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Early Medieval bone pin
Bone pin with spherical head, shaft tapering to point (damaged). Surface of pin head is decorated with incised lines in a crude cross-hatch pattern. Below the head, on the shaft is the same cross-hatch pattern between a single line border. This pattern is repeated in a single band across the middle of the shaft, half way down.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
98.51H [1743]
Find Information
Site Name: Llanbedrgoch, Anglesey
Grid Reference: SH 515 813
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1998 / Aug / 11
Acquisition
Donation, 11/1998
Measurements
length / mm:43.5
maximum thickness / mm:3 (shaft)
thickness / mm
minimum thickness / mm:1 (tip)
thickness / mm
diameter / mm:0.5 (head)
weight / g:0.6
Material
bone
Location
In store
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