Record ID: DOR-024514
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An complete copper alloy finger ring.  The ring is keeled and has a blind bezel. The sloping shoulders are triangular and undecorated. The downward points of the triangles are flanked by angled projections. The band is narrow and D-sectioned. The bezel is hexagonal and decorated with stamped circular dots but it is too worn to discern any pattern. The inside of the ring is flat and smooth. Similar to Henig type VIII Date: Late Roman- AD 200 - 300 Dimensions: 24.73 mm x 10.19 mm x 16.01 mm Weight: 4.79 g See DOR-0278B5
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2023
Last updated: Sunday 10th March 2024
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Record ID: BM-110BD3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A characteristic Victorian snake ring.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-109438
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
This gold ring has a thin hoop engraved on the exterior with a foliate scroll. The background would have been originally enamelled, but no traces of enamel remain.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-9B6A22
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger-ring, measuring 25mm in diameter. The hoop is decorated with deeply grooved, twisted bands, within which are engraved the stems of flowers at each shoulder. The bezel is a flamboyant octagonal shape which is engraved with a merchant’s mark
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charlton Marshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-201184
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver-gilt finger-ring bezel attached to a fragment of the hoop. The bezel is formed of a quatrilobe with cross-hatched decoration, with small projecting knops, one of which has broken off. The centre is set with a quatrefoil, also with cross-hatched decoration, surmounted by a small lozenge in high relief and decorated with an engraved X-shaped cross. The gilding is now worn. Maximum width: 14mm Width of hoop: 5mm.
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Launceston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-DB5489
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete, but misshapen, silver medieval finger-ring with decorated bezel and shoulders, dating to c. 1100-1200 CE. The ring has a flat hoop, with a wider bezel, which comprises over half of its circumference. The bezel comprises seven panels of incised decoration, some areas retaining niello. Three primary panels (including the centre bezel) are each decorated with a cross-crosslet, the further four panels intersperse the cross panels and consist of narrow parallel grooves. Dimensions: External diameter: 23.7mm at widest point (band is squashed); thickness of…
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 3rd February 2022
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Record ID: SUR-B53A68
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A decorated finger ring of post Medieval date made from a low grade base silver alloy. The hoop has a flat cross-section and has moulded decoration to the exterior, comprising palm fronds alternating with cinqfoil rosettes of pellets. The applied bezel is a 4.7mm wide quatrefoil with a small heart incised onto it, possibly with a flame emerging from the top. The hoop has been crushed and is now distorted.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2020
Last updated: Monday 6th September 2021
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Record ID: DOR-364BBF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A gold finger ring with an internal inscription. The hoop is D-shaped in cross section. On the flat interior surface is two line inscription in Italic lettering. There are incised guidelines visible under the inscription. The inscription reads: The eye doth finde the hart doth chuse Faith doth finde and death doth loose Next to the inscription is a maker’s mark in a shield- DA Dimensions: 24.43 mm x 4.70 mm x 2.78 mm Weight: 10.21 g Date: Post Medieval – c. 1650 - 1730 Discussion: Since at least the middle of the nineteenth century (Waterton 1859, …
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2020
Last updated: Friday 5th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-A0F75A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper alloy finger ring . A disc shaped bezel with remnants of the shoulders and band. The disc has a raised rim forming a recess at the centre of which is a second circular reserve of metal forming a smaller concentric recess. Attached to the disc in the outer recess are four separately applied copper alloy bars dividing it into four, slightly unequal quadrants. The bars are attached through the disc with integral circular sectioned rivets the ends of which are flush with the rear surface of the disc. The front surface of the disc is scored, possibly to provide keyin…
Created on: Friday 5th June 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2020
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Record ID: DOR-1A0895
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Post-Medieval copper-alloy finger ring, dating to AD 1600-1800. The ring has a thick circular band, flat on the inner surface and at the sides,  and is decorated with ten raised, conjoined lozenges around the centre of the circumference. The outer surface shows traces of gilding. The ten raised areas suggest that this may be a form of  "decade" ring. Such rings were intended to assist in the saying of the rosary. Diameter: 24.69 mm Width: 4.88 mm Thickness: 3.31 mm Weight: 6.72 g
Created on: Friday 17th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: WILT-3568DE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A Fragment of a Roman copper alloy finger ring, probably dating to AD 43-300. The fragment consists of the bezel which is truncated by an old break on one side and tapers into the shoulder on the other, the latter is plano-convex in cross section and is similarly truncated by an old break. The shoulder is undecorated and whilst it appears to be keeled, this may be due to damage. The bezel is decorated with a deep groove which defines a central oval field, three short triangular points project inwards from this groove on each long edge. The central zone is filled by an engraved longitu…
Created on: Monday 6th January 2020
Last updated: Friday 23rd October 2020
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Record ID: DEV-0AC761
