Record ID: BH-D56758
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A distorted copper-alloy finger ring, probably dating from the post-Medieval to modern period. The hoop has stright, parallelsides, a flat inner face and slightly convex outer surface. Decoration to this outer surface consists of a single line of punched pellets, located centrally and extending parallel to the sides of the hoop. At one end of this line, four projecting prongs create a possible claw setting or the remains of a buckle-shaped bezel. Length: 26mm; width: 12.5mm; band height:4.3mm.Weight: 1.51g
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Saturday 14th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ivinghoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-959CA1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper-alloy stirrup-shaped finger ring. The slightly distorted hoop is of D-shaped cross section and extends smoothly into the angular bezel, the upper surface of which has a circular setting with corroded glass paste inset. Length: 27.5mm; width: 21.5mm; thickness: 4mm. Weight: 2.36g. Stirrup-shaped finger rings date from the 13th and 14th centuries. A parallel, albeit in gold, is Treasure case 2005 T394, from Belton, North Lincs.
Created on: Friday 4th March 2016
Last updated: Saturday 14th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hitchin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-B49381
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Length of silver wire, circular in section, tapering at one end, blunt at the other. The wire has been bent into an overlapping ring. Date: uncertain, but probably more than 300 years old. Discussion: although the object has a superficial resemblance to Roman snake rings, there are too few diagnostic features to be certain of this. External d.: 19.2mm Internal d.: 13mm Wt.: 2.43g Note: this item is more than 300 years old and composed of more than 10% precious metal so qualifies as treasure as stipulated in the Treasure Act 1996. Dr Richard Hobbs Weston Curator of Ro…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 16th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ivinghoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-0BD790
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman gold finger-ring, much bent and distorted but intact. The hoop consists of a flat strip of sheet-metal, faceted, that widens to triangular shoulders and a flat bezel. The bezel is set with a circular box setting with smaller 'satellite' settings on each corner, only one of which is undamaged. These were presumably originally set, but all the settings are now missing. The main circular setting has been shown by scientific analysis to have had a silver-alloy setting, now much degraded. Date: c. third century AD Wt.: 2.65g Discussion: a not dissimilar ring was discovered a…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 7th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Souldern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-7578E2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman silver finger ring of 'keeled' type. The ring has a square-section hoop that expands sharply to triangular shoulders with raised mouldings and grooves just inside their outer edges. The flat bezel is circular, and is missing its decorative applique. There are further grooves on the side of the bezel, and some damage to one side; perhaps this is deliberate and caused by the removal of the applique. Date: 3rd century AD Wt.: 6.88g Ext. d.: 21.9mm Int. d.: 17.6mm Note: this item is more than 300 years old and composed of more than 10% precious metal so qualifies as t…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 16th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-74FF80
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold mourning finger ring dating to the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century AD. The finger ring is plain on the outside but engraved with a skull, the hoop bent in the middle. In the inside of the hoop is an engraved inscription in italic lower case in remembrance of R. P [or B] and maker's mark of a Roman capital R in an irregularly-shaped shield.
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Mimms', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-065A0A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Medieval silver finger-ring. The fragment is D-shaped in section and is tapered at one end to 3.5 mm in width. This flares at the other end to 5 mm, presumably which would have formed the shoulders of a bezel or central design. The outer surface is engraved with a rope-work design formed of angled incisions. Twisted rope-work designs can be seen on other finger-rings such as a signet ring HAMP-CBA236. The fragment dates probably to the fifteenth to sixteenth centuries. Dimensions: length 21.3 mm; width of hoop 4.9 mm; depth of hoop 2 mm.
Created on: Thursday 3rd December 2015
Last updated: Monday 16th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-05F4B1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver-gilt finger-ring with a broken and flattened hoop. The bezel is in the form of a heart flanked by two quatrefoil flowers which are topped by a crown with five broken crenellations. Opposite the bezel the hoop is engraved on the outer surface with a rectangular quatrefoil flower. The crowned heart motif is common to Medieval rings of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and many examples can be found. See for example SOM-F8C1ED found in Somerset and dated from circa 1400-1550, and SOM-A4FA0A also from Somerset and attributed to the same date range, and DENO-871506…
Created on: Thursday 3rd December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-05B99E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete gold finger ring of medieval date. The finger ring has a plain D-sectioned hoop and has a raised box bezel at the top with bezelled edges to take a stone or glass insert. The insert is now missing and part of the bezel is damaged. This type of finger ring was current throughout the 13th and 14th centuries AD. A similar example can be found in the 2007 Treasure Annual Report no 234.
Created on: Thursday 3rd December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 29th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-057A58
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold post-medieval 'posy ring' (or poem ring), made from a thin plain hoop inscribed on the inner band in lower case with the phrase 'in Christ and thee my comfort be'. There is also stamped maker's mark bearing the initials 'RD' in black letter script but the mark cannot be identified, however the lettering is consistent with a date in the late 17th Century or early years of the 18th Century AD.
