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
Spatial data recorded.