Record ID: SUR-07923E
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete bone needle, potentially of Roman date. The needle is made from the exterior of a long bone, with a flat cross section and with one side smooth and finished and the other retaining the spongey surface of the bone's interior, which has been partially polished with the high points smoothed. The wider end has a narrow rectangular eye, 5.6mm in length and an incomplete spatulate terminal. The other end tapers to a break.
Created on: Thursday 29th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: LON-702CA6
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman bone needle, AD 50-410. The needle has a pointed head and tapers to a point. The eye is formed by two drilled holes forming a figure of eight aperture. The bone itself has taken on a dark brown patina due to the deposition environment. This is a Crummy type 1 needle. Other Roman needles on the database are LON-62C774, BM-A20720 and BM-A1EE8B. Crummy (1995:65) writes "type 1 is only found in bone, and is the counterpart of bone hairpin Types 1 and 2, being a simple tapering shaft with a pointed head. The length of the head varie…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2023
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Record ID: NLM-A3934C
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy needle. A possibly drawn and flattened wire rod with a point at one end and a rectangular slot of length 9.5mm and width 1.4mm near its broader end, the slot being expanded as a round hole of diameter 1.6mm at its lower end. The object is fiercely abraded overall. A long patch of bright metal may be abrasion from the time of discovery, though other spots of possible white metal plating also appear. This was also a feature of an object found alongside this (NLM-A3BB03), the finder suggesting the two may be parts of the same object. This interpretation would dictate a needle…
Created on: Friday 21st July 2023
Last updated: Friday 21st July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-416081
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A  copper-alloy needle of probable Roman date c AD43 - 410, although could be dated later due to similar form. The needle is flat on both sides and has a flat head with a pierced hole at the top. The eye measures 2.52mm in length and 1.75mm in width, and is positioned 6.28mm from the top. The object has a green patina. This needle is likely an example of Crummy's type 2. Similar examples were excavated from 3rd and 4th century contexts at Colchester, (Crummy 1983: 66 to 67)
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-DBE393
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy needle, toilet or sugical instrument, dating to c AD43 - 410. It is complete except for a break across the 'eye' at the terminal. It is a pointed oval in section, flattened towards one end where the eye is located, with the shaft tapering to its (still sharp) point. There are five incised transverse lines below the eye. Now, the needle is bent in two places, forming three sides of a rectangle in shape.  Dimensions: Eye 4.6mm x 1.3mm; shaft 3mm x 2mm; original length c 70 - 80mm; 1.99g in weight No direct parallel found.
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2023
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Record ID: LON-CC6E54
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman bone needle, AD 50-410. The needle tapers to a point. The needle is broken with only the base of the eye aperture present. The bone itself has taken on a mid brown patina due to the deposition environment.  Other Roman needles on the database are LON-62C774, BM-A20720 and BM-A1EE8B. Dimensions: length: 61.90mm; with: 4.15mm; thickness: 2.25mm; weight: 0.64g. Reference: Crummy, N. 1995. The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-1979. Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd, Colchester.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
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Record ID: LIN-BC2C0D
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but bent Roman copper alloy needle. The needle has an oval loop with a shank of circular section.
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 31st May 2023
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Record ID: NMS-246951
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron netting needle or pin with a sub-circular-sectioned shank and a head curled over to form an eye or loop, in a similar form to that of a modern garden skewer. Length 87mm, width of head 10mm, weight 7g. No parallel has been noted, but the context suggests the object is Roman, mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2023
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Record ID: NMS-A264A8
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete and distorted Roman copper alloy needle with a break just above the lower end of the eye which lies above a longitudinal groove on both faces. The cross-section is round throughout the length until it flattens out just below the grooves. Cf. Crummy 1983, nos. 1991-5. Extant length 82mm. Maximum diameter 2mm. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Monday 29th June 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 30th June 2020
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Record ID: SOM-768D7D
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Plain silver needle of uncertain, probably Post Medieval date, c. AD 1400-1950. The needle has a sub-rectangular cross sectioned eye end which ends in a rounded terminal and then narrows and thins into the round shaft. At the point it ends in a flat end, probably a break as it is neither pointed nor rounded. The needle has a rectangular eye with slightly rounded corners and between the eye and the adjacent end there is a groove down each wide face, continuing the indent of the eye. It is slightly bend with the shaft now curved in several places. The needle is 82.6mm long and 4.2m…
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashcott', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-50A66D
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete large bone pin or needle, possibly made from a pig fibula. One end has been sharpened to a point (which has broken off) and the opposite end has been carved to form a flat projection with a circular hole drilled into the end. The surface has a brown patina and has suffered abrasion damage. On one side of the head, just below the hole, is a carved design which appears to be Anglo-Scandinavian style knotwork (photo 2) and which may suggest an early Medieval date for the object.
