Record ID: KENT-C54166
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy and iron linch pin of late Iron Age to Roman date, c.100BC-100AD. Description: The head and peg/shank of the linch pin remains. The head is roughly of the 'vase shaped' variety although it is roughly globular at the top with a narrow neck and semi-hemispherical base. The base has incised decoration in wavey lines mostly obscured by rust and corrosion. The apex of the linch pin head has a flared rim creating a deep trough between the rim and the domed convex head, although ware makes it a flat top. The rim has been abraded along much of its circu…
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-E1789E
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A cast worn copper alloy and iron vase-headed linch pin terminal of late Iron Age to Roman date (c.400 BC - AD100). Description: The terminal has a flattened disc-shaped head with worn edges to give it a now rather misshapen appearance. Below the terminal is a short neck which has been protected by the terminal above and vase-shaped body below. Thus the neck patina is a very shiny and smooth blue-green in colour. The vase-shaped body is roughly two-thirds of a sphere. It has a circular perforation through one side to the other which would pin the terminal to the iron pin. There is a c…
Created on: Friday 29th March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Tonbridge', grid reference and parish protected.