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PIN
Unique ID: SF-C2DE91
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) hair pin. It has a cylindrical shaft, which tapers towards the missing pointed end, while the head of the pin is created by folding and slightly flattening its thicker end.
It can be assigned to the Loop-headed Type in Ross (1991, p. 201). The date is AD 500-600.
Length: 68.78 mm, Width: 6.21 mm, Diameter: 3.78 mm, Weight: 3.57 g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 68.78 mm
Width: 6.21 mm
Weight: 3.57 g
Diameter: 3.78 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: RLM 081
Other reference: Finders reference SS14 226
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Rendlesham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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