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DEVON ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY PAPER ON A MEDIEVAL GOLD RING FOUND AT PILT...
'The Prior's Ring' of Pilton was found buried under a tree in a garden close to Pilton Churchyard in 1867. The owner of the site, a Doctor Forrester, took the ring to the British Museum for identif...
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A Medieval Gold Ring Found at Pilton, Devon in 1867
Elsewhere in The Pilton Story we have reported the story of 'The Prior's Ring' which was found buried under a tree in a garden close to Pilton Churchyard in 1867. The owner of the site, a Doctor Fo...
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The Prior's Ring
This is a mediaeval gold ring, set with a cabochon sapphire surrounded with a bezel engraved with a Hebrew inscription translated as ‘May Jesu Emmanuel Jehova be with us’, and on the reverse, in La...
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