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Record ID: SF-BEB603
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy furniture pin of Roman date. The pin has a globular head (a similar example can be seen in Crummy, 1989, pg 115, fig 116, 2992). Diameter (of head): 6.49mm Length: 20.83mm Weight:1.42g
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worlingworth', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-54B215
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy pin head of possible Roman to earlly Medieval date. It is biconical in shape, with only the head surviving. Due to the lack of further surviving details, it is difficult to diagnose further. Diameter: 9.72mm Length: 11.88mm Weight: 2.64g
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-17EEF5
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete probable Roman copper-alloy pin dating to circa AD 43-410. Now heavily abraded, it has a D-shaped head carrying incised transverse grooves. The shaft is integrally cast and circular-sectioned. It terminates in an old worn break.  Similar examples are depicted in Crummy 19983: pg 115, nos 2995-3002. 
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DEBC63
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy pin dating to circa AD 43-410. The extant piece consists of the shank; the head is missing. The shank is circular sectioned. It has a collar consisting two curved units situated between an upper series of three circumferential raised grooves or cordons and two lower circumferential raised grooves/cordons. The pin tapers very gently into a rounded foot. Towards the foot are three raised circumferential grooves/cordons. The decorative elements are not dissimilar from an example depicted in Cool 1990: fig 2, no 11. This example as Cool's Group 3 '…
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Gislingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F6FF2A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy pin dating to circa AD 43-410. The head is onion shaped, formed of a flat base and domed top, D-shaped in section. The shaft is circular-sectioned and tapers into a point. The piece is now heavily abraded.  It is consistent with Cool 1991 Group 1, Sub group A 
Created on: Thursday 25th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Pakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8E8C5B
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ?complete copper-alloy late Roman to early medieval pin. Both the head and shaft are D-shaped in cross-section with the lower end of the shaft tapering into the shaft, which continues to taper to a rounded point at its tip. The outer face of the head is decorated with a faint groove across each outer corner, two raised transverse collars across its inner end and a double raised tongue shape at the point where it merges with the shaft. The latter decoration is very worn and it may have been more pronounced originally. Traces of a shiny dark green patina survives in places, but the maj…
Created on: Wednesday 26th April 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9ED94E
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy pin or stud dating to circa AD 43-410. The head is globular in shape and undecorated. The stem is circular in section and terminates in an old break. There is no collar.  It is consistent with Cool's 1991 Group 1
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-CE0AE7
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy pin of probable Roman date. The shaft is circular in cross-section and tapers slightly towards a well-worn break at the lower end. It is bent into a slight curve in profile. The head consists of a small, globular knob, much small in diameter (c.2.50mm)  than the shaft. The surface of the metal is heavily corroded, but traces of a dark green patina can be seen in places.  Probably a Roman hairpin, although the head is very small and the stem seems unusually short. See an example from excavations in Colchester with a similar small, globular head (Cru…
Created on: Friday 3rd February 2023
Last updated: Friday 16th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-013624
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Roman pin. The pin has a simple knob-shaped head. The shaft is tapering, heavily corroded, but does not appear to have had a swelling in the centre. It is now bent round into a U-shape with an additional bend at the tip. The surface of the metal is corroded with most of the patina now missing. Cool (1990, fig.1, no.5) illustrates a very similar example, which also has a swollen shaft and belongs to her Group 1C (knob heads with spherical heads). Although she lists no precise parallels from dated contexts, Cool (ibid., 154) suggests that pins with…
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'All Saints and St. Nicholas, South Elmham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EB38EE
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An in complete Roman copper-alloy and iron probable pin dating to circa AD 43-410. It consists of a spherical copper alloy ahead with traces of iron staining on the apex. From the bottom of the pin emerges an iron shaft, which terminates in an old break. It is similar in form to 984F14. Length: 19.6mm; Diameter: 13.1mm; Weight: 9.06g.
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Stoke by Nayland', grid reference and parish protected.