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PIN
Unique ID: OXON-19D963
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy pin of Early Iron Age date (c. 800-600 BC). The remaining section of the pin consists of the head, which has three moulded ribs, and a length of the circular sectioned shank. The remains of the pin has been coiled, possibly to make the item smaller and easier to transport or store (for example if it was going to be melted down), or possibly it has been reshaped with the intention of being used as a finger ring. An identical pin, complete and in its original state, has been recorded from Quainton in Buckinghamshire - see BUC-1D3758 on this database.
Notes:
Thanks to the finder for providing the raw image. Recorder has not seen the object in person.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Retained by finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 800 BC
Date to: Circa 600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 10th February 2018
Rally details.
This object was found at Wendlebury #1
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2018.325
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: Cherwell (District)
Parish or ward: Wendlebury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP5719
Four figure Latitude: 51.8666749
Four figure longitude: -1.17358811
1:25K map: SP5719
1:10K map: SP51NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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