Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Medieval gold finger ring
Decorative gold finger ring with projecting facetted rectangular bezel, set with a small uncut (cabachon) purple stone, probably rose quartz. There is a small transverse ridge on each side of the bezel at the junction with the hoop, decorated with transverse engraved lines. The undeside of the bezel has buckled and the hoop is slightly misshapen. Ring form is typical of 12th century date.
LI1.7
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2009.16H
Find Information
Site Name: Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan
Collection Method: metal detector
Date: 2007 / September
Notes: While metal detecting on pasture farm land. The depth at which the ring was found is not recorded. No other medieval finds have been reported from the vicinity of the findspot. The deposition of the ring probably represents accidental loss.
Measurements
internal diameter / mm:13.2
diameter / mm
external diameter / mm:14.8
diameter / mm
internal diameter / mm:21.1
diameter / mm
external diameter / mm:26.4 (inc. bezel)
diameter / mm
depth / mm:10.9 (of bezel)
weight / g:3.6
Categories
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