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PIN
Unique ID: WAW-D4D61B
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early Medieval (10th to 11th century possibly) possible pin fragment. The copper alloy pin has a rectangular sectioned head, which is rectangular in profile as well. The lower portion of the head has a slightly waisted section as decoration. The shaft of the pin is slightly narrowed, square in section and has a broken terminal. The break is slightly stepped and is obliquely angled, but is covered by the same mid green patina that covered the surface of the pin. At the upper edge of the pin head there are small patches of red copper corrosion. The pin measures 32.09mm long, 5.62mm wide, 5.33mm thick and weighs 4.81g.
The identification of 'pin' is only tentative and has been suggested as a possibility by Sue Youngs and Kevin Leahy. Sue Youngs comments that it may be a Midlands zoomorphic pin Type Q, but the recorded example is devoid of any further decoration. It also resembles the head of some baluster headed ringed pin of 10th - 11th century date, with examples from Ireland and Scotland. Some of these pins begin with a shaft of rectangular section, but as this find is unpierced the resemblance may be coincidence.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.09 mm
Width: 5.62 mm
Thickness: 5.33 mm
Weight: 4.81 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 26th February 2015 - Thursday 30th April 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Lighthorne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3355
Four figure Latitude: 52.19225791
Four figure longitude: -1.51866422
1:25K map: SP3355
1:10K map: SP35NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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