Record ID: NARC-26DD89
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Pin of Roman date (AD 43-410). The pin has a simple, slightly flattened knob-shaped head with a collar below. The shaft tapers in and terminates at its end in an old abraded break. There is a slight bend approximately half way down the length of the shaft. The metal is mid-green in colour with a pitted and corroded patina. Cool (1990, fig.1, no.3) illustrates a very similar example, which also has a swollen shaft and belongs to her Group 1E, which is concentrated in East Anglia. Although she lists no precise parallels from dated contexts, Cool (ibid…
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2017
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Record ID: BUC-D68903
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy biconical-headed pin dating from either Roman or early medieval period (AD43-1066). The pin is incomplete with just the head remaining, but most of the pin missing from an earlier break. The pin narrows from 1.3mm to 0.9mm in thickness. The head is complete and still in good condition. It is undecorated and has flattened edges and there is a small collar between the head and the pin. The pin has a dark brown and green patina. Similar examples have been excavated at Meols on the Wirral, see Griffiths,Philpott, and Egan 2007, pg. 66; nos. 347-353, The pin i…
Created on: Monday 4th September 2017
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2017
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Record ID: NARC-544DA2
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman pin. Flattened tip.Possibly adapted as a nail cleaner. An etched line at teh end creating apossible bifurcated tip.
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 15th July 2014
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Record ID: BUC-7C4708
Object type: PIN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy quoit-headed pin of Middle Bronze Age date. It is undecorated and has a crinkly gold-coloured surface but is clearly made of copper alloy that has been in anerobic conditions which have preserved the colour. There are patches of green corrosion products so possibly the plough has pulled the pin out of the original deposition site. The flat loop of the head has slightly rounded edges and is circular, 30.15 in diameter, with a central circular, perforation, 23mm in diameter. This has been slightly bent probably after burial as has the shaft. The shaft itself is a flat…
Created on: Thursday 18th July 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 4th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haversham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-4343C7
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy globular headed pin. Only the head remains.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2014
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Record ID: BH-C89C52
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete pin of probable early post-Medieval date. The head is made of lead-alloy and takes the form of an inverted cone with moulded decoration. At the centre of the upper surface, four pellets cluster around the corroded tip of the iron shaft, which extends vertically through the head. Four smaller pellets surround this central cluster, with a ring of pellets around the circumference. A number of equally-spaced vertical ridges extend down the angled outer surface of the head. A short length of the iron shaft protrudes from the base of the head. Dimensions: 13.6mm high, 14mm…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2013
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newton Blossomville', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NARC-2E3934
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy globular headed pin with ring-and-dot decoration. Saxon date. The head is 7mm in diameter and the pin shaft is 2mm in diameter tapering toward the tip. The shaft is 50mm long and is bent above the centre.
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2013
Last updated: Friday 7th February 2014
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Record ID: NARC-27BE34
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy pin of probable Early Medieval date (AD 300 to AD 500). Approximately 80% of the pin is present, with only the tip missing. The head of the pin consists of a rectangular terminal with a flat reverse. The shaft of the pin is circular in section and gradually tapers to a point (missing). the head is flat at the top and circular in plan, measuring 6.5mm in diameter. The shaft narrows to 3m in diameter at teh break. The pin is 115mm long from the head to the breal, and is bent. The patina is dark green, and is chipped in several places. This style of pin c…
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 13th February 2014
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Record ID: NARC-305D64
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy pin of probable Roman date. It is bent and pitted from corrosion, ad the tip is missing. The head is cylindrial in form, slightly thicker than the shaft and is separated from the shaft by a series of approximately 4 transverse circumferential grooves. The head is 3.5mm in diameter, and the shaft is 2mm in diameter at the break. This is a copper-alloy pin of probable Roman date similar to examples from Colchester (Crummy, 1983: nos. 507-509). It is of broad Roman date - 1st to 4th century AD.
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 21st June 2012
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Record ID: CAM-669823
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy pin of Cool (1990) Group 2. The head of the pin is bun shaped with a diameter of 6.03mm and length of 3.94mm. The shaft has a circular cross-section with a diameter of 3.30mm that tapers to a diameter of 2.52mm. The shaft has an incomplete length of 34.91mm at which point an irregular transverse break is present. Below the head are two transverse collars of 3.67mm and 3.50mm diameter. The two collars and head are separated from each other and the shaft by a groove that reduces the diameter to 2.80mm. The incomplete pin weighs 2.52g and has a total…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 12th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milton Keynes District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-B4CF35
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman pin with a decorated head. This is a Crummy type 2 [ Crummy 1983 p28] pin with a bead reel and spool head. The bent shaft is probably the complete length though it could have been repointed.
Created on: Friday 17th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 5th May 2014
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Record ID: SUR-73E1E2
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman pin head. The head is pear-shaped with six wide spiral grooves running along its length. At the head of the missing shaft is a wide collar.
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BUC-9A0F76
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
Silver dress pin of flattened quadrangular section, tapering to a point at one end, and with an earscoop at the other, and with circular and longitudinal opening. Etched along its length with chevrons and initials AC, probably for the original owner. Bent and twisted, apparently despite attempts to straighten it. 17th Century. A common type: compare pin from the Ivinghoe Aston area, Bucks, reported through the Treasure Act, 2006T168, which also has owner's initials etched in. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations o…
Created on: Tuesday 11th November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherington area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-942356
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
The head of a silver gilt dress pin, formed from two hollow hemispheres soldered together. The spherical head is decorated by a central boss with a filigree border and five small pellets around it. Five more bosses with filigree borders with pellets around them surround the central one. The other half is a mirror image of the top but the shaft replaces the central boss. The pin is heavily gilded but this has worn on the bosses to reveal the underlying silver. The lower part of the pin shaft (3.12mm diameter) has broken off. For other dress pins with filigree decoration see Margeson 19…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Brickhill AREA', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-7A0EE3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The Pin head from a group one style of pin. The copper alloy object is spherical apart from the small remaining part of the shank that is still present. It is difficult to assign a sub group, as the shank of the pin is missing. However, it would have to belong to either sub group C or E. Type C is in use through out the Roman period and Type E is bot found in any dated contexts, although comparisons with similar shanks found in East Anglia may date this group to the first two centuries (Cool, 1990; 151 - 154). Given this it would be prudent to simply date the pin head as Roman.
Created on: Friday 13th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BUC-3849B2
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pin with a complete shaft and an undecorated globular head 7mm in diameter.
Created on: Friday 4th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monkston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-FF7070
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy pin with a large globular head. The head is 11 mm in diameter. The shaft of the pin is either broken or very short, at 6 mm in length. The shaft is initially circular in profile but becomes sub rectangular at the break/end. The shaft is also swollen at this point. Swollen shafts are known from Anglo-Saxon and Roman pins, although this does not have the collar that is a common feature of Anglo-saxon pins so it is perhaps more likely to be Roman. The head of the pin is actually very similar to a Roman example given by Crummy (1983, page 115; fig 2995), although the shaft i…
Created on: Tuesday 21st September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BUC-BD4F22
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pin with a head in the form of a simple moulded 14 petelled flower. The flower is 11mm in diameter. No traces of gilding were seen.
Created on: Monday 19th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hamslope', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUR-F16901
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A facetted pin head and part of the shaft. Each of the four diamond-shaped facets has a ring-and-dot stamp.
Created on: Tuesday 16th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC1250
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A dome headed pin with tapering shaft which is broken off and missing from approximately two thirds of the way down
Created on: Friday 25th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BUCKINGHAMSHIRE BLETCHLEY', grid reference and parish protected.