Record ID: SOMDOR-E0ACA5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy finger ring. The bezel and shoulders. The bezel is oval and has high framing sides which project out from the body of the ring. This would have housed a piece of glass or stone which is now missing. Below the frame of the bezel the ring is decorated with an incised line parallel to it. There are traces of gilding. The shoulders taper in towards the missing band. Late Medieval Post-medieval. Possibly 16th to 17th century. Dimensions 19.92 mm x 12.94 mm x 5.33 mm. Weight 4.89 g
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-E08CA5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy finger ring. The bezel and a fragment of the band remain. The bezel is oval and contains the traces of a probable glass stone or setting. The edges of the frame of the bezel are cast with vertical ridges around the outside. One shoulder remains. It is narrowed from the bezel and has three raised knops. There are traces of gilding. The remaining fragment of band is narrowed from the shoulder and is D sectioned. Post-medieval. Probably 18th century. Dimensions 24.57 mm x 13.68 mm x 4.41 mm. Weight 4.76 g
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-6FF421
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A gold posy ring of 16th-17th century date. The ring is of large heavy hoop, of D-section, with plain exterior and inscribed on the inside in capitals I * LIKE * MY * CHOYE. The inscription retains much of the original black enamel. The final word 'choice' is interpreted in the treasure report as being misspelt, with the letter 'C' omitted. However, there is also the possibilty that a line under the 'Y' was intended as a sub-script 'C'. The ring is of 22.5mm external diameter with a band width of 7mm. It weighs 11.13g
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Toller Down', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-5995B4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy finger ring with oval section and of indeterminate date. Possibly medieval
Created on: Friday 16th February 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Toller Down', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-57A6A3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy finger ring with circular section and plain hoop. Rings of this type were commonly made in the 15th century (Egan & Pritchard, 1991, 331-2).
Created on: Friday 16th February 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Toller Down', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-20FAC4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval finger-ring formed of a flat band terminating in two clasped hands. A crowned heart is soldered on to the hoop to create a bezel and the hoop is engraved with six evenly placed sprigs of foliage. Much of the gilding survives, especially around the solder and in the recesses of the design. The finger-ring is silver-gilt and dates from the fifteenth century. Dimensions: diameter 21 mm.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-62D6A1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An cast copper alloy finger ring with glass intaglio of probable second century AD date. The Henig type II/III finger ring measures 22.4mm by 22.3mm by 5.4mm and weighs 3.7g. The hoop is oval with a circular cross-section. This becomes thicker and more oval in cross-section around the setting. The oval glass intaglio projects from the hoop. It has three differently coloured layers; the lowest is dark blue, the middle is white and the upper layer is an orangey-brown. This is in imitation of sardonyx. On a real sardonyx the blue layer would be dark brown/black. A small section of the ho…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2007
Last updated: Sunday 3rd January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pamphill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-C1B8C2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Silver ring, broad band with plain interior, inscribed inside in capitals: 'IN TRVST BE IVST'. 16th-17th century. A characteristic type for the period with short capital letter inscription. A ring with the same inscription is in the British Museum (Joan Evans gift: 1961, 12-2, 414).
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2006
Last updated: Friday 19th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Okeford Fitzpaine', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-A58397
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The bezel and part of the hoop of a cast copper alloy signet ring of probable early post-medieval date. The surviving fragment measures 24.27mm in length and weighs 6.21mm. The hoop is 6.59mm wide and 2.42mm thick and the oval bezel measures 15.35mm by 10.3mm. The hoop's cross section is D-shaped (concave exterior and flat interior). There are traces of silvering or tinning on the bezel. The design on the bezel is quite unclear but appears to be a crowned initial, possibly an 'R' or 'K', within an oval border.
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-CACD92
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large medieval silver signet ring, the bezel engraved with a five-lobed flower containing the letter 'I'. The ring dates to the 15th or early 16th century. Diameter: 28m. Height: 29mm The find qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 in terms of both age and precious metal content (Beverley Nenk, Department of Prehistory and Europe, British Museum, 3 April 2006).
