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Early Medieval bone pin
A polished bone pin covered in copper-corrosion coloured sand. The top of the shaft is missing. It may have been a fastening for clothing or ashroud, although its broken condition leaves open the posibility that it is residual.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2017.4H/9.18
Find Information
Site Name: St. Patrick's Chapel, Whitesands Bay
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 2015
Notes: Excavations were conducted in May 2014 and May 2015
Acquisition
donation, 16/5/2017
Material
Copper alloy
Bone
Location
In store
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