Record ID: BM-DC6171
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An antler knife handle with copper-alloy fitting dating to the Roman period. The handle is constructed from a small roe deer antler . At one end, the antler has been carved to from a circular-section lug, onto which a copper-alloy ring has been fitted. There is a rectangular piercing in the antler terminal in which there are the remains of an iron tang. The knife handle measures 171mm in length and a maximum of 20mm in diameter. The copper-alloy fitting measures 7mm in length and 18mm in diameter. It is possible that a parallel for this knife handle was found in a burial at Piercebrid…
Created on: Friday 14th August 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 5th February 2020
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Record ID: BM-0F4B5B
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a bone pin or needle dating to the Roman period. The fragment comprises a portion of the stem which tapers to a point. The head is missing. The fragment is 48mm long, with a maximum diameter of 3.5mm.
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Record ID: BM-0F05D8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A bone pin, now in two fragments, dating to the third or fourth century AD. The pin possesses a circular-section stem which swells slightly before tapering to a point, which is broken. At the other end, the stem extends to a globular or spherical head. On this basis, it can be assigned to Crummy's Type 3 (Pins with a more or less spherical head) (Crummy 1983, 21-22). The dates for this type are vague. No examples are known from contexts dated before AD 150 and only a few are known from contexts dated to AD 150 to 250, with the remainder that can be dated deriving from deposits dated t…
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: BM-0EAA0A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a bone pin dating to third to fourth centuries AD. A fragment of the circular-section stem remains extending to a faceted, but spherical head. It can be assigned to Crummy's Type 3 (Pins with a more or less spherical head) (Crummy 1983, 21-22). The dates for this type are vague. No examples are known from contexts dated before AD 150 and only a few are known from contexts dated to AD 150 to 250, with the remainder that can be dated deriving from deposits dated to the late third or fourth century AD (Crummy 1983, 22). The pin measures 39mm in length and the stem a maximum…
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: BM-C92ACC
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A bone needle, probably dating to the Roman period, broken into three fragments. The needle has a flat rectangular-section head, pierced by a rectangular eye, now broken. The head extends to a circular-section stem which tapers and terminates in a point. The needle measures 84mm in length. The head has a width of 5mm and the stem a maximum diameter of 3mm. Although the head is broken, it appears to be a Crummy Type 2 needle (needles with a flat spatulate head) which were used throughout the Roman period.
Created on: Friday 8th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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Record ID: BM-C91625
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a bone pin or needle, probably dating to the Roman period. The fragment comprises a portion of the tapering stem. Both the head and point are missing. The fragment measures 52mm in length and has a maximum diameter of 4mm.
Created on: Friday 8th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Record ID: BM-C86379
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete bone pin, probably dating to the Roman period. The fragment comprises the stem of the pin, missing both its head and point. The stem swells and tapers towards a point, now missing. The fragment measures 64mm in length and a maximum of 4mm in diameter.
Created on: Friday 8th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Record ID: BM-C838FB
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a bone pin, probably dating to the Roman period. The fragment comprises a portion of the stem. The stem is circular in section and tapers to a point at one end. The break is irregular in nature and appears to be recent. The fragment measures 56mm in length and has a maximum diameter of 5mm.
Created on: Friday 8th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Record ID: BM-C8049C
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete bone pin, probably dating to the Roman period. The fragment comprises the stem, with the head being missing. The break appears to be old. The stem swells and tapers to a point. The pin measures 85mm in length and a maximum of 8mm in diameter.
Created on: Friday 8th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Record ID: BM-C7BEE8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A bone pin dating to the second to fourth century AD. The pin possesses an elongated hemispherical head. This extends to a circular-section stem, which tapers very slightly before terminating in a rounded point. The pin measures 86mm in length. The head has a diameter of 7mm; the stem, a diameter of 3mm. The pin can be assigned to Crummy's Type 3 (Pins with more or less spherical heads) (Crummy 1983, 21-22). Type 3 is difficult to date with certainty. No pins appears in contexts dated to before AD 150 and only a few in contexts dated to between AD 150 and 250. Most derive from deposit…
Created on: Friday 8th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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