Created on: Thursday 17th November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pulham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-0F2E13
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval gold finger-ring with a circular bezel containing a miniature representation of an open book. Lines of text on the open pages of the book are represented by horizontal engraved lines. The shoulders of the ring are engraved with what may be intended as animal heads. The ring probably dates to between the 13th and 15th centuries. Diameter: 21mm. The find therefore qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 in terms of both age and precious metal content (Beverley Nenk, Dept Prehistory and Europe, British Museum, 6th February 2006).
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2005
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tolpuddle area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-7CBBD6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy finger ring. D sectioned band which is narrow at the back and widens out into broad shoulders and bezel. The shoulders are angled and faceted. The angular shaped bezel is flat and slightly raised from the band. The ring is a blackish brown in colour and has some iron-like concretions which may be obscuring other details. Width of band at bezel - 14.6 mm. Width of band at back - 5.2 mm
Created on: Monday 26th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-7C84A1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy finger ring. D sectioned band which is narrow at the back and widens out into broad shoulders and bezel. The shoulders are rounded. The bezel is a shallow oval recess set into the wide band. The band is flattened at the bezel. It may have been enameled but no traces survive. Width of band at bezel - 11.1 mm. Width of band at back - 4.9 mm
Created on: Monday 26th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-2B0C28
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval gold finger-ring. The hoop is engraved with a black letter inscription, alternating with sprigs of foliage and a lozenge design, against a hatched ground. The inscription is difficult to decipher, but may read 'cest + en bone [?] foy' ('it is in good faith') or 'C'est en amour' ('it is in love). The hoop is of D-shaped section, the internal band slightly damaged. The ring may have been a marriage ring or love token, and probably dates to the 15th century.
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-700353
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy medieval finger ring with engraved decoration. The circular ring is formed from a band of continuous thickness (measuring around 1.30mm) and there is no shoulder or bezel. It is wider on the side where the decoration is located, measuring 11.6mm at the widest point and 6.24mm at its thinnest. The front of the ring is decorated with a niello-inlaid cross pattee. The rest of the decoration is lightly engraved onto the surface. It consists of a four-arched tressure (formed from small dots) around the cross pattee, flanked by two vertical lines of tight zigzags. On each…
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-7E6495
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy finger ring. A decade ring. The band has ten raised knobs (D-sectioned) The bezel is sub-oval and decorated with an angled relief leaf-shape flanked by incised diagonal lines in the remaining space. Such rings were intended to assist in the saying of the rosary. A finger-ring of this type, with the same motif, was found in Sutton, Suffolk (SF-6FD6D8 on this database). Published by Egan (2005, 329, 331).
Created on: Tuesday 21st December 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-1DB794
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy finger ring. The band is thin and flat sectioned. It has knopped shoulders which are decorated with incised lines. The bezel is hexagonal and recessed for a stone or glass.
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-BEE524
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy large signet ring. It has a D-sectioned band flaring into wider shoulders. The bezel is oval with a deeply inscribed frame and an incised Lombardic lettter T. Dimensions: 26.40mm x 26.31mm x 2.80mm. Bezel: 12.23mm x 14.81mm
Created on: Wednesday 7th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SOMDOR-5273C3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy finger ring. A signet ring. The band is D-shaped in cross section and undecorated,. The bezel is expanded from thew band and sub-circular. It is decorated with two diagonal lines forming an open chevron which is surrounded by several short vertical lines and has two stamped crescents at the base. Date: Post Medieval - c. 1600 - 1800 Dimensions: 22.84 mm x 24.67 mm x 2.63 mm Weight: 5.08 g
Created on: Wednesday 14th January 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pamphill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR1570
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy finger ring with sub-circular flat bezel. The bezel is decorated with crudely cut incised lines (a horizontal mid line with an obtuse chevron pointing down to it on one side and an acute chevron on the other. together with a short vertical dash in each of the three spaces formed by it. There is a single vertical dash below the obtuse chevron). The shoulders of the ring are decorated with cast transverse ridges (the same pattern on each side of the bezel - a small ridge beside the bezel then a larger one followed by two small). The band is D-sectioned and shows an ir…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd September 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.