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Early Iron Age iron ring headed pin
Corroded fragment of an iron ring-headed pin. Most of the pin is missing. Similar examples have been found at All Cannings Cross, Wiltshire (Cunnington 1923, 126-129, PL21, no. 23-4) and Dinorben hillfort, Dengbighshire (Gardner and Savory, 1964, 131-2, fig.19, no.1-2).
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
26.239/2
Find Information
Site Name: Candleston Castle, Merthyr Mawr Warren
Notes: From an Early Iron Age settlement site about 1000m WSW of the Castle, at foot of limestone ridge.
Measurements
length / mm:30
diameter / mm:15 (ring)
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