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PIN
Unique ID: FAKL-1A8796
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Early Medieval, copper alloy, pin, head polyhedral (faceted) but flattened, its width being greater than its thickness. It was decorated with ring and dot motifs, executed with a ring cutter, each of the faces bears three rings, with a single ring on the two sides There is no collar between the head and the shank, although this point is marked by a chamfered shoulder The shank is truncated. Condition poor with much loss of surface, Length 18.5mm, Head width 7.8 x 5.6mm, Shank diameter 2.3mm, Mass 2.87g. Haldenby (Finds Research Group datasheet 44) sees this type of pin declining in use after the Viking conquest of Yorkshire in 867.
Class: Polyhedral,flat
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 870
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.5 mm
Width: 7.8 mm
Thickness: 5.6 mm
Weight: 2.87 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ELL 349
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Elloughton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haldenby, D. | 2012 | Early Medieval Collared Pins (Datasheet 44) | York | Finds Research Group AD700-1700 |
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