Object: Ring
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Kessler, Mr. G. A. - private (1983),171 Lewes Road, Newhaven, E. Sussex, BN9 9SU
Site: England,Sussex (West),Glynde,Ranscombe Lane,Found by Mr. Kessler 'three or four years' before 1983, beneath overhanging ground ivy along the bottom of the bank flanking Ranscombe Lane; it was on the surface.
Parish: Glynde
County: West Sussex
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ 085 442
Year of discovery: NA
Weight (g): 10
Surface: Clean gold; inside crack is a layer of emeralg corrosion, broken by a smaller incision revealing coppery red.
Associations: Single Find
Description: Dimensions: max. diam. 17.5mm; min. diam. 16.1; th. 6.1; max d. breadth 7.0; Wt. 9.5 g,Typology: basically oval cross-section, inner face flattened,Manufacture: gold cover with no discernible seam on ring, but folded edges seen on terminals; on evidence of these folds and small crack sheet is very thin (eg. 0.3mm),Condition: one fold pulled out; small crack in foil cover
Remarks: PIF; DF(S); SI; Ext: RSO 8/10/83 CI; SN Dec. 83; Source: Sb. A.