Record Details
| NHER Number: | 35986 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval metal find |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 2001 recovered a medieval gold finger ring.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TF71SW |
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| Parish: | NARBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
February 2001. Metal detecting.
Medieval gold finger ring, diameter 23mm.
Stone missing from setting in triangular bezel. Two transverse lines at base (very worn) with cast decoration of two pairs of leaves on each side running around band to stop at shoulders.
Weight 2.60g.
?13th century.
Broadly similar to example in (S1), page 484, number 646.
Retained for consideration on treasure trove - see (S2).
The object is also recorded on the PAS database [1].
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 March 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 2 May 2020.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- FINGER RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Publication: Age of Chivalry. p 484. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2002. Treasure Annual Report 2001. p 62; No 101. |
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