Record ID: DEV-55C14F
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy ring with hexagonal cross section and slightly uneven thickness and width of unknown date. The exterior edge of the object has a slightly hexagonal plan, with two straightened parallel edges, one of which corresponding with internal wear. The object is undecorated but has prominent striations from filing in some places. Dimensions: length 30.4mm; width 28.9mm; thickness 3.1mm; weight 5.37g. Such rings are largely undatable and can be as early as Iron Age, but it is most likely a Medieval to Post-Medieval horse harness ring, possibly to link two straps given its …
Created on: Monday 5th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2017
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Record ID: DEV-C11AF3
Object type: RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Ring, probably a strap fitting or suspension loop, but potentially also a bead, of probable Iron Age or Early Roman date, c. BC 800- AD 50. The ring is broadly biconical, with circumferencially flatened band around its outside edge, creating a rounded, sub-hexagonal cross section. This band is further decorated by a sieries of individually punched or pecked sub-circular pellets of irregular depth. The series is not continuous, and a section appears to have been worn away. The bead has a slightly off-centre, cast circular aperture with smoothly convex sides. The aperture…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2017
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2017
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