly hexagonal flat back and four sides that angle out then back in to create a collet to hold the stone. The corners of the bezel are slightly rounded. The stone also is rectangular with rounded corners, angled sides and a rounded, convex top. It appears completely clear with some abrasions and a slight chip to one side and is probably rock crystal. The angled in top of the bezel around the stone is decorated with a line of short incised dashes running…
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caudle Marsh CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F8FE47
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2017 T813; disclaimed, returned to finder Description: A silver gilt late medieval finger ring. The ring comprises of a flat band of silver, with three circumferential ribs and the suggestion of a join, although this has been well finished and obscured by gilding. A spot of copper alloy corrosion, presumably from a solder, is also visible on the surface at the probable join. A large quatrefoil-shaped bezel has been applied to the hoop at the join, this too is gilded, and with each lobe incised to resemble the mid-rib and veins of a leaf. The hoop of the ring has been…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cliddesden CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-16624A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval copper alloy ring seal dating to the 15th century AD, consisting of arounf 75% of the broadly circular band and the central bezel. The band is trapeziod in cross section, with flattened inner and outer faces and sides and a slightly wider inner. The band expands evenly at the shoulders to meet the bezel which is oval in plan. The bezel is decorated with an incised design of an oval frame which contains a capital letter I with a simple crown above and branches to each side. The ring measures 13.5mm across the bezel by 11.4mm wide, band is 25.3mm in external diameter …
Created on: Sunday 2nd April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-D01838
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2017 T299: Disclaimed, returned to finder Description: A gold finger ring of likely medieval date. The integral circular hoop is largely plain, with a significant dent in one side, obscuring the original diameter. The cross section is broadly D-shaped, with a flat internal surface, though becoming increasingly rounded towards the base of the hoop. In width, the hoop tapers from 2.4mm just below the elaborated shoulders to 1.1mm at the base of the hoop, in thickness the hoop reduces from 1.2mm below the shoulders to 0.9mm at the base. The shoulders bifurcate, with the …
Created on: Thursday 30th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stinsford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-84A403
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2017 T121: Acquired by North Somerset Museum Service Description: A complete Medieval gold 'stirrup' finger-ring (c. 1200-c. 1300). The hoop is a flattened D-shaped in cross section with a flat inner side and slightly convex outer. The ring thickens evenly at the shoulder while staying the same width to create a triangular bezel (seen in profile) which projects forward from the main hoop. At the apex of the triangle is a recess holding an irregular shaped green cabochon gem in a simple collet. The faces of the triangle are slightly recessed towards a central line r…
Created on: Monday 6th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 17th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Banwell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1A983F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case: 2016 T903; returned to finder having been disclaimed as Treasure. Description: Medieval to Post-Medieval silver gilt finger ring. The ring is broadly D-shaped I cross section with a flat inner face and convex outer. There are many patches of green corrosion suggesting some copper content to the ring. The outer face is moulded into a thick convex central band flanked by narrow grooves flanked in turn by narrow raised bands along the outer edges. The central band is decorated all the way around with diagonal lines formed of broad shallow grooves flanked by broad ra…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Knoyle CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-140B42
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy ring seal dating to the 15th century AD, consisting of a broadly circular band and central bezel. The band is trapeziod in cross section, with flattened inner and outer faces and sides and a slightly wider inner . The band expands evenly at the shoulders to meet the bezel which is oval in plan. The bezel is decorated with an incised design of an oval frame which contains a capital letter I with a simple crown above and branches to each side. The ring measures 13.6mm across the bezel by 10.0mm wide, the bezel is 3.1mm thick and the band 3.0mm thick by 3.5mm wide a…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2016
Last updated: Sunday 2nd April 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-5D3915
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case: 2016 T602: Disclaimed, returned to finder. Description: A gold medieval iconographic finger-ring with rectangular bezel carrying a design of St James the Great (of Compostella) engraved in shallow relief. St James is unrecessed on a recessed background. He wears a robe with a collar, is bearded and halo'd and holds a scallop shell in his draped left hand. His right hand is held up to indicate the shell. There is a thin unrecessed border around the sides and top of the bezel. The bezel is concave with the two short ends, attached to the loop) higher than the middle. T…
