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PIN

Unique ID: SF9998

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

A copper-alloy pin with a globular head, which is circular in cross-section and 6mm in diameter. Beneath the head there is a circumference groove that is likely to represent the beginning of a collar. The shaft itself is circular in cross-section and has been bent, after 29mm, at almost a right angle it then continues for another 23mm and tapers to a point. Just before and just after the bend the shaft is swollen. There have been similar pins discovered in Barham which are Middle Anglo-Saxon in date (West 1998, 119 Fig 3).

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 600
Date to: AD 900

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 57 mm
Width: 6 mm
Weight: 2.56 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st November 2002

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
To be known as: SAHAM TONEY

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
West, S. 1998 A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material From Suffolk Ipswich Suffolk County Council p119, Fig 3.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 21 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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