Record ID: SF-E57C6C
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An Incomplete Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy linch pin terminal dating to cica 300 BC- AD 100. It is D-shaped in section with a flat integrally cast disc-shaped terminal. One side of the terminal disc a recessed circular element in the centre of which are two circles with central recessed circular fields. The recessed elements contain traces of red enamel inlay. The body of the pin is bulbous with flat projecting collar running the circumference. Emerging from the top of the collar is an integrally cast attachment fitting with traces of iron corrosion on its fl…
Created on: Friday 13th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cockfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1C670A
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Iron Age copper-alloy linch pin dating to circa 200-BC-AD 43. The surviving element consists of the terminal of the linch pin. The terminal is crescentic with straight edges. The main body is missing, with the terminal edge having an old and worn break. The front face of the terminal is recessed following the shape of the crescentic edges and holds red enamel. In the centre is a circular recess surrounded by a copper-alloy border. The recess would have contained blue enamel but none survives. The rear is plain.  The terminal is identical to an example reco…
Created on: Monday 27th September 2021
Last updated: Saturday 16th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8DC4E0
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy late Iron Age to early Roman linch pin terminal, dating to 100 BC -AD 100. It is a cast disc which has a tapering oval cross-sectioned protrusion on its back. The front face of the disc is decorated with a raised edge, followed by a circular groove and a further raised circle. The centre of the circle is quartered in two opposite solid angles and two opposite sunken cells, which might have housed enamel inlaid. The object is moderate worn. Cf NLM-63A878, NMS-15F679. Similar examples suggest this may be a terminal from a vase headed linch pin. Length: 12.07 mm Diameter: …
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glemsford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1007C4
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete vase headed linch pin of later Iron Age to Roman date. It has damage to the edges of the head and foot, as well as only partially preserved and incomplete inlaid settings, but is otherwise complete. The copper-alloy head has a flattened disc-shaped terminal that is D-shaped in cross section with a large central circular recess on its outer/upper face. This has a central circular indentation and is surrounded by a raised circular border decorated with multiple transverse notches to give the impression of a corded border. Around the outer edge of the border is a slight g…
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2015
Last updated: Sunday 26th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4CBC64
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy linch pin of Iron Age date. The head and part of the projecting terminal survive intact, the remainder of the object now missing due to old breaks. The head is semi-circular in form and D-shaped in section with flat back face and rounded front face that has enamelled decoration. This comprises a D-shaped enamelled field containing he remains of red enamel, at the centre of which is a transverse, trilobate motif that is almost M-shaped in form. Each of the three arms of the central motif have circular recessed fields containing the remains of red enamel. At t…
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thorington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-42A1A0
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy terminal from a linch pin of Iron Age date. It has an incomplete cone-shaped head that tapers towards its base and is missing one side and the open, attachment end due to old breaks. The head has a vertical ridge or crest along its back face, a transverse moulded groove at the attachment end and possible traces of very corroded moulded decoration on the surviving side, the precise form uncertain due to post-deposiitonal wear. An incomplete rectangular socket is visible running vertically through the centre of the terminal that would have originally accom…
Created on: Tuesday 12th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kettlebaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F0F267
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Iron Age linch pin of vase-headed type. This example has a cast copper alloy head with a flat top and part of an iron shank that is 36mm in length, 26.80mm in width and 14.57mm in thickness, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The top of the head is circular in shape measuring 33.20mm in diameter and has a circular recess that is decorated with two raised ring and dot motifs. To one side (possibly the back) of the circular top the edge has been worn or flattened into a straight line, producing a faceted outer edge perhaps deliberately or simply through contin…
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AC9AD2
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy Iron Age linch pin terminal. This terminal is oval in plan, measuring 27.9mm in length, 21.5mm in width and 15.6mm in thickness at its thickest point. One face is flat with a border groove and there may have been decorative grooves within this, which are no longer visible due to wear and corrosion. The other face is rounded with a protruding integral hollow tube running longitudinally down its centre. It is V-shaped in plan and oval in cross-section, measuring 22.8mm in length, 12.6mm in width at its widest point and 12.9mm in thickness at its thickest point. Th…
Created on: Friday 17th September 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alderton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7A11D5
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy linch pin, now rather corroded. The head is nearly circular, 15 x 17 mm, and has a flat top decorated with a broad groove around a central depression. Below, the head tapers down to a collar, and then the circular shaft continues to taper for a little way before flaring out to 14 mm in diameter. It then tapers again and is slightly bent at the tip.
Created on: Friday 18th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Assington', grid reference and parish protected.