Find Spot record MDO2101 - Medieval ring found at Friar Waddon Farm, Portesham

A late medieval silver ring. The letter forms on the ring seem to suggest that it can be dated to the sixteenth century, and the legend - +AVEMARIAGRATIAPLENA - implies a devotional use.

The published text has a typographical error. The grid reference is given as SY 64359; the correct reference is SY 643 859. <1>

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1990, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1989, 114 (Serial). SDO89.

'Silver ring, found by Donald Wales, 26 November 1989, at Friar Waddon Farm (SY 64359). The band is c. 1 mm thick and 4 mm wide: the ring has an internal diameter of 12 mm. The outside face has 21 slightly concave facets containing the continuous legend +AVEMARIAGRATIAPLENA The letters are not punched - numerous smooth undulations in each letter suggest that they were individually cut. The letter-forms would seem to imply a sixteenth-century date. The legend is common on medieval rings and implies a devotional use.'

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Apr 15 2016 5:17PM