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Description: | The head of a hair pin of Roman date. The copper-alloy pin is corroded and brittle.
The head is rounded and 10mm in diameter. The base of the shaft extends for 8mm from the head. Corrosion obscured any possible decoration there may have been.
The pin was exposed by rabbit burrowing in the vicinity of Housesteads Roman fort. | 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 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rob Collins | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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