Record ID: SF-98D6F6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy pin of probable Middle Anglo-Saxon date. It is missing the lower half of the shaft due to old breaks. The pin has a flattened biconical head that is faceted and decorated with 16 ring and dot motifs. Beneath the head is a small transverse collar, from which extends the cylindrical shaft that bends slightly before terminating in an old break. The pin measures 37.73mm in length, 7.45mm in diameter (at the head; 2.20mm at shaft), and weighs 2.34g. Similar pins noted on the PAS database (for example SF-AEBAB2, NMS-4C7913, NMS-466973, SF-72DED5) and in West (1998…
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-98FF8A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy pin of probable Middle Anglo-Saxon date. It is missing the lower half of the shaft due to old breaks. The pin has a biconical head with flattened and slightly faceted median band. At the base of the head is a small collar from which extends the shaft. This is cylindrical in form and terminates in old breaks just below the head. The pin measures 22.69mm in length, 8.24mm in diameter (at the head; 2.05mm at shaft), and weighs 2.30g. Similar pins noted on the PAS database (for example LIN-AB3143, WMID-1E7FA6, or NLM-198FD6) suggest a Middle Saxon date for this …
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 30th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.