Record ID: CAM-D49EC6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Faceted head and shaft socket from a composite pin, made in one piece from silver. The shaft is circular in cross-section (4-5 mm in diameter) and hollow, with a deep tapering split at the back and a pair of rivet holes (one on either side) for attachment to a separate shaft. There is no evidence for the material of the shaft, and it was probably organic, e.g. wood or ivory. The shaft tapers from a wider attachment end to a pair of ridged collars at the junction between the head and the shaft. The upper collar is larger than the lower. The head is roughly in the shape of a cube, a max…
Created on: Friday 14th May 2010
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-357FC0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete small silver pin with polyhedral head and incomplete shaft. The head is sub-cuboid, with every corner removed, resulting in four lozengiform faces and a triangular face at each corner. None of the faces are decorated The shaft has a circular cross-section, and tapers smoothly from beneath the head to the very old and worn break; there is no collar. Dimensions: Surviving length 14.63mm, diameter of shaft at top 2.4mm, diameter of shaft at break 1.6mm. The head measures 5.0mm x 4.7mm in cross-section. Weight 1.11g. Discussion and Date: Pins with small un…
Created on: Monday 25th November 2013
Last updated: Friday 4th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-634875
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver-gilt 16th century dress pin with a hollow cast spherical head. The head is divided into two hemispheres, the lower is flatter than the upper, and is separated by a double band of wire which circles the girth. There is identical decoration on both hemispheres. There are three filigree circlets on each hemisphere, a smaller circlet within these and a knop within each of these. There are also three smaller circlets in each hemisphere in the spaces left by the larger circlets. The smaller circlets are not always central within the larger circlets. A larger knop extends from the a…
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 1st July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon Disrict Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-4A9D35
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver pin of Roman date. The head of the pin is a flattened sphere (bun-shaped), diameter 5.70mm and thickness 3.21mm, with a collar below of 5.43mm diameter and thickness 0.94mm. The shank, now bent and of incomplete length has a circular cross-section of 2.59mm diameter. The pin has an incomplete weight of 2.61g and length of c.45.0mm. See P.A.S. record ESS-BEDCF5 2010T756 & P.A.S. record YORYM-C73C95. Pin's of this form have been found in Roman contexts from the 1st to 4th century AD - for more information see Cool, H.E.M. 1991. Roman Metal Hair Pins from Souther…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-1E2EF5
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragmentary silver artefact, probably part of an early medieval pin. The object comprises the lower portion of the pinhead, the rest lost to a worn and irregular break. The surviving portion of the plate measures approximately 3.2mm to either side of the shaft, and has a curved edge suggesting that the pinhead was originally circular. The front of the pinhead is decorated with what appears to have been a concentric circular border. The outermost border is a segmented line, the segments of irregular length and some of irregular shape rather than being tiny rectangles. Inside this is …
Created on: Wednesday 4th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2016
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Record ID: CAM-9C1C65
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt pin head, spherical in shape. In the upper hemisphere are four rope twist design wires that spiral out and each of these joins to a partner spiral on the lower hemisphere. At the centre of the upper hemisphere is an 'S' shaped wire with a knop at each end of the figure. At the centre of the lower hemisphere is a tubular shaft with a rope twist design collar at the end not adjoining the pin head. A pin may would have been inserted into this shaft to complete this dress accessory. Dimensions: Height: 15.78mm, Diameter: 13.33mm, Weight: 3.5g Discussion: The original…
Created on: Tuesday 25th June 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire County Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-2A9177
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy furniture nail of Roman date. The head is globular in profile and plan with a diameter of 9.43mm and height of 8.88mm. The shaft terminates in a gently rounded point. The shaft has a diameter of 3.90mm nearest to the pin head and tapers to 3.04mm just before the terminal. The total length of the pin (head and shaft) is 17.35mm and it weighs 3.6g.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd July 2013
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-51823B
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gilded silver pin dating to the early medieval period. The pin is cast, and has an ovoid head and integral shaft of circular section, surviving to a length of approx. 13.48 mm. The front of the pinhead is gilded and decorated, while the back is plain, flat and not gilded. The decoration on the front of the pinhead is cast in high relief and executed in the Winchester Style. It comprises an openwork design of a central plant stem from which tendrils sprout laterally. These entwine a pair of birds that flank the stem. The birds have fan-like tails and are arranged uprig…
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2014
Last updated: Monday 30th November 2015
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Record ID: CAM-1BEF06
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
The pinhead forms approximately 8.2mm of the pin's total surviving length, and measures 6mm x 5.8mm. It is polyhedral in form, comprising a cuboid with all corners removed to form triangular facets at the top of the cuboid, and sub-lozenge-shaped facets at the bottom. The four main faces are diamond shape, each one with a depressed dot in the centre perhaps for missing glass insets. W white substance visible within the dots may be the remains of adhesive material for securing these inlays. Below the pinhead is a single, sub-circular collar measuring approximately 2.6mm in diameter …
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 30th November 2015
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Record ID: CAM-3B9F2A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete gilded silver pin of probable early medieval date. The head is roughly ball-shaped and flattened at top and bottom. The shaft is circular in section and bent back on itself at an angle of approximately 50 degrees. The tip has broken off. The surface of the pin has the remains of gilding, now worn off in patches over the head and shaft, allowing the metal below to show through. Gilding is completely missing from just less than the lower half of the shaft. Dimensions: Length: 48.1 mm (incomplete total, measured with flexible tape) Length: 42.0 mm (…
Created on: Tuesday 7th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2015
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