Record ID: LEIC-7B3075
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman? copper alloy pin head, 10mm long and 8mm wide and deep. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 1.25grams. The pinhead consists of a solid sqaure which has had its corners cut away. each face is decorated with an incised dot and ring. There is part of a circular sectioned shaft, which tapers slightly in width.
Created on: Monday 24th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-AFE7E1
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy hair pin, 26mm long, 6mm wide 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 1.63 grams. It consists of a circular sectioned shaft which gradually becomes flattened and terminates in a flat edge. There is a circular hole just below the upper edge. The pin is missing its tip and is bent.
Created on: Monday 11th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'nr Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-AFF3B7
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy pin or toilet set component, 49mm long, 4mm wide at the tip and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 3.28grams. The object has a circular sectioned shaft which flattens slightly towards its upper edge. It has a circular hole flanked by three pointed lobes, which is slightly bent and may have held a loop?
Created on: Monday 11th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'nr Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-EEC307
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy hair pin, 41mm long, 3mm in diameter and weighing 2.33grams. The pin is almost intact, missing its tip and is plainly decorated with a rectangular sectioned, circular head which is 7mm in diameter.
Created on: Wednesday 21st April 2010
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-EB7520
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy hairpin head 52mm long and 4mm wide.
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-05C243
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy hair pin, 84mm long and 8mm wide. The object is in good condition with a brown patina and weighs 8.57 grams. It consists of a circular shaft, 4mm in diameter, which is centrally decorated with three incised loops, 15mm apart. The pin head is in the form of a bird, either a chicken or a dove? The bird is perched on the end of the pin and has a solid kinked leg. It has a rectangular body and fanned tail. The body has one cup and ring mark at the front of each side and the tail has a central one in its upper surface. It has a curving neck and large round head with a poi…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-016747
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy hair pin, post 250 (Colchester Archaeological Report 2, pp. 29, Fig. 29.490). The object is in a good condition, corroded to a minimum, but the pin is bent to almost a right angle and appears to be incomplete. The pinhead consists of a solid sqaure which has had its corners cut away. Each face is decorated with an incised dot and ring. Lenght: 41mm; Width: 9mm; Thickness: 9mm; Weight: 3.67g. Found before 1990.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Goadby Marwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-BA4EE4
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy hair pin. The object is of unusual shape and therefore difficult to date in detail; no similar record has been found. The object is incomplete, only the terminal and approximately 10mm of pin survives. The terminal is in form of animal head with three rings beneath and a crescent over it. The crescent appears to be decorated in linear relief. The object is in fair condition, with corroded surface. length: 36mm, width: 11mm, thickness: 10mm, weight: 5.71g. Found before 1990.
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 21st July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Goadby Marwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-B092F2
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman? copper alloy hairpin, Length 70mm, width 6mm, thickness 2mm, weight 4.17grams. The pin has a rectangular tapering cross section, running to a point at one end. Its upper portion flattens out gradually and forms a rectangular flat head with a circular hole near the top. It terminates with two flat oval projections emerging from its flat upper edge. The object is probably Roman, but may also be Post Medieval?
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-0B958C
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman? hair pin, 27mm long, 9mm in diameter at head and weighing 3.77grams. The pin has a thin circular sectioned shaft and a large globular head which has a straight sided central section, a rounded upper section and a conical lower section. There is no sign of any decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 5th August 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-AB6255
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy hair pin, 30mm in length, 7mm in diameter (at head), with a weight of 1.96g. The pin consists of a conical head with a raised rounded collar at is widest point. It then tapers into the circular cross sectioned shaft which begins with a 3 mm diameter and tapers down to 1.5mm. The upper part of the pin head is decorated with a triangular incised pattern. It is similar to Cool's group 10 'knob head with grooved triangular decoration' pin. Archaeological Journal, 147, 1990.
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Last updated: Friday 7th June 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-900793
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy hair pin, 76mm in length, and 5mm in diameter at the swelling, with a weight of 6.65grams. The object consists of a circular head with a semi-circular cross section, 8mm in diameter and 5mm high. This sits above a circular cross sectioned pin which swells towards its centre an dthen tapers towards a point. It has been bent slightly near its tip. The pin can be classed as Cool group 1, having a knob head type E, and with a swelling on the upper part of the shaft, This is a type common in East Anglia. Cool (1990), Archaeology Journal 147.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-B6E9D1
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy hair pin, 19mm long, 7mm wide and thick and weighs 1.57 grams. The pin has a circular sectioned shaft and terminates in a spherical head with no visible decoration.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th May 2012
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Record ID: LEIC-409202
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy hair pin, 54mm in length and 8mm thick with a weight of 2.62grams. The pin is complete but damaged. It has a spherical head with a flattened top, which is decorated with radiating incised lines eminating from the centre of the flat top. Where the head joins the shaft it has a double rounded collar. . The object fits Cool type 13 'grooved head with concave bases' .
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th June 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-8A73D4
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman or early medeival copper alloy pin head, 14mm long and 9mm in diameter with a weight of 3.30grams. The pin has a spherical head which is decorated with a series of diagonally aligned and curving grooves. There is a slight collar at the top of the circular cross sectioned shaft, which is missing.
Created on: Friday 15th January 2016
Last updated: Sunday 11th June 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-B0CFB2
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy hair pin, 22mm long, 2mm thick with a weight of 1gram. The pin is complete and consists of a tapering circular cross sectioned shaft which terminates in a plain spherical head 6mm in diameter.
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2016
Last updated: Sunday 11th June 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-360434
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy hair pin, 30mm in length and 3.5mm in diameter with a weight of 2.76grams. The pin is missing most of its shaft, but consists of a circular cross sectioned shaft which sits below a rectangular cross sectioned head (5mm wide) which is decorated with two thin, then one wide and concave depression, followed by a final narrow depression. This forms rectangular cross sectioned collars - a wide collar flanked by two narrow ones, then a gap and a final thin collar. Above this sits a circular cross sectioned and slightly domed button head. The decoration is similar to …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2021
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