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PIN
Unique ID: BERK-70D9B3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy dress or hair pin dating to the Middle early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) period, c. AD 700-850. The pin-head is polyhedral in shape with each diamond-shaped and triangular shaped facet decorated with a large stamped ring-and-dot motif. On the edges of the facets are circular indentations which completes the decoration. Below the head, a small circular collar separates the head from the tapering shank.
This pin is comparable to Cool's group 15 (Cool 1990:164), which has been stylistically dated to the Middle Anglo-Saxon period. A number of parallels are present on the PAS database, including PUBLIC-0EF4DE which is almost identical to the example recorded here; the referenced find is also from Oxfordshire.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm
Width: 4 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 7th November 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2016.353
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Northmoor (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP4101
Four figure Latitude: 51.70624727
Four figure longitude: -1.40806287
1:25K map: SP4101
1:10K map: SP40SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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