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LINCH PIN
Unique ID: NMS-A92100
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Published 
Late Iron Age to early Roman iron and copper alloy composite linch pin with square-sectioned shank, barrel-shaped head and hoof-shaped foot. The circular head and the foot are both cast with a chord missing. All inlaid enamel has been lost apart from on the face of the hoof. The top of the head is decorated with four crescentic cells and two curving engraved lines, and is partly obscured by corroded iron. Of three round cells on the side, one is entirely iron-filled. On the lower part there are two round cells within ribbed surrounds and two others joined by very fine curvilinear engraving. A single round cell adorns the collar of the terminal and in the centre of the face of the hoof a round cell within a reserved field of reversed S-shape lies within two concentric circles in which some red enamel remains. A very good parallel can be found in a complete linch pin recovered during carrot hoeing at Beachamwell, Norfolk in 1957 (Gregory 1980). Length 125.5mm. Diameter of head 36.2mm. Weight 247g. 1st century BC - 1st century AD.
BR field
Class:
composite, barrel-shaped head dec with 4 crescentic cells
Sub class: hoof-shaped foot
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: 125.5 mm
Weight: 247 g
Diameter: 36.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2013 - Monday 30th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 9924
Other reference: SET092013
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Wymondham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1196
Four figure Latitude: 52.52100582
Four figure longitude: 1.10864136
1:25K map: TM1196
1:10K map: TM19NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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