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PIN
Unique ID: NLM-763FF4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy pin fragment. Cast pin with biconvex head with a flattened medial band above a collar which separates it from a shank of - insofar as it survives - of unvaried round section [of diameter 2.1mm]; Flixborough type 331. This was probably used as a hairpin or veil fastener. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 800-850.
Length: 24.4mm, Diameter: 8.5mm, Weight: 2.66gms
Class: Flixborough type 331
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.4 mm
Weight: 2.66 g
Diameter: 8.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 11th April 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35817
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Melton Ross
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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