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Description: | An iron, but copper plated probable linch pin. The pin is very robust and is 106mm long. The pin is D shaped in section and tapers to a blunt point. It is 9.4mm wide at the thick end. The head of the pin is a separate spherical hollow knop which has a diameter of 14.5mm. There are vertical striations along the rounded side of the pin, and sloping transverse scratches on the flat side. The flat side is more worn at either end and not in the middle. Linch pins were used in the Iron Age and Roman periods to fix the wheels to the axels of vehicles. This probable pin is also probably from this time period. No close parallel has been found but other iron linch pins can be seen on page 298 of "Dragonby. Volume 1" by May (1996). This copper plated example seems to be unusual as it was more common for linch pins to be completely made of iron or to have a copper alloy head and foot. It is also more usual for a linch pin to have a loop or perforation in the head end, believed to be for attachment to the foot or axel to stop the pin coming out. This example is in very good condition and seems to be complete. It has an uneven dark green and brown patina and the metal is still solid.
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