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A late medieval gold finger-ring, with a sapphire setting. The bezel is hexagonal and cusped with six flat lobes. The sapphire has six sides following the gemstones natural crystal habit. The hoop is not perfectly circular, but rather resembles a distended stirrup shape. The band is narrow at the rear, thickening as it nears the bezel. The band is decorated with a series of floral designs. From bezel downwards these show: two flower heads, each of five petals, above and sitting approximately between three long stems, each with multiple sets of paired leaves and appearing to grow from a…
Created on: Monday 4th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2023
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Record ID: DEV-D1B964
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger ring with diamond setting dating to the medieval period. The ring has a square bezel the front of which rises evenly in a four sided pyramid the top point of which is formed by the four sided diamond embedded in the bezel. The diamond is probably a natural octahedra crystal and appears slightly grey in the setting. The four facets on the front of the bezel have horizontal striations from filing/hammering and are even in plane with the sides of the diamond. The sides of the bezel curve backwards, narrowing from the front to the flat back. The bezel connects directly int…
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 28th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Dorset', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-A1C76A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a silver Roman finger ring. Only the bezel and the stubs of the band remain. The remnants of the band are wide and flat. The rectangular bezel is raised from the band and thickened. It is decorated with an incised bird standing, head bowed. It has a recessed dot for an eye, clawed feet, its wing extended and three tail feathers. It is possibly holding a branch in its beak. Around the head are four groups of three recessed dots (three above and one below, the upper three joined by an incised line. The image is incised a frame of four incised lines, one along each edge. …
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 14th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clifton Maybank', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9B91E8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2018 T547: Disclaimed, returned to finder Description: A complete gold finger ring with a gem inset bezel probably dating to the Post- Medieval period. The hoop would have originally been circular in profile but has been compressed from one side of the ring so that it is now sub-oval. The hoop is circular in cross section and even in thickness (1.2mm) until reaching near the bezel. At this point the hoop flattens and widens on both sides into a fleur de lis design, both of whose outer petals point out and away from the bezel. The central petals of the fleur de …
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton Fitzpaine CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-A10F79
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy finger ring. The hoop is oval and D-shaped in cross section. The hoop is narrow at the rear and expands through the sloping shoulders into a flat, oval bezel. There is an oval recess in the bezel which probably originally held a glass or gemstone intaglio. A Henig Type XII ring Date: Roman - c. AD 200 - 300 Dimensions: 22.38 mm x 8.47 mm x 2.75 mm Weight: 5.15 g
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
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Record ID: CORN-DB3022
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy finger ring with an empty circular collet for an intaglio. The hoop is oval in profile and D-shaped in section, tapering from the wide (10 mm wide), slightly bevelled shoulders to the narrower base (4 mm wide) of the hoop. The roughly circular collet on the oval bezel is formed from a raised collar which creates a recess, now empty, which would have contained an intaglio made from glass or a gemstone. The collar of the collet is 9 mm in diameter and 2 mm in height, and the internal diameter of the collet for the stone is 7 mm. The ring likely belongs to Henig's (1974) …
Created on: Sunday 28th January 2018
Last updated: Saturday 18th August 2018
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Record ID: DOR-538251
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy finger ring of Henig Type III dating to 43 to 300 AD. The band is oval shaped and D-shaped in cross-section and expands from the shoulders to the outer section, which is the widest part of the ring. In the bezel there is an oval recess, now empty which would have contained an intaglio made from glass or a gem. Reference: The ring belongs to Henig's (1974) Type III, which are roughly of 1st to 3rd century AD date. A similar ring, with intaglio, was found during excavations at Colchester (Crummy 1983, p.48, fig.50, no.1786). Similar examples can be see o…
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 20th August 2018
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Record ID: DEV-995773
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy finger ring, dating to c. AD 43-250. The fragment comprises almost half of the ring, with the shoulder and a section of the bezel. The cross section at the shoulder is crescent-shaped, and the band tapers down from the shoulder into a point. At the bezel, a large part of the rounded recessed cell is present, which indicates the bezel is most likely oval-shaped. There is consistent thickness between the shoulder and the bezel. Length: 21.9mm, Width: at shoulder: 8.4mm; at head of bezel: 8.1mm; at break at bottom of band: 6mm, Thickness: at bezel: 1…
Created on: Monday 13th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 20th August 2018
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Record ID: SOM-9E086C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2017 T956: Undergoing valuation Description: A Roman silver finger ring of Guiraud's type IId, with surviving intaglio. The hoop is undecorated and broadly D-shaped in form, with a flattened bezel and broad, slightly carinated shoulders. The latter are D-shaped in cross-section, narrowing and becoming rounder towards the base of the hoop. A flat, oval engraved intaglio, red-orange in colour and probably of carnelian, is set into and is largely level with the bezel, with it extending to the edge. Engraved into the surface of the intaglio is a depiction of a female figu…
Created on: Friday 20th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Keyneston CP', grid reference and parish protected.