Record ID: NMS-AE1963
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the hoof-shaped terminal of a Late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy linch pin, roughly circular and cast with a chord missing, and part of the ankle or shank. At the break across the shank a large air-hole has been exposed. A blob of metal adheres to the reverse near the edge. Parts of the surface and the fracture are blackened. These features suggest miscasting or the subsequent effect of heat. The front of the hoof is recessed and within the recess a circular setting, now empty, was probably once filled with enamel. A small sub-triangular area defined by the edge of …
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 12th June 2014
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Record ID: LANCUM-AB6320
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete ring-headed Late Iron Age to early Roman linch pin 100BC - 100AD. The loop is circular in plan and section. A bulbous collar is present projecting from one edge of the fitting with a worn base. The centralsection is iron which is now corroded and it terminates in a copper alloy lip-type. The length is 137mm, width is 24mm thickness 14mm, the width of the loop is 37mm, the hole is 20mm, and the weight 163.85g. Similar on the database to YORYM-72DC52 and BERK-6F69D7.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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