PIN
Unique ID: SUSS-7F1E82
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy pin, dating to the post-medieval period. The pin head and shank survive. The shaft has been bent and has broken off before the tip. The pin head is very large and formed from two joined together hemispheres, the joint is visible. The head is hollow. The metal is a mid reddish-brown colour and pitted.
Notes:
Found by a detectorist. Collection handed to amateur archaeologist as the finder moved abroad.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Subperiod to: Late
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Length: 40.2 mm
Weight: 7.61 g
Diameter: 19.79 mm
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2007
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Jeff
Taylor
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Identified by: Mrs Liz
Andrews-Wilson - [view all attributed records]
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East And London
County: East Sussex
District: Lewes
To be known as: Glynde
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined[scope notes]
References cited
No references cited so far.
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Created:
Wednesday 12th September 2007
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
