Record ID: SF-E36366
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: an incomplete and somewhat damaged gold finger ring dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. 1600-1700. The hoop is 'D' shaped in section and rather worn at its base, distorted on one side due to old damage. On the inside of the hoop at one shoulder is a rather crude inscription, which appears to read; 'P. HIL(?)'-the script seemingly of 17th century character. At the apex of the hoop is a large integral hollow bezel, comprising of a central pyramidal setting with its pale green stone still intact, flanked by two smaller oval settings (one missing its setting), one of which…
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8963C8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete but squashed gold finger ring of earlier Roman date. The 'D' sectioned hoop is somewhat slender and has been (deliberately?) broken at its base, the two ends subsequently folded in on each other. The shoulders are plain, expanding into an oval bezel at their apex. The latter is decorated with the faint incised design of a palm frond, but is otherwise plain. Date: c. 43-200 AD Dimensions: The ring in its current folded state of preservation measures c. 11.61mm in diameter, c. 1.25mm thick at each shoulder, while the bezel is c. 6.47mm long by 4.51mm wide.…
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2018
Last updated: Saturday 18th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lakenheath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-60FD53
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold post-medieval finger ring. It is D-shaped in cross section. The flat inner face is inscribed '+BE TRVE IN HART'. The outer surface is decorated with pairs of raised diagonal lines with incised zigzag motifs in the spaces between them. Dimensions: Diameter: 19.88mm, Thickness: 3.86, Weight: 2.06g Discussion: Several rings with the same inscription have been reported under the Treasure Act (2009 T372, 2009 T641, 2006 T427). A variant of this inscription is recorded by Joan Evans in the 1596 Harleian manuscript, and there are versions of it on two later…
Created on: Tuesday 21st April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0A94B5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold finger ring of probable post medieval date. It has a plain band inscribed inside in lower case: Vertue makes love eteruall with a stamped capital B after; this is probably a maker's mark. Dimensions: Internal diameter: 15.90 External diameter: 17.81 Weight: 1.67g Height of hoop: 2.82 Discussion: The inscription within this finger ring is similar to that on other 17th century examples such as 2003 T223, from Wiltshire (Treasure Annual Report, 2003, 129, no 268).
Created on: Monday 10th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-85A8D1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A gold finger ring likely to be post medieval date. Consisting of a now distorted oval-shaped hoop, which is decorated and shaped so that from the outer face it appears formed from two crossing bands, one of which is plain and the other decorated with longitudinal borders with incised cross-hatching within. The outer face is flat and the inner face is smooth, undecorated and slightly rounded. Discussion: No published parallel could be found for this ring, having a rounded inner face is unusual but its function and a finger ring remains most likely due to its size and d…
Created on: Thursday 6th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shadingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-84D477
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete medieval gold finger ring. The hoop is an oval-sectioned band which flares slightly at the shoulders. The bezel is lozenge-shaped in profile and oval in plan; it stands proud of the hoop and contains a dark red gem, probably a garnet. Discussion: This finger ring is similar to another example from Kington St Michael, Wiltshire (2003 T326) (Treasure annual report 2003, 102, no 169). Dimensions: 22.80mm in external diameter and 19.41mm internally, 3.66g in weight.
Created on: Monday 23rd December 2013
Last updated: Thursday 5th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near bury st edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2CE0A3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold finger ring, the hoop is now slightly bent and has a D-shaped section which flares slightly towards the shoulders. The shoulders are decorated with longitudinal grooves and sleeves before two clasped hands which make up the bezel. Discussion: This finger ring is most likely to be of later medieval or early post medieval in date. Dimensions: 21.55mm in length, 17.46mm in width externally, 20.40mm by 17.18mm internally, 2g in weight..
Created on: Monday 8th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 24th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wickham Market', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-260FE5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A gold finger ring of Medieval date. It has a d-shaped hoop which is complete. It is decorated on the outside face with lozenges infilled with groups of pellets. It widens slightly to form a stirrup-shaped like bezel with a circular hole for a setting, which is missing. It is bent out of shape due to post-depositional damage. Discussion: For comparison see a silver finger-ring from Ewell, Surrey (2005 T93) dated to the 13th Century.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9123D1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold finger ring made of a flattened band engraved on the exterior with a French inscription in lower-case gothic or 'black-letter' script. The inscription begins with a small cross, and the words alternate with three very similar designs of a two-branched plant, one branch shorter and the other longer, each with thin leaves and ending in a feathery trefoil flower. The inscription reads en bon cuer (in good heart). There is also engraving on the interior of the hoop, made up of a single wheat stalk followed by what looks like two sets of initials separated b…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Southwold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-52A493
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Complete gold finger ring with flat sectioned hoop with decorated exterior. This is split into four, each part decorated with banding around the exterior and a dotted wreath at intervals. The interior has an inscription which reads 'THINKE x OF x ME'. There is a flower at the beginning of the inscription and a scroll at the end and each word is separated by an 'x'. Discussion: A fede ring with the same inscription was found in the Chelmsford area, Essex in 2006 (Treasure case 2006 T567, Treasure Annual Report 2005/6, p152, no 725), which is believed to date from the early 17th cent…
Created on: Thursday 17th November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leiston', grid reference and parish protected.