Record ID: CAM-433E2C
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver Roman hair pin, only the head and short length of the shaft survive. This fragment weights 3.24g, and has an incomplete length of 21.7mm. A rectangular plinth, that accounts for 2.8mm of the length, separates the pin shaft from the rest of the pin head. The plinth measures 7.4mm width x 6.1mm thickness and is decorated by a groove running around all sides, set at the mid point on the length axis, that creates the appearance of two thin plinths one hovering above the other. Projecting out below the plinth is the start of the integral pin shaft. This has a sub-…
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 9th May 2023
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Record ID: CAMHER-22CA32
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver hair pin with scoop at one end, dating to the 18th/19th centry. A series of circumferential grooves, some grouped, down the shaft.The find likely dates post-1708 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996. Geoff Egan
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melbourn', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: CAM-0F79F5
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon dress pin (hair pin), 8th - 9th Century in date, with a biconical and medion band type head with a collar below the head. The shaft is circular in shape and the lower portion of the of the pin is missing.
Created on: Thursday 28th October 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2012
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Record ID: CAM-0EF8B3
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Anglo-Saxon dress pin (hair pin). 8th - 9th Century AD in date. The pin has a bi-conical and medion band type head with a collar below the head. The shaft is circular in shape and the lower portion of the pin is missing.
Created on: Thursday 28th October 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 19th October 2011
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