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Record ID: SOM-204F95
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy pin of probable Middle early-medieval date. The end of the shaft has broken off and in its current state the pin measures 37mm in length and weighs 2.4g. It has a thirteen faceted polyhedral head with a stamped ring-and-dot motif on each of the four larger lozenge-shaped vertically-set sides. It has no collar and it may therefore possibly be of Roman rather than early-medieval date. However, the design is typically Middle Anglo-Saxon and there are close parallels from Hamwic (Hinton 1996, p. 22, nos. 4/2 and 169/1163).
Created on: Friday 26th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Bradford Peverell', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DOR-B177D4
Object type: PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy pin. The shaft is circular in cross section and tapers to the break point (from 3.12 mm to 2.49 mm) The head is disc shaped and has a concentric ridge framing a groove around a central domed projection. Below the head is a narrow ridge or collar around the shaft. Dr Kevin Leahy has suggested an Iron Age date for this pin.
Date: Iron Age - 500 - 200 BC
Dimensions: 41.25 mm x 7.99 mm (diameter of head)
Weight: 2.2 g
Created on: Monday 10th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012
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This findspot is known as 'Bradford Peverell', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-1E8411
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy pin. The remaining stem is slightly curved. It bends abruptly at the top before joining a ring shaped head, leading this to project forward slightly. The head has four sub-oval indentations arranged at regular intervals around one face. The metal has a shiny green patina and survives in good condition. The object is complete apart from a missing section at the base of the stem. It is fairly similar in design, if not in decoration, to those shown in fig.10 of 'Roman metal hair pins from Southern Britain' (Cool 1990). Cool (ibid., p.165) attributes a fou…
Created on: Thursday 16th September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2010
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This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DOR-F420E0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy gilt dress pin with spherical head. The head is hollow and divided into two hemispheres by a transverse band. Each hemisphere is decorated with three circlets in filigree (each containing three smaller circlets arranged as a trefoil)and with a smaller circle of filigree between them. There are small copper alloy, circular knops in above each of these three smaller circlets as well as a larger knop at the top of the head. There is a circular hole in the underside of the head, which accomodates the thin copper alloy pin shaft. The pin is broken after about 1 cm length. The…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-7F9521
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy pin of probable Roman date. It has a biconical head (max. dia.: 11.2mm), with a groove below at the junction with the shank. The shaft below the groove is slightly expanded/everted (Dia.: 4.7mm). The shaft is circular in cross-section with a central swelling (Th.: 4.0mm). The tip has been bent to one side, first shallowly, then through ninety degrees. As Geake (2001, 39) notes, both Roman and Middle Saxon pins can have swellings on their shafts and can be bent; they are therefore difficult to tell apart. Although early-medieval pins often have collars the…
Created on: Friday 26th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR783
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy faceted pin. For dress or hair. Polyhedral head - essentially a cuboid the corners of which have been filed into planes. The five larger facets are lozenge shaped, the eight smaller ones are sub-triangular. The integral shaft is sub-circular in section and tapers gently. It is incomplete. It lacks the collar often found on Anglo-Saxon examples and may be Romano-British. Head - 7.9 mm x 5.96 mm. Shaft 20.87 mm x 2.62 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2017
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This findspot is known as 'DORSET TARRANT HINTON', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HAMP3682
Object type: PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy pin. One end is cylindrical and has thirteen concentric ridges around its diameter. The shank is cast integrally with the terminal and lies perpendicular to it. The shank has a strong curve, which at its top, flattens out and becomes a straight, circular-sectioned bar which terminates in a narrow collar followed by a rounded knop. The upper surface of the straight part of the shank is decorated with two leaf-shaped mouldings, with curving lines between them which also have stamped circular motifs along the external edge,. Slightly mottled, mid-dark green smooth pat…
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-FB0414
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast silver gilt pin of early post-medieval date. The shaft of the pin has been bent backwards but the pin would originally have been about 80mm in length. The shaft has a diameter of 2.3mm and the spherical head measures 11.8mm in diameter. The head is decorated with filigree comprising a central horizontal band and three circles on each hemisphere. Inside each of these larger circles there are a further three small circles and another small circle appears in between each of the larger circles. There are a number of small spherical bosses on the head. On the lower hemisphere these a…
Created on: Friday 13th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOMDOR-839ED2
Object type: PIN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy quoit headed pin. The total length of the pin is 149.76 mm. The shaft of the pin is incomplete and slightly bent(in common with several other examples). At the distal end the shaft has a circular cross-section (4.5 mm) which broadens to become oval (7.38 mm by 5.15 mm) at the proximal end. The head is incomplete and has a lozenge shaped cross-section (5.2 mm x 5.99 mm at the proximal end and tapering to 3.37 mm x 4.45 mm at the furthest surviving extent) a characteristic of Somerset examples. It is not possible to establish the dimensions of the ring-shaped …
Created on: Monday 15th May 2006
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
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Record ID: SOMDOR-265372
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy dress pin with a round sectioned shaft. The head is polyhedral with facets of varying dimensions. The four largest facets are hexagonal in shape and each decorated with a single ring and dot stamp. These are arranged around the main girth of the pin head. The other facets are smaller and generally triangular or irregular hexagonal in shape. they are un decorated. At the base of the head, where the shaft joins the head there is a small collar. The shaft is incomplete and slightly bent. Dimensions of head - 6.42 mm x 4.64 mm x 4.53 mm. Shaft diameter - 1.55 mm
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-9399F3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy pin, probably a hairpin. The head is slightly flattened, which may indicate that it originally had a decorative finial, now missing.