Created on: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
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Record ID: NLM-FBE6A5
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible needle fragment. A probably drawn wire shank with one end flattened, perhaps for an eye, broken, and gnawed; the other end is stepped and again apparently chewed. The surface is also abraded. This appears likely to be a domestic item, perhaps a needle, or part of a dress accessory such as a pin, and was perhaps relegated to service as a child's teething aid. The chewing of improbable materials by children, animals or vermin is occasionally recognised, for the former perhaps a mute testimony to childish curiosity or parental desperation. Suggested date: Unknown, R…
Created on: Thursday 28th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 4th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4DC2A4
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy needle of possible Roman date. Only the head of the object survives. This is a flattened spatulate shape with a rectangular hole c.52mm in length positioned c.10mm behind the outer end. Beneath the hole the needle becomes narrower and oval in cross-section before terminating in a break. This is an example of Crummy's (1983, 65) Type 2, which occurs in both bone and bronze and appear to have been in use throughout the period. Similar examples in bone on the PAS database include: BM-E0B563, BM-A22B8F, BM-A20720 Length: 25.65mm, width: 9.77mm, thickness…
Created on: Friday 20th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 23rd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-BD151A
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete wrought iron needle or bodkin of probable Roman date. The needle has a round sectioned shaft with sharp point. At the opposing end the shank has been hammered flat. An oval hole is located centrally on the flattened section, while behind it the head of the needle ends in a flat point. The needle is now bent (reflected in measurements). A number of similar needles are recorded on the PAS database, although in copper alloy (see records SF-63CD36, ASHM-205517 and BUC-BA99FB), as well as published examples (see Crummy 1983, p. 66, no. 1993). These are dated to the Roman period …
Created on: Sunday 3rd March 2019
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2019
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Record ID: NMS-441339
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two incomplete and bent Roman round-sectioned copper alloy needles, both with the head and eye are missing, 3rd - 4th century: - flattening out to the break which cuts across just above the start of a longitudinal groove. Crummy 1983, Type 3. Extant length c.60mm. Width at break 3mm. - length c.80mm. Width at break 1.5mm.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-70F2F4
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver probable needle of unknown date, probably Roman to Post Medieval, AD 43 - 1700. It is broken across the head, so that the eye is missing. The needle is rectangular in cross-section, tapering to a point at the tip. It has a groove on both faces below the eye, which appears to extend through the whole thickness, forming a split or division in the metal. It is badly bent in two places, at about one third and two thirds along its length, forming an S shape. The needle is 62.7mm long as bent, 3.3mm across the broken head, and 1.9mm thick. 2.81g. There are no visible hallmarks or m…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th October 2020
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Record ID: BH-12CD0E
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete bone needle probably dating to the Roman period. The stem is circular in section and highly polished. It tapers to a rounded point at one end. At the other, the stem flattens to accommodate an elongated oval faceted eye. Beyond the eye, the head is flattened further and semi-circular in plan. The needle measures 111mm in length and 4mm in diameter. The needle can be assigned to Crummy's Type 2 (Needles with flat spatulate head) (Crummy 1983, 65). This type appears in first to fourth century contexts.
Created on: Thursday 8th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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Record ID: SF-F1EC8D
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy needle dating to the Roman period, c. 200-410 AD. It demonstrates a thickened sub-rectangular head with a lenticular aperture at its midpoint, which tapers into a circular-sectioned shaft that extends to a sharp point. Preserved in good condition with an even green patina despite a sharp bend to its lower shaft which has distorted the object somewhat, it measures 58.66mm in length (not accounting for the bend), 1.74mm thick at the midpoint of the shank, and weighs 0.94g. A number of similar needles are recorded on the PAS database (see records SF-63CD36…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beck Row', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ASHM-205517
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy needle dating to the Roman period. There is a long groove from the head and part of way down the shank on either side. Tapers from rectangular head to rounded shank and tip.
Created on: Sunday 7th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Childrey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-BA99FB
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy possible Roman needle, dating to c.150-250 AD, type 3. The needle resembles a modern needle, with a rectangular eye with a groove either side. The needle head is rectangular shaped, and then narrows towards the point, which is now missing. The break is worn. The needle is rectangular in cross section at the head, the shaft then becomes circular in cross section. The needle has a light green patina with patches of bronze. The needle measures 82.3mm in length, 2.8mm in maximum width and weighs 2.18g. Similar needles can be seen in Crummy 1983, page 66, numbers 1991-199…
Created on: Friday 15th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 25th September 2017
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