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Early Medieval bone pin
Complete polished bone pin with plain head. The head is blackened, perhaps through accidental burning. It is difficult to find parallels for such a simple pin, probably because the absence of an enlarged head would make it rather inefficient.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/F.1
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Cut XVI, Layer 4. Context U U: Unstratified.
Acquisition
Donation, 14/6/1962
Measurements
length / mm:60
diameter / mm:3.5 > point
Material
bone
Techniques
carved
cut
Location
In store
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