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Late Bronze Age bronze nail headed pin

Fragmentary nail-headed pin with most of the shank missing. The head of the pin is flat but the edges are too damaged to suggest original diameter. Below the head there is a swollen shank that merges into the main shank.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

81.78H/148

Find Information

Site Name: The Breidden Hillfort, Criggion

Grid Reference: SJ 292 144
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1968-1976

Notes: Excavated by the Clwyd-Powys Arch. Trust. Context B0153 - soil and stone in front of Bronze Age defence, probably collapsed.

Measurements

weight / g:2.2
length / mm:25
maximum diameter / mm:4.5 (shank)
diameter / mm
minimum diameter / mm:8 (head)
diameter / mm

Techniques

Cast

Material

Copper alloy

Location

location verified by JLD

Categories

Unassigned Metallurgical analysis
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