Created on: Monday 25th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bruton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A4FA0A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver gilt finger ring of medieval to post medieval date. The finger ring exhibits a separate crowned heart attachment forming the bezel. Between the crown and the heart is a symmetrical foliate motif consisting of two curved branches which project from the top of the heart, each terminating in a quatrefoil flower on either side of the heart. The crown exhibits a solid band, central trefoil, intermediate points and bi-lobed side-fleurs. On the reverse of the bezel are traces of the solder which attaches the hoop to the bezel. The hoop is circular with a rectangular-cross-section…
Created on: Monday 6th July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Axbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F8C1ED
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval silver gilt finger ring dating to the period c. AD 1400 - 1550. The finger ring consists of a separate crowned heart attached, forming the bezel, and a hoop broken into two fragments. The bezel is attached to the largest section of hoop and consists of a heart with branches rising from the centre of the top, these branches curve down to each side of the heart ending in a four petalled flower. The heart and branches have a crown above. The crown has a solid band, central trefoil, intermediate points and bi-lobed side fleurs. There are four oval holes in the crown…
Created on: Tuesday 28th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milverton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FEF3D4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case 2015 T219: Disclaimed, returned to finder. A complete Medieval to post-Medieval silver-gilt finger-ring dating to the period c. AD 1400 - 1550. The bezel is bi-faceted, divided by a central ridge to each side of which it is concave with smaller ridges at each edge. Each facet is decorated with incised lines marking out a border within which there are our triangles on each side, bases on the central ridge, points towards the outer edge. Each triangle is filled with a series of closely spaced, parallel, straight lines. The bezel is divided from the shoulders to each side …
Created on: Monday 23rd March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thornfalcon CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-497C1A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2014 T857: disclaimed, returned to finder Description: Silver gilt finger ring with separate crowned heart attached, forming the bezel, and a hoop broken into three segments. The bezel is attached to the largest section of hoop and consists of a heart with branches rising from the centre of the top, these branches curve down to each side of the heart and then curve back up, ending in a four petalled flower. The heart and branches have a crown above. The crown has a solid band, central trefoil, intermediate points and bi-lobed side fleurs, the right side fleur is be…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton Fitzwarren CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-21BA62
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2014 T556: disclaimed, returned to finder. Description: A gold medieval iconographic finger-ring with octagonal bezel carrying a design of St George and the dragon engraved in shallow relief. St George wears plate armour with different segments divided by incised lines and a helmet with an open visor showing his face. The conical top of the helmet may be his open visor. With his right hand he spears the dragon in its mouth, the spear running diagonally from top left to bottom right of the bezel. In his left hand is a small triangular shield with a plain cross (cross o…
Created on: Monday 18th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 15th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nynehead CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-138A64
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case: 2014 T441, disclaimed returned to finder Description: A complete gold finger ring dating to the Medieval period. The hoop is circular in plan and in cross section. The hoop is even in thickness until reaching the bezel where it thickens and widenens slightly at either side. At the ends of the hoop flanking the bezel are flat trianglular plates reinforcing the junction between the hoop and bezel. The bezel is trapezoid in plan with slightly rounded corners and hexagonal shaped in section, with a narrow base in the inner side of the ring widening to a shoulder 2/3's of…
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Membury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6222A4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval or Post medieval cast copper alloy signet ring. The ring has a circular hoop with a D-shaped section, flat on the inner side and convex on the outer. It widens and thickens gradually at the plain shoulders to the large, flat, hexagonal bezel. The bezel has an indented engrailed line border around the outer edge with an indented design in the centre of a three towered castle or gate. The central tower is taller and has a gate at the base, the side towers are topped with flags. Pairs of horizontal lines extend outwards from the outer towers near the top suggesting the cont…
Created on: Friday 18th May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 19th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stogumber', grid reference and parish protected.