Record ID: BUC-B9B1B7
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy pin with a spherical head. The head is 7mm long and appears to have been cast in two halves, although it is difficult to be certain from the photograph used for recording. The shaft tapers to the tip and is bent in an L-shape. The pin is 36mm long bent and about 58mm long unbent. Dr Kevin Leahy writes: While it is difficult to be certain from the photograph it appears that there are traces of a small collar beneath the head and the shank may be 'hipped' - its lower section expanding. Both features are found on Middle Anglo-Saxon pins and the date has therefore been r…
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2006
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wendover', grid reference and parish protected.