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PIN
Unique ID: BM-C7BEE8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A bone pin dating to the second to fourth century AD. The pin possesses an elongated hemispherical head. This extends to a circular-section stem, which tapers very slightly before terminating in a rounded point. The pin measures 86mm in length. The head has a diameter of 7mm; the stem, a diameter of 3mm. The pin can be assigned to Crummy's Type 3 (Pins with more or less spherical heads) (Crummy 1983, 21-22). Type 3 is difficult to date with certainty. No pins appears in contexts dated to before AD 150 and only a few in contexts dated to between AD 150 and 250. Most derive from deposits dated to the late third to fourth century AD.
Notes:
SF 5036. Seen 24.4.18
Class: Crummy's Type 3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 150
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 86 mm
Diameter: 7 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Box 3, Bag 4
Materials and construction
Primary material: Animal skeletal material
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
District: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Piercebridge (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ2115
Four figure Latitude: 54.52984883
Four figure longitude: -1.67701825
1:25K map: NZ2115
1:10K map: NZ21NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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