Record ID: CAMHER-94A8F2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
The bezel of a Medieval finger-ring, soldered to the remains of a flat hoop. The bezel takes the form of a crowned heart sprouting flowers, a popular Medieval symbol for love. The surface is much abraded and lacks definition. The bezel is silver-gilt and dates from the fifteenth or early sixteenth century. Dimensions: length 18 mm, width 21 mm.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemingford Grey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAMHER-94FB77
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
CORONER'S REPORT Description of Object A Roman silver finger-ring lacking most of the hoop. One shoulder survives, in the form of the stylised head and upper curved neck of a water bird - a duck or swan - with marked brow ridge and broad splayed bill which supports the bezel. The high-projecting box bezel has angled octagonal walls and a rubbed over setting. It contains an oval nicolo intaglio with black substrate and light blue surface layer. The sides are bevelled and the surface is flat. Deterioration of the edges, especially in the lower arc where two red-coloured inclusions…
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Godmanchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAMHER-961244
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval finger-ring, complete but distorted. The cusped setting holds a blue stone, probably a sapphire. The hoop is decorated along its two sides with a series of quatrefoils. The back of the hoop is left plain. Inside the hoop is an inscription, which reads: en bon foey The last word is likely to be a version of "foi", which would give the meaning "in good faith". A more substantial gold ring with a turquoise held in a similar setting was found among the jewels deposited with the Fishpool Hoard (BM MME 1967, 12-8, 2). The ring is gold, and dates from the fifteenth century…
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAMHER-9B8011
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring with square bezel, within which is set a stone. There is a slight reddish tint to the surface but non-destructive X-ray analysis has confirmed that this ring has a gold content of 89-92%, which is the equivalent of 22 carat gold. The stone, which is badly cracked, has been identified by Raman spectroscopy as quartz and could be referred to as a faintly banded agate. The d-section hoop expands at the shoulders, forming an openwork pattern of three prongs, all with geometric decoration. The ring weighs 8.84 grams. Stylistic features date this ring to 19th-20th centuries…
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leighton Bromswold area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-E9D305
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy strip from a Roman bracelet that has been cut down to form a small finger-ring. The strip has a rectangular cross-section. Weight is 1.49g, width 5.82mm narrowing to 5.30mm. Length 38mm now bent round into a 'C' shape. The outer surface at the widest end is decorated with criss-crossed incised lines for a length of 8.64mm. The next rectangular field is decorated with six incised ring and dot motifs of 2.25mm diameter that are arranged in lines of one, two and three motifs that form a triangle. The field containing the ring and dot motifs are bordered on each side by a w…
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2010
Last updated: Sunday 6th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldwincle Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-05A915
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold iconographic finger-ring of 15th to early 16th century date. Weight 3.2g, inner diameter 18.50mm by 17.41mm (vertical by horizontal), outer diameter 20.45mm by 19.61mm (vertical by horizontal). The band is 6.70mm wide and 1.15mm thick at the top, and 3.95mm wide and 1.15mm thick at the bottom. The internal surface of the ring is smooth and plain with no hallmarks present. The outer surface of approximately one quadrant, the lower quadrant, of the ring is smooth and undecorated. The bezel of the ring is a straight sided or sub-rectangular flattened area 6.70mm wide and c.9.60m…
Created on: Friday 14th January 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kennet District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-5DFFF2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A silver finger-ring probably of 15th century date, showing Christian religious imagery. Dimensions: weight 8.5g, outer diameter 23.48mm, thickness 1.39mm, width of band 7.63mm. The band has a rectangular cross-section and smooth undecorated inner surface. The band is divided into six transverse oval fields 7.85mm long that are separated by sub-rectangular or oval transverse fields formed of three bars. These bars are separated from each other by incised lines that continue to the edge on both sides of the band to create a grooved edge between the edges of the smooth curves of the lat…
Created on: Friday 1st April 2011
Last updated: Monday 17th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harrold Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-A32F23
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger-ring of the Viking period. Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate gold content for the ring of 35-40% and a silver content of 55-60%, the remainder being copper; it weighs 3.84 grams. The hoop of the ring is made of a lozenge-section rod which tapers to the back where the ends are drawn into wires which overlap and are wound once round each other; diameter, 26 mm (max). Both outer faces are decorated most of the way round with a row of punched circles and there is also a single circle on one of the inner faces next to the knot.…
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-B47B24
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Two joining fragments of a Roman silver finger-ring broken across the bezel and lacking the back of the tapered hoop. The bezel is broad, with an empty oval setting; the shoulders are convex, with an arc of ring-punched decoration; and the hoop is of flattened oval profile with a neatly-formed perimeter rib. Date: 2nd or 3rd century AD. Dimensions: External diameter c. 21 mm. Internal diameter c. 15.5 mm. Bezel width 12.1 mm. Setting 8.2 x 6.9 mm. Weight: 3.8 g.
Created on: Friday 18th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 7th December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fenstanton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-658F86
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold posy finger-ring with internal inscription filled with black enamel and detailed decoration on the outer surface also with inlaid black enamel. The finger-ring has an outer diameter of 19.55mm and an inner diameter of 16.60mm. The band is 3.28mm wide and 1.12mm thick. The ring weighs 2.36g. The ring band has a 'D' shaped cross-section. The outer surface is heavily decorated with foliate designs also in laid with black enamel. The ring is in extremely good condition although there are a few patches where the enamel is missing. The inscription reads 'Let no callamitie seperat a…
Created on: Thursday 26th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 13th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.