Record ID: OXON-127B51
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a Roman hair pin. The shaft is truncated by a transverse break. This is circular in cross section and then at its top has moulded decoraton. This begins with four transverse raised collars each sepereated by a gouge, above this is then a pear shaper knop at thet of which is a smaller collar and projecting D-shaped knop. The pin is an orange brown colour. The pin is 27.3mm long, 6.4mm wide, and weighs 3.20 grams. There are several similar pins illustrated by Cool (1990: figs 2.13, 3.9, and 4.5). 
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Haseley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-E7F008
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but distorted copper alloy pin of most likely Roman date, although an Early Medieval date cannot be fully discounted. The head of the pin is plain and globular and c. 4.7mm in diameter. Below the head is a moulded, raised band, however this is not so pronounced as the collars normally seen on Early Medieval examples. The pin is bent at a right angle around 8mm down from the collar; it then continues for c. 17mm before it folds back on itself in a u-bend; finally the tip bends up again at a 90 degree angle towards the head. The whole surface of the pin is covered with a com…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: NLM-E6CAF3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pin. A small pin with a tapered square-section shank and an expanded integrally cast globular head. This might alternatively have functioned as a rivet. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Medieval, 43-1500 Length: 17.1mm, Diameter (head): 4.7mm, Weight: 0.74gms
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-7CB974
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy pin, dating to c.AD 43 - 410. The head of the pin is globular and then divided into three segments below. Each of the segments are rectangular and separated by narrow waists, each of rectangular segments have three flanked moulded ridges. The remainder of the pin conists of the shaft, it is cylindrical. Length: 60.8 mm Width: 5.5 mm Weight: 4.58 g Similar examples are illustrated by(Crummy 1983: 29-31) and Cool (1990) with this best fitting Cool's group 11  group (multiple block heads)
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-529271
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete but bent cast copper alloy pin of Roman date c. AD 41 - 410. The pin is made of a circular (2.4mm diameter) cross sectioned shaft that has a slightly pointed tip and a slight waisting possibly from corrosion along its length. The shaft is bent over 110 degrees at its middle. The head of the brooch is domed and then divided into three segments. The first being a narrow waist flanked by raised collars, the second being slightly more bulbous and the third also having a narrow waist flanked by collars. It has a medium green patina. In its folded state …
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanton St. John', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-BEB603
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy furniture pin of Roman date. The pin has a globular head (a similar example can be seen in Crummy, 1989, pg 115, fig 116, 2992). Diameter (of head): 6.49mm Length: 20.83mm Weight:1.42g
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worlingworth', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-54B215
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy pin head of possible Roman to earlly Medieval date. It is biconical in shape, with only the head surviving. Due to the lack of further surviving details, it is difficult to diagnose further. Diameter: 9.72mm Length: 11.88mm Weight: 2.64g
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-C1B9B1
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely corroded copper alloy object with a cylindrical terminal (4.9mm diameter) at one end of a constriction to an ovoid lobe which tapers to a bend and a point, probably an old break. The original surface is almost entirely lost and no decoration can be made out. Possibly a terminal from a hair pin of Roman date.
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-99808E
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy pin of Roman date (c.250-410). Description: The pin has a globular head with damage to the apex making it now appear conical, and circular-sectioned shaft, 27mm of which survives. Between the shaft and the head is a flattened circular-section bead and spool, possibly hexagonal in section. The pin has medium green and grey green patina.  Measurements: length 39.24mm; shaft diameter: 3.0mm; head diameter: 5.25mm; weight: 2.20g Discussion: Similar pins are illustrated in (Crummy 1983, Fig 27, no. 471 and …
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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Record ID: OXON-838AC2
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy pin of probable Roman date c.43-410 AD.  The pin has a hemispherical head with a bevelled underside and no collar. The shaft of the pin is sub-circular in cross-section and tapers slightly over its 5.2mm length before terminating in an old break. It has a slight contraction also just before the pin head. Just before the break the pin is flattened on both sides to form a soft triangular point almost as if it has been cut by pressure from two sides.  The pin is a light-green colour with no visible decoration.  The pin is 11…
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: WMID-71C1D6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy pin dating of late Roman dating (4th Century) . The stem of the pin is circular in cross section; it projects straight down below the head, where it has been bent in a U-shape and bends upwards to extend above the head, tapering to the end where it terminates in a break. The top of the stem is flat, and the head is affixed to the side so its face is parallel to the stem. The head is broadly circular in shape, and sub-rectangular in plan. There is a central circular hole. The bottom half of the head is undecorated. The top is decorated with two grooves, which projec…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Saturday 16th March 2024
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Record ID: SOM-A1B14A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy pin of probable Roman to Early Medieval date, c.AD 43-900. The pin has a conical head, no collar, and a thin shaft. It is undecorated, but fairly worn and the shaft terminates in a worn break.  Measurements: the pin measures 39.02mm in length, 10.39mm in diameter at the top of the head, 3.93mm in diameter at the shaft. The weight of the pin is 4.01g. Similar styles are seen in Crummy (1983) pg 29. 
