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Description: | Copper alloy, possibly with organic material adhering.Ring. Cast ring of round section. Found circa 0.7m N of tip of swordNLM-F5AEB0and circa 1.20m N of similar ringNLM-F5AEB0The. two rings were perhaps at the ends of a baldrick. Suggested date: Late Bronze Age, 1000-800 BC.Diameter: 42.4mm, Thickness/diameter of band: 5.6mm, Weight (with soil and matter adhering): 23.82gms.The deposition is interpreted as follows: the sword was 'killed' by breaking its hilt. Then a belt with a metal ring at either end was laid down in an active spring. The sword, probably in a scabbard, was laid down flat over the belt and between the metal rings, and its weight perhaps helped keep the belt in place. Sandy soil accumulated over both rings, and around the sword, showing that the spring remained active or intermittently active after the deposit. The ploughing which may have brought sand and flints into the topsoil eventually reached, and clipped, bent, and lifted, the tip of the sword blade, and was probably the first disturbance it had suffered since its deposition.
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