Record ID: SF-D8EB3B
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy pin or stud, probably of Roman date. The head is roughly spherical, although has a slightly flattened base. The stem is sub-circular in section and tapers slightly, culminating in an abrupt break. It is similar in size and form to an example from excavations at Aldborough, North Yorkshire (Bishop 1996, 17, fig.9, no.41). Length: 27.54mm, diameter of head: 7.83mm, diameter of stem: 2.90mm, weight: 2.67g
Created on: Thursday 19th May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 10th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-501254
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy hair pin of Roman date. Only the head and a fragment of the shaft survive, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn. The head is biconical in shape, measuring 7.20mm in diameter. The top face is decorated with five diagonal grooves radiating from the top of the head to a circumferential groove at the base. The bottom face is decorated with a circumferential groove. The shaft is roughly circular in cross-section (4.03mm in diameter) and tapers before terminating in old breaks. This pin measures 27.90mm in length, 2.06g in weigh…
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Last updated: Sunday 13th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Barton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0E28A2
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman hairpin, probably of Cool, Group 1 sub-group E (Cool, 1990, 151, fig 1, no 2, 6). It is of Group 1 as these pins have simple knob heads, this example has a conical head, but can be further classified as sub-group E as the shaft has an expansion part of the way down. Sub-group E shows a concentration in East Anglia, so Cool suggests that pins with expanded shanks could have been the fashion in that area. The terminal of this example is missing due to an old break and the expansion begins half way down the shaft. The conical head measures 4.89mm …
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 24th August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Battisford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-82D064
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy probable Roman pin. It is 54.89mm long, and bent and flattened at the point which is incomplete. The shaft is 2.3mm thick. There is moulded decoration in the form of seven grooves and ridges at the terminal which broadens out and is 4.78mm wide. The pin weighs 2.71g. The moulded decoration and the narrowness of the shaft are reminiscent of the central part of an L-shaped tumbler-lock lift key, however this would be a small and insubstantial example if so. It is also possible that this is the shaft from a toilet spoon, with the scoop broken off.
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ousden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-58B216
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy hair pin of Cool Group 1 subgroup C, with a spherical knob head, this form of pin was in use throughout the Roman period. It measures 94.55mm in total length and the spherical head is 7.26mm in height and 8.75mm in width. The shaft has a circular cross-section and tapers to a delicate point, it is slightly swollen two thirds of the way down its length, it measures 3.6mm in width.
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2006
Last updated: Monday 1st July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FF5641
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy pin most likely to be Roman in date and possibly used to attach upholstery to furniture. This pin measures 26.4mm in total length and has a globular head, 9mm in diameter. The shaft tapers to a point and has a worn now roughly circular cross-section. The pin is worn with patches of a dark brown patina surviving.
Created on: Tuesday 21st March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kedington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2B7854
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy incomplete Roman pin of Cool group 6 (Cool 1990, 157-158, fig 5 no 8). The lower third of the shaft is missing due to an old break which is now worn. The head of this pin is circular with a flattened top and measures 7.6mm in diameter and 4.8mm in thickness. Below the head there are three circumferential grooves in the top of the shaft. The shaft measures 30.2mm in surviving length and has a circular cross-section, its is tapering towards its missing terminal and is bent above the break.
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Poslingford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8B84E4
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy hairpin of probable Roman date. Approximately one third of the lower shaft is now missing due to an old break. The head is rounded and conical and measures 6.5mm in diameter and 4mm in height. The shaft is incomplete and bent, it measures 37mm in surviving length and 3mm in width at its widest point. It has a circular cross-section and is swollen from one third of the way down its length. The shaft begins tapering again towards its missing terminal end.
Created on: Thursday 28th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ramsholt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-CE0CB0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman pin of Cool's group 6 (Cool 1990 157, fig 5:3, no 8). It is c.37mm in total length. The head is biconical and measures 7mm in diameter. Below the head there are three circumferential grooves at the top of the shaft producing two cordons. The shaft is incomplete due to an old break and has an oval cross-section, measuring c3mm in diameter. Cool believes that pins of this type belong to the second half of the 1st century and the early 2nd century. This is a large group and concentrates noticiably in Eastern England.
Created on: Friday 11th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great or Little Thurlow', grid reference and parish protected.

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.