PIN
Unique ID: ESS-EC0616
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
Roman cast copper alloy furniture pin or tack. Dome-headed. The shaft is circular in section and narrows to a point. The object is 30mm long and is complete.
cf Crummy, 1983 'Roman Small Finds from Excavations in Colchester 1971-9', Fig 116, no. 2995.
Notes:
Not seen by FLO
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Length: 30 mm
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 19th September 2007
Personal details
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Recorded by: Kate
Orr
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Identified by: Kate
Orr - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier:
Mr Mike Cuddeford - [
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's reference: 021-A0338
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
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Spatial metadata
Region: East
County: Essex
District: Chelmsford
Parish: Good Easter
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL6212
Four figure Latitude: 51.783213 Four figure longitude: 0.347132
1:25K map: TL6212
1:10K map: TL61SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Adjacent Domesday Book places
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References cited
- Crummy, N., 1983. Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, 1971-9 Colchester : Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd, ppFig 116
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Created:
Wednesday 21st April 2010
Updated: Tuesday 8th June 2010
