Record ID: SUR-E5D8F1 - EARLY MEDIEVAL pin

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Unique ID: SUR-E5D8F1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A flat-topped pear-shaped pin head with a collar at the junction of the head and shaft. The sides of the head are decorated with eighteen ring-and-dot stamps; one further stamp is on the apex.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 900

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 18.5 mm
Weight: 2.6 g
Diameter: 9 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Stamped
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Guildford (District)
Parish or ward: Normandy (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU9352
Four figure Latitude: 51.259586
Four figure longitude: -0.668586
1:25K map: SU9352
1:10K map: SU95SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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