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Description: | A complete copper-alloy Iron Age linch pin terminal. This terminal is oval in plan, measuring 27.9mm in length, 21.5mm in width and 15.6mm in thickness at its thickest point. One face is flat with a border groove and there may have been decorative grooves within this, which are no longer visible due to wear and corrosion. The other face is rounded with a protruding integral hollow tube running longitudinally down its centre. It is V-shaped in plan and oval in cross-section, measuring 22.8mm in length, 12.6mm in width at its widest point and 12.9mm in thickness at its thickest point. The wider end is open and has two small parallel V-shaped notches cut into its edges on both sides. Within and protruding out of the V-shaped tubular part is the corroded remains of the iron shank of the linch pin. A very similar linch pin has been discovered in Devon (Portable Antiquities Scheme 2003, 19, 27, fig 19). | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -300
43 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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