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PIN
Unique ID: HESH-3512C8
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Published 
A cast copper alloy artefact, most probably a head-dress pin of the post-medieval period (often known as a bodkin). The artefact is rectangular in cross-section, with slightly rounded corners. The form tapers in width and section along the length. Both ends are broken; both are patinated. The break towards the narrower end suggests that the tip originally extended to form a projecting spike or point. Both of the wider faces are decorated in similar fashion, with a series of disjointed longitudinal incised lines. It measures 88.2mm in length, 4.7mm in width, is 3.2mm in maximum thickness and weighs 6.57g.
Compare NMS-609D14 and NLM-AE7B44; it is difficult to find a parallel for the decoration, but these are similar in form and material.
Class: head dress
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Hereford Cathedral
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 88.2 mm
Width: 4.7 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 6.57 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SJW 15
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hereford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO5139
Four figure Latitude: 52.04721427
Four figure longitude: -2.71590746
1:25K map: SO5139
1:10K map: SO53NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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