Record ID: FASW-5C5522
Object type: PIN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy incomplete 'Picardy' Pin dating from the 'Ornament horizon' phase of the late Taunton or early Penard phase of the later Middle Bronze Age, approximately 1400-1250 BC. The pin is 75.3mm in length, the diameter of the flat, circular head is 7.95mm and it weighs 10.86g. The shank is circular in section and its diameter is 4-5.85mm with the swollen part of the shank in the upper part. The pin exhibits the elaborate, finely incised decoration in motifs following a tradition of ornament common on pins from north-eastern France and south-eastern England (Hawkes 1942, figs. 3 …
Created on: Sunday 17th December 2006
Last updated: Friday 4th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.