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Penannular Rings

Ornaments whose function is unknown. This category includes a wide range of types as rings of solid gold (plain or decorated with grooved patterns), gold-plated rings with copper alloy core, striped rings with silvery gold alloy wire circumferentially inlaid and gold plated rings on white metal core, with punched decoration.

Dating and distribution

Date: 1000 BC - circa 750 BC
Distribution: Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland

Examples

Solid plain gold ring BM WG 30

Gold penannular plain ring late Bronze Age

Solid decorated gold ring BM 1874, 0303.3

A Late Bronze Age pennanular gold ring

Gold plated penannular ring with copper alloy core) BM WG 23

A late bronze age pennanular gold ring

Hollow open gold alloy shell with no core BM 1874, 0303.2

Late Bronze Age pennanular gold ring

Gold striped penannular ring http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/30237

BUC-A73107


Gold foil plated ring with silvery gold wire inlaid into the gold foil BM 1888,1212.1

A gold penannular ring

Gold plated tin core with punched decoration BM 1965, 0606.1

A gold pennanular ring

References

  • Meeks N.D., Craddock P.T. & Needham S.P. 2008. Bronze Age Penannular Gold Rings from the British Isles: Technology and Composition. Jewellery Studies, 11, 1- 30.