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HAIR PIN
Unique ID: LEIC-B092F2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman? copper alloy hairpin, Length 70mm, width 6mm, thickness 2mm, weight 4.17grams.
The pin has a rectangular tapering cross section, running to a point at one end. Its upper portion flattens out gradually and forms a rectangular flat head with a circular hole near the top. It terminates with two flat oval projections emerging from its flat upper edge.
The object is probably Roman, but may also be Post Medieval?
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 409
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 70 mm
Width: 6 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 4.17 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Arreton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SZ5086
Four figure Latitude: 50.67152588
Four figure longitude: -1.29380483
1:25K map: SZ5086
1:10K map: SZ56SW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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