The object is in fair condition, is 69mm long, 4mm thick and weighs 4.2g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th November 2010
Last updated: Saturday 19th September 2020
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Record ID: DOR-719325
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy pin. The head is spherical with a narrow collar below and a slight point on the top. The circular cross sectioned shaft is narrowed from the head and tapers gently to the break
Date: Possibly Roman - c. AD 45 - 410
Dimensions: 33.45 mm x 8.14 mm
Weight: 3.77 g
Created on: Thursday 26th November 2015
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2015
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Record ID: DEV-BB7D24
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pin of probable Roman date.
The head is sub-globular; the shaft has a circular cross section, is slightly bowed and tapers to a point.
Created on: Thursday 6th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: BH-E69E91
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Hollow gold pin head (?) now flattened and split. Covering the body of the object are small filigree circles, now missing in areas. There is a small opening where a thick wire may have been inserted to complete the pin.
Created on: Monday 28th October 2013
Last updated: Thursday 30th July 2015
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This findspot is known as 'Whitchurch', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DOR-5E429E
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy pin of probable early medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) date. It has a small spherical head and a narrow shaft, which swells in the centre. The tip of the pin is curved to form a hook, possibly deliberately. It survives in fair condition and has a dark green patina.
Date: Eraly Medieval - c.8th or 9th centuriy AD.
Length: 52.98mm, diameter of head: 5.60mm, thickness of stem: 3.84mm, weight: 2.76g.
A similar example can be found on the database: SF-353129
he presence of a swelling in the shaft suggests an early medieval rather than Roman date,
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
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Record ID: SUR-FB4049
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval copper-alloy pin with a polyhedral head with a ring and dot on each facet, except the apex. There is a collar below the pin head and the pin shaft is incomplete.
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2017
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Record ID: SUR-FB4575
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval copper-alloy pin with a polyhedral head with a ring and dot on eight of its facets. There is a collar below the pin head and the pin shaft is incomplete.
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2017
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Record ID: DOR-53ACEF
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy pin dating to c.250 - 450. Only the head and a very small portion of the stem survives. The head is cuboid, with 4 sides and rectangular in cross-section, each panel is faceted, with cut corners and a flat lozengiform front panel. The stem is circular in cross-section and bent out of shape. This pin could be mistaken fro Early Medieval but the absence of a collar around its shank points to a Roman date.
Reference: This belongs to Cool's (1990, 164) group 15 for which she suggests a 3rd or 4th century date. Three examples were excavated at Colchester (Crummy…
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd January 2019
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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: DEV-43642E
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead alloy pin with iron shaft dating to the post medieval period, c. AD 1500-1600.
While both the head and shaft survive, the head has been damaged and two large chunks are missing on opposite sides from one another. Nevertheless, the head was clearly once spherical in shape with a slightly flattened top. The gouges of the damage show that the head was originally solid. The head appears plain and undecorated in appearance. The cylindrical shaft has also been damaged and is bent at a 45 degree angle from its original state. However, it extends to its full length…
Created on: Thursday 9th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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