Record ID: NMS-690256
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of cast copper alloy enamelled Iron Age crescent-headed linch pin. The head is almost complete save the crown and the base skirt that accommodated the transverse securing pin. The stemmed head is a sub-crescent shape stepped outwards at either side to form laterally opposed stubbed arms. The central stem at the base of the crescent flares smoothly outwards to a wider base which has a forward-stepped semi-circular skirt. The top of the crescent (estimated 15%) is missing from an old break. The underside of the skirt has a transverse semi-circular groove running across the full …
Created on: Monday 14th September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
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