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PIN
Unique ID: LEIC-5D796B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Late Bronze Age copper alloy disc- headed pin, Length: 27 mm, diameter: 11 mm, weight: 2.13 grams.
The pin is incomplete, missing its lower shaft. This is circular in cross section and widens as it reaches the head from 2mm to 3.5 mm in diameter. The head is 3 mm deep and 11 mm in diameter. It is circular in form and triangular in cross section, emerging from the shaft and widening to form a disc with a concave upper surface which contains a central circular depression. There is no decoration.
Pins of this type are hard to date as they are not often discovered within hoards. The artefact form is likely to be prevalent from the Ornament Horizon (1500 / 1400 BC) through into the Iron Age (at least until 500 BC). The form of the pin is similar to SF-509598, described as a Picardy type and dated to 1400-1250BC and is also similar to examples excavated from Flag Fen (Flag fen cat no 173-185 fig 10.9 pp274-275) these later examples have be dated through metalurgical anaylsis to the Wilburton phases of the later Bronze Age (Needham Period 6) c. 1150-1000 BC. This pin is also similar in form to SUR-3762E7, which is dated 900-600BC.
Class: Disc-Headed
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 1400 BC
Date to: Circa 500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Weight: 2.13 g
Diameter: 11 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st February 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Leighfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8203
Four figure Latitude: 52.6185874
Four figure longitude: -0.79022511
1:25K map: SK8203
1:10K map: SK80SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Needham, S.P. | 1996 | Chronology and periodisation in the British Bronze Age | Copenhagen | Wiley | |||
| Pryor, F. | 2001 | The Flag Fen Basin: Archaeology and Environment of a Fenland Landscape | Swindon | English Heritage | |||
| Roberts, B. | 2007 | Adorning the Living but Not the Dead: Understanding Ornaments in Britain c.1400-1100 cal BC | Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society |
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