Find Spot record MDO1997 - A bronze ring found in the garden of Plush Manor, Piddletrenthide

A bronze ring, identified as a probable armlet, found in the garden of Plush Manor. This object was found on the surface, and is of uncertain date but has an even, dark green patina which suggests that it may be of some age.

(ST 716022) A patinated bronze ring, 80mm in external diameter and of uncertain date, was found in the garden of Plush Manor. <1>

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1957, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1956, 90-91 (Serial). SDO56.

'Uncertain period. A surface find in the garden of Plush Manor, given by Mr. W. A. Graham of Buckland Newton (1954.22). This bronze ring, 80mm. in external diameter, is presumably an armlet, but the thickness is gracefully tapered, so that it would hang with the heavier side downwards. It has acquired an even dark green patina. I can recall no parallels, except an almost identical ring in the Museum (unnumbered, with no indication of source), which is less beautifully tapered. Neither is decorated.'

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 202121 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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