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LINCH PIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-3671F1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy linch pin of Iron Age date. It is the foot of the pin, the rest missing due to old breaks. It is circular, with the top part missing and at the rear it curves to form the base of the shank. The face is decorated with a series of cross hatched lines, although these are very worn. It is similar to other linch pins recorded on the database, for example from Suffolk, SF-E2C7C1.
Class: Foot terminal, circular
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.44 mm
Width: 19.01 mm
Thickness: 11.79 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Over
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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