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Description: | The object is a lynch pin terminal, which is the foot of the pin. It is made from cast copper alloy with a fragment of the iron pin remaining, and is decorated with red and yellow enamel. These lynch pins date to the late Iron Age period.
The lynch pin terminal is an irregular shape. In profile it is a sub conical shape, whose tip terminates with a large flat integral disc which has then been folded to one side so the disc is vertical. One side of the terminal is a similar to a slug, it is curvaceous, and decorated, towards the base of the conical, with three circular cells, two filled with red enamel. The opposite side of the terminal is not curvaceous, but is flat. Even the edge of the integral circular disc has a flattened edge. This is likely to have been damage occurring the Iron Age period as it is characteristic of many foot terminals. The remaining decoration is on the circular disc. This consists of a central small circular cell filled with yellow enamel. There are then three sub-crescentic shapes around the central cell, two of which are filled with red enamel. The base of the conical portion of the lynch pin has a protruding collar. The base is sub-circular in plan with a flattened edge. Protruding from the centre is a short fragment of a square section iron pin.
The surface of the lynch pin has a well developed green/brown coloured patina. Slight pitting has occurred but the object is stable. It measures 36.9mm long, 19.9mm wide and 16.5mm wide. It weighs 47.71g. | Subjects: | Foot | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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