Record ID: WILT-F321EB
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy dress or hairpin dating to cAD 720-1700. It has an oblate head with a integral flat circular feature transverse at the crown . A simple rounded collar lies immediately below the head and the shank is circular in section, foreshortened by an early break. This tapers a little. Dimensions:  35.9mm in length/height; 13.1mm in width (diameter of head); 8.54g  in weight See WILT-FFA8DB on the PAs database for similar.
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-EBD8E1
Object type: PIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy pin dating from the Roman to medieval periods. The pin has a flat circular head, on which little decoration remains aside from a faint beaded border inset slightly from the edge on one face. Striations are present on both faces. The head narrows to a collar of two transverse mouldings, which are only present on the front, before extending to the shaft. The shaft is circular in cross-section and is bent just below the midway point. The pin measures 61.1mm in length, 2mm in diameter at the shaft, 14.8mm in diameter at the head, and 0.5mm in thickness at the …
Created on: Friday 13th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 10th December 2020
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Record ID: WILT-F25229
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy fragment of probable Iron age or Roman date, possibly a pin head, probably dating to c. 100 BC-AD 410. The pin consists of an oblate spherical head, with a vestigial shank projecting from one side. There appears to be an incised circle at the apex of the head, although this is obscured by corrosion. Length: 11.0 mm; diameter: 13.80mm; thickness: 8.10mm; diameter of shaft: 2.70mm; weight: 6.95g. It is difficult to parallel such an undiagnostic object, however the patina and the bulk of material found in the vicinity would support a Roman date.
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th April 2019
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Record ID: WILT-99F568
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early medieval zoomorphic pin dating to the 8th century. The shaft of the pin is circular in cross section, tapering a little from 2.50mm in diameter to 2mm in diameter in the length extant. The shaft of the pin has a sharp point at one end but this is probably the break, rather than the fulll extent of the original item. The terminal of the pin is in the form of a zoomorphic head, dog-like but with an extended snout. There is a small collar above which is the skull of the animal, roughly spherical, with a raised moulding of two sub-triangular features eithe…
Created on: Monday 16th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2016
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