Created on: Thursday 3rd December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 16th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lew', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-052895
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver-gilt finger-ring of later medieval / early post-medieval date. The finger ring has a wide D-shaped band with the upper surface having a moulded diagonal wreath motif against a punched ground. This finger ring is of a standard type of the late 15th - early 16th Century AD (c. 1450-1550). A similar example, but in gold, can be seen on this database (ESS-CB7FE3), treasure case 2009 T465.
Created on: Thursday 3rd December 2015
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tackley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-890B3C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy snake-form finger ring. The object has been made from a single strip of metal which has been wound to form the finished object, with the tail overlapping the head. The flat-sectioned ring flares towards the head before angling inwards to form the face. The corroded upper surface of this face bears possible decoration formed of grooves and incuse pellets, but this is uncertain. Width: 19.5mm; depth (front to back): 20.5mm; height of head: 6.8mm. Weight: 1.91g. Snake-form jewellery is thought to have been introduced to Britain in the 1st century AD and cont…
Created on: Friday 27th November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birchanger', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-838EF3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: silver finger ring, a broad band inscribed on the exterior I LIVE IN HOPE between bands of ornament Dimensions: Diameter: 20.10mm Width: 7.84mm Thickness: 1.31mm Weight: 3g Discussion: A standard type of the 16th to first half of the 17th Century. Conclusion: Consequently in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10 % precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996
Created on: Friday 27th November 2015
Last updated: Monday 16th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Streatley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-4710AA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An undated copper-alloy ring. The object is oval in both plan and cross section, the band gradually widening from one side to the other. The dark green patination is consistent with a prehistoric to Roman date. It is, however, uncertain as to whether this is a finger ring or whether it served a different purpose, such as a harness fitting. Width: 30.2mm; length/depth: 24.3mm; maximum height of band: 4.6mm. Weight: 4.83g.
Created on: Tuesday 24th November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 9th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baldock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-454264
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a Roman copper-alloy finger ring. The distorted piece represents the shoulders and bezel of the ring, with the hoop having been lost in antiquity. An oval setting occupies the outer surface of the bezel, containing traces of a white enamel inset. The shoulders are of D-shaped cross section, tapering to the points of the breaks. An unidentified substance and traces of gilding adhere to the underside of the ring; the presence of this material and the splaying of the ring both suggest a deliberate adaptation, the purpose of which is unclear. Width: 28.4mm; width of bezel (t…
Created on: Tuesday 24th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-333F7A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman finger ring, dating from the 2nd or 3rd century AD. The bezel is occupied by an oval setting containing, at its centre point, what appears to be the remains of a circular mother-of-pearl inset. Traces of a red glass surround this centre, creating the impression of an eye. The shoulders taper smoothly into what remains of the hoop, which is of D-shaped cross section. Surviving width: 16.1mm; width of bezel (transverse): 9.2mm; length/depth of ring: 6.4mm. Weight: 1.58g.
Created on: Monday 23rd November 2015
Last updated: Saturday 19th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clanfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-3338ED
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy finger ring. The hoop is of oval cross section, with a slight narrowing at the back. The hoop continues across the back of the bezel, the latter of which comprises a circular setting with grooved rim and a faceted inset of clear glass or rock crystal. Width: 14.3mm; length/depth: 16.6mm. Weight: 1.34g. The date of this ring is based on the presence of the faceted inset, which is a common feature of finger rings from the 17th century onwards. A similar ring, albeit in gold, is Treasure case 2014 T574 (SWYOR-DB246B), which was dated to the mid-17th …
Created on: Monday 23rd November 2015
Last updated: Saturday 19th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clanfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-327191
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy finger ring, made from a wide-cuff bracelet. The bracelet employed is of flat section with parallel sides. On the outer surface a shallow groove is flanked by two parallel ropework ridges, each ridge bordered by a pair of grooves narrower than that at the centre. The two ends of the piece, which overlap slightly, are irregular, suggesting that the bracelet was broken by snapping rather than cutting. Maximum diameter: 13.7mm; height: 13.5mm. Weight: 4.34g. Bracelets of this form date from the mid to late 1st century AD (see Stead and Rigby 1986: 125/fig. …
Created on: Monday 23rd November 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-C82257
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late medieval lead-alloy finger-ring. The hoop and bezel have been made as two separate pieces and then soldered together. The slightly damaged bezel takes the form of a disc, the central area of which is occupied by a crudely executed Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) design, in negative relief, surrounded by a circumferential groove. The animal stands to the right, faces back towards its tail and has cross-hatched detail on its body. The shaft of the Latin cross is located behind the animal, halfway along its length, and its arms have flaring terminals. An irregular patch of lead-alloy s…
Created on: Friday 6th November 2015
Last updated: Friday 6th November 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-2201DB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver ornamental ring with stamped decoration. Dimensions: Width: 4.41 mm, Thickness: 0.66 mm, Weight: 2.5 g, Diameter: 21.13 mm. Conclusion: Due to the undiagnostic nature of the find it cannot be securely dated to pre-1708 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Thursday 29th October 2015
Last updated: Saturday 14th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brill', grid reference and parish protected.