Record ID: SF-68F924
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
The worn copper alloy head and shaft fragment of a Roman pin. The rest of the shaft is missing due to old breaks, which are now worn. The head is globular with a flattened top which may have originally been decorated with circular indentations but this is no longer clear due to wear. At the base of the head there is a collar and then three more circumferential ridges. The shaft is circular in section. The whole head and shaft fragment measures c16mm in length and the head measures c7mm in diameter.
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-98A6B0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy hairpin. The head is biconical with incised lines; on the top these form the double outline of a rough triangle, below the carination there is one horizontal line and there is another groove on the top of the shaft. The maximum diameter of the head is 7mm. The shaft, which is now bent, is circular in section, tapering gradually from 2.8mm to 1.5mm diameter and a pointed end. Original length around 65mm.
Created on: Friday 10th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gedgrave, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4533B0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy pin, probably Roman in date and of Cool's Group 12. It is cast in one and has a knob head with incised decoration in the shape of a cross (Cool 1990, 164, fig 8 3-5). It measures 81mm in total length, the head is globular and almost biconical, 9mm in diameter, with an incised cross on its upper face. Where the head joins the shaft there are three grooves forming a collar. The shaft has a circular cross-section and tapers to a point. It is slightly bent in its centre.
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ixworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-311548
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy pin with a globular head with a flat underside measuring 13mm in diameter and 8mm in thickness. Projecting off centre from the underside of the head is a flat rectangular incomplete shaft, 10mm in length and 2mm in width. Surrounding this shaft is a mass of corroded iron which appears to be adhering to the head rather than running through it. This pin could be Roman or later in date.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westhorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9E8461
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Complete silver pin, discovered before the Treasure Act 1996 came into force. The hollow-cast head is spherical and measures 13mm in diameter. It is decorated with applied groups of four silver wire circles with central silver knops; there are also knops in between the circles on the upper face. On the lower face it is decorated with six silver wire circles, each one with a worn silver knop in its centre. The shaft is straight and has a circular cross-section; it tapers to a point and measures 62mm in length and 2mm in width. This pin is similar to an eaxample from East Lyng, Taun…
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bramford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FB14A1
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A probably Roman complete copper-alloy pin. The head is conical in shape, measuring 7mm in height and 8mm in width at its base. The upper face of the head is decorated with grooves radiating from its central point. The shaft is bent at right angles about half the way down its length, it is circular in cross-section and is swollen near its top, the terminal end tapers to a point. The shaft would measure c92mm in length, if straight and is 4mm in width at its widest point, where it is swollen.
Created on: Wednesday 27th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F82072
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete middle Anglo-Saxon silver pin with polyhedral head. The shaft is incomplete due to an old break. The pin head is a solid cube with its corners cut off, measuring 5.5mm by 5.5mm in size. The upper face of the head is decorated with a central ring and dot motif and five circular indentations around its edges. There is no collar; the surviving fragment of shaft is circular in cross-section and measures 2mm in width and c4mm in surviving length. This pin weighs 1.49g. Pins with faceted heads such as this example are believed to be 8th or 9th century in date. It is simil…
Created on: Wednesday 27th October 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke by Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AF02D1
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman pin of Cool Group 1, knob headed pins (Cool 1990, 151-154 fig 1). The head is globular with a circular cross-section and a flat underside. It measures 7mm in height and 6.9mm in width. The shaft is complete apart from its tip. It measures 73.4mm in length, has a circular cross-section and a swollen middle. It measures 5mm in width across the swollen middle and c3mm in width elsewhere. This type of pin was used throughout the Roman period as a hair pin but was perhaps most popular in the later part of the Roman period, when they became the commonest type of pin in use.
Created on: Friday 17th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leiston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-511523
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An copper-alloy probable Roman pin. The head of this pin is circular in plan and flattened, measuring 7mm in diameter and 5mm in thickness. Below this there is a collar and a circular cross-sectioned shaft. This shaft is slightly bent and measures 40mm in surviving length, the tip of th shaft is missing due to an old break, and 2.5mm in width. This pin is most likely to be Roman in date, however, similar pins with flattened head and collars are also found in the middle Anglo-Saxon period.
Created on: Monday 26th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laxfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D2CD47
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman hairpin, the shaft is incomplete due to an old break. The head of this pin is biconical in shape measuring c8mm in height and 7mm in diameter. The head tapers into the circular cross-sectioned shaft which is slightly bent and measures 38mm in surviving length and 2mm in width, it is tapering towards its missing tip. This pin is similar from another example from Ixworth, Suffolk (see SF-E53422) and fits into Cool's group 1 (Cool 1990 151-152, fig 1), pins with knob heads which were in use throughout the Roman period.
Created on: Tuesday 20th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.