Record ID: HESH-EA0514
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Specialist Treasure Report for HM Coroner 2012-T509: Silver pin of Early Medieval date from North West Herefordshire HM Corner: Mr Bricknell District: Herefordshire Date: Early Medieval period - 8th-9th centuries AD Findspot: North West Herefordshire Circumstances of Find: Searching with a metal detector Description: An incomplete polyhedral-headed pin with broken shaft. The head of the pin is in the form of a cube with the corners cut off creating lozengiform (diamond-shaped) faces and triangular corner facets, except around the base where the corner facets ar…
Created on: Thursday 12th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North West Herefordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-12A843
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt pinhead with garnet inlay over waffle foil. Prob 650-700 AD Treasure report from Dr. Sonja Marzinzik, M.A., F.S.A: Cuboid silver pin head with square settings inside a filigree border on its outer and upper faces. Only a short portion of the silver shank remains. Each setting is inlaid with a square glass slip and there are two separate slips and a foil fragment in a separate box.
Created on: Thursday 11th June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North East Shropshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-85CC82
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast and incised copper alloy polyhedral headed pin of probable middle Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (650-900 AD). The pin is incomplete with the shaft being broken before the mid-point.. It measures 22.1mm length, 7.1mm wide and 7.3mm thick across the head. It weighs 3.28 grams. The pin can be divided into three parts; the head, the collar, and the shank. The head of the pin is faceted and polyhedral in shape. The top of the pin head is relatively flat with a single cast ring and dot motif centrally positioned enclosed within a diamond shaped panel. From this centra…
Created on: Friday 17th April 2009
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Herefordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-85C3B3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast and incised copper alloy polyhedral headed pin of probable middle Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (650-900 AD). The pin is bent through 90 degrees at the midpoint; therefore the length of the pin is estimated. The pin measures 61.2mm length, 5.1mm wide and 5.3mm thick across the head. It weighs 1.94 grams. The head of the pin is faceted and polyhedral in shape. The top of the pin head is relatively flat with an undecorated diamond shaped panel. From this central square (diamond) four slight triangular flat undecorated sides extend. These four panels form the upper edges of a…
Created on: Friday 17th April 2009
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Herefordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-85ADC8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast and incised copper alloy bi-conical (globular) pin of probable middle Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (650-900 AD). The pin is incomplete being broken beneath the pin head. It measures 12.9mm length, 10.7mm wide and 10.3mm thick across the head. It weighs 4.28 grams. The pin can be divided into three parts; the head, the collar, and the shank. The collar and shank are missing / lost. The head of the pin is faceted and broadly bi-conical in shape. The top of the pin head is relatively flat with a single cast ring and dot motif centrally positioned enclosed within a…
Created on: Friday 17th April 2009
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Herefordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-859D01
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast and incised copper alloy bi-conical (globular) pin of probable middle Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (650-900 AD). The pin is incomplete with the tip of the pin being broken and lost. It measures 32.4mm length, 8.6mm wide and 8.4mm thick across the head. It weighs 3.28 grams. The pin can be divided into three parts; the head, the collar, and the shank. The head of the pin is globular being broadly sub-spherical (tear drop) in shape. The top of the pin head is relatively flat with a single cast ring and dot motif centrally positioned. The sides of the pin are irre…
Created on: Friday 17th April 2009
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Herefordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-543615
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy pin of Early Medieval (Middle Anglo-Saxon) date; probably 8th or early 9th century (700-900) AD. The pin is incomplete and the fragment consists of a highly decorated chip carved flat oval head, from which a pin shaft, now incomplete, extends. The head is broadly oval in plan with very worn and fragmentary broken edges; in cross section it is sub-rectangular but relatively thin, in profile the pinhead is relatively flat. From the lower edge of the head a small sub-rectangular stepped projection extends, this forms the shoulders of the pin shank. From the c…
Created on: Monday 8th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 7th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-BFB171
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast and incised copper alloy bi-conical (globular) faceted pin with faceted medial band of probable middle Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (700-900 AD). The pin measures 22.3mm length, 12mm wide and 12.5mm thick. It weighs 8.06 grams. The pin can be divided into three parts; the head, the collar, and the shank. The head of the pin is faceted being broadly sub-spherical in shape. The upper part of the head has five angular facets which are irregular triangles in shape. These are decorated with three cast recessed hollows arranged in a triangle which respects the shape …
Created on: Monday 1st September 2008
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-1BEDA8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast and incised copper alloy pin of Early Medieval (Middle Anglo-Saxon) date (700-850 AD). The pin is complete but has been badly abraded in the plough soil. The head of the pin is an irregular pentagon in plan and sub-rectangular in cross section. It measures 7.8mm x 7.6mm x 1.8mm. The head of the pin has been decorated on either face with a single incised ring and dot decoration. This decoration has been badly affected by corrosion and much of the detail has been lost. The base of the head of the pin extends into a much abraded thickened collar. The collar tapers into the pin shaft …
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Prees', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-A2AEF1
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast and incised copper alloy pin of probable Middle Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (720-850 AD). The pin measures 30.9mm length, 11.7mm wide and 10.6mm thick. It weighs 6.7 grams. The pin can be divided into three parts; the head, the collar, and the shank. The head of the pin is sub-spherical in shape and measures 11.7mm x 10.6mm. It is decorated with sixteen incised sub-circular dots, which may have been created through drilling. These dots are arranged in an irregular offset pattern of three bands. At the top of the pin head is a sub spherical projection or kn…
Created on: Wednesday 10th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 6th June 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-E6B471
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast and incised copper alloy ball headed pin of probable middle Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (720-850 AD). The pin measures 46.2mm length, 18.4mm wide and 15.4mm thick. It weighs 10.73 grams. The pin can be divided into three parts; the head, the collar, and the shank. The head of the pin is sub-spherical in shape and hollow with five small irregular (sub-rounded) projections; one on each side and one on the top of the pin. The head of the pin measures 12.2mm x 10.1mm, inclusive of projections it measures 18.9mm x 15.6mm. The head is decorated with a number of incised curvili…
Created on: Monday 31st January 2005
Last updated: Sunday 7th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cressage', grid reference and parish protected.