Object: Ring
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Worthing Museum, 573,Presented by Mrs. Henty
Site: England,Sussex (West),Ferring,Highdown Hill
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Ferring
County: West Sussex
Country: England
Grid reference: c. TQ 092 043
Year of discovery: NA
Width (mm): 2.5
Surface: Mainly yellow sur. with little ruddy brown staining
Associations: 7b. Group
Description: Dimensions: d. 38.5mm; int. d. 15.5; max B. 11.2; max B. outer rim 2.5; W. outer rim 2.5; T sheet 0.2 (and possibly less),Typology: hollow tri. sec. with small round beadings at apexes; series of fine concentric scmks. in 2 bands on one face,  but only on inner band on rev.; crudely executed with broken lengths, overlaps, cross-overs etc.; faint suggestions of outer series on rev. - possibly tracing out?,Manufacture: 3 overlapped strips - junctions run along beadings (at points indicated by arrows on illustration); decoration prob. compass drawn with poor control in detail; lips extend from the two face-strips at terminals to lap end plates pres.; overlaps mainly well closed and not obvious,Condition: main break almost right across ring; another large tear off it on rev. face; general battering squashing parts of hollow sec. and crumpling inside strip, crushing rim beading; end plates pres. present orig. - lost in ant.?
Publications: a) Read 1899-1901, 387-8, no. 3,b) Goodman MS, 93 fig, 105
Remarks: Labels/Markings: black print marking: '573',PIF; AFI; DF(C); SI; CI; SN Oct. 79; Source: MV