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Farrington Gurney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-8F46DE
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy pin; the head only, of Roman or Early Medieval date, about AD 43 - 850. The head is sub-spherical, with a rounded domed top, and a tapering lower half. The shaft is missing, so it is unclear whether there is a collar or not. It has a brown patina. 7.8mm long, 6.9mm diameter and 1.1g.
Created on: Sunday 11th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-264ABB
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pinhead of probable Roman date (c.AD 43-410). The pin is comprised of the head and a fragment of the shaft (overall height 13.0mm). The head is globular, flat on the bottom, with four intersecting incised grooves forming a flower or star decoration (external diameter 6.7mm, height 3.2mm). The shank is circular in section (diameter 3.0mm, 9.2mm long) and terminates in a transverse break.  The object has a dark green patina and weighs 1.24g. A direct parallel could not be found, but broadly similar pins were recovered from excavations at Colchester…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: NARC-90E6CF
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Pin of Roman date (AD 75-200). The object is a Cool group 8, Cordon head. The object is composed of an upper central bead with a waisted fluted section and a double, conical collar below which is an expanded collar and a second conical collar, below which extends a circular sectioned, tapered shaft. The shaft terminates in a squared point. The metal is green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Length: 50.44mm, Diameter (head): 7.36mm, Diameter (shaft): 3.23mm, Weight: 4.5g Cool, P 159, Fig 6, No’s 1-4 & 8
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: ESS-234CF0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy pin (Cool Group 1) of probable Roman date (c.43-410). Description: The pin remains as the flattened spherical head and base of the shank, now very worn. The pin has dark green patina.  Measurements: diameter: 7.3mm; height: 7.5mm; weight: 1.34g
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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Record ID: NLM-128F52
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pin. Cast solid oval head of biconvex profile with a thin slightly tapered round-section shank of maximum diameter 2.3mm. Suggested date: possibly Roman, 43-410 Length: 23.8mm, Diameter (head): 10.1mm, Weight: 2.79gms
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Low Burnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-96D8CB
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Pin of Roman date (AD 100-250). The object is a Crummy Type 2 and is a hair pin composed of cylindrical apex with flat top that is waisted and followed by a further cylindrical section. Below this is a bulbous collar, below which tapers into the remaining portion of the circular sectioned shaft. The shaft terminates in an old and abraded break. The metal is a green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Length: 52.90mm, Diameter (head): 7.62mm, Diameter (shaft): 2.67mm, Weight: 4.6g Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities S…
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
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Record ID: NARC-7EE409
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Pin of Roman date (AD 43-410). The object is composed of a simple knob-shaped head. The shaft circular in section with a swelling in the centre, which then tapers down toward the pointed tip. The shaft is recurved into a U-shape. Length: 56.10mm, Diameter (head): 9.79mm, Diameter (shaft): 3.82mm, Weight: 6.5g The metal is dark green with small areas of light green corrosion. Cool (1990, fig.1, no.5) illustrates a similar example, which also has a swollen shaft and belongs to her Group 1C (knob heads with spherical heads). Although she lists no pre…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-663E64
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy pin of possible Roman date, c.AD 43 - 410. The head is globular with a flattened element to the base of the lower hemisphere from which a tapering circular sectioned faceted shaft extends, terminating in a worn break. The object is undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The object is 25.59mm long, 8.04mm in diameter at the head, 3.67mm in diameter at the shaft and weighs 3.31g. It can be very hard to distinguish Roman pins from middle Anglo-Saxon pins, but on the whole middle Anglo-Saxon pins have more slender shafts and tend to have co…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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