Record ID: LON-1A16F3 - EARLY MEDIEVAL pin beater

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Pin Beater

Unique ID: LON-1A16F3

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Early Medieval - Medieval bone pin-beater

An Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) - Medieval bone pin-beater dating AD720 - 1100. This pin-beater is cigar-shaped with two working tapered ends; it has an oval cross-section with one flattened surface. There are two shallow depressions one on the upper edge near one end and one on the lower edge near the opposite end. The surface of the pin-beater is highly polished from wear against the hand and against the threads of the loom. There are some longitudinal scratches across all the surfaces and there is a little damage to one end.9

Dimensions: length: 111.94mm; width: 9.21mm; thickness: 5.98mm; weight: 7.57g.

Notes:

Rogers (1997:1755): "The pin-beater is a multi-purpose weaver's hand-tool, used to strum across the warp to even out spacing, to pick out misplaced threads and to push the weft loosely into position before beating in more firmly with another tool... They are firmly associated with the warp-weighted loom and disappear from the archaeological record at much the same time as clay loom-weights."

Reference: Rogers, P. W. 1997. Textile Production at 16-22 Coppergate. Council for British Archaeology, York

This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ascribed Culture: Anglo-Saxon [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 720
Date to: Circa AD 1100

Dimensions and weight

Length: 111.94 mm
Width: 9.21 mm
Thickness: 5.98 mm
Weight: 7.57 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Animal skeletal material [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Hand made [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Greater London
District: Wandsworth
Parish: Wandsworth

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ2475
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Method of discovery: Other chance find [scope notes]
General landuse: Open fresh water [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Running water [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st December 2009

Personal details

Found by: This information is restricted for your login.
Recorded by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Jackie Keily - [view all attributed records]

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