On an Ancient Gold Ring, found at 
Normanton-by-Derby, 
By ARTHUR Cox, M.A. 
oF je W|ELE ancient gold ring, of which an illustration (Plate 
od (ety! XIV.) is here given, was found at Normanton, in the 
3 t44) autumn of 1883. 
The property known as Sinfin Lane Farm has been in one 
family since early in 1700; and it is only in the last generation 
that the name of Tabberer has died out for lack of male issue, 
and the farm has passed to the present owner, Mr. Wm. Gray, 
whose mother was a Tabberer. 
It is to the courtesy of Mr. Gray, and to his readiness to lend 
me the ring and furnish all the information in his power, that I 
am indebted for the opportunity of giving these notes. 
In September, 1883, Mr. Gray was proposing to enlarge some 
out-buildings in the field at the back of his house ; in removing 
the soil, ata depth of about eighteen inches below the surface, 
the workman’s pick struck and turned up this ring, thus bringing 
to light a most valuable and interesting relic of the past. 
The ring lay perfectly loose in the soil; there were no old 
stones, nor foundations of any kind ; no pottery, metal, nor bones 
near where it was found ; in fact there would seem to be abso- 
lutely no explanation of the presence of the ring in that particular 
spot. The only discernable peculiarity of the “ find” was, that 
the soil in which the ring lay, for about a square yard round, was 
