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Description: | A drawn copper alloy pin of later Medieval or Post Medieval date (1300-1600). The pin is embedded in a piece of mortar, it is likely that originally the pin would have been much longer, but has been snapped and is therefore without a point, although the break is jagged and sharp. The pin has a long drawn wire shaft with a wound-wire head. The head is formed by two circlets of wire, possibly of a slightly different alloy to the shaft as it has corroded a purple brown colour. The shaft of the pin is a mid green colour with an abraded but polished patina. Similar examples are published in Egan and Pritchard Dress Accessories pp 300-302, example 200.The presence of this pin within the mortar is likely to be directly due to happenstance; the mortar is mixed with several other irregular inclusions - including a large fragment of iron. This possibly suggests that the mortar was mixed in an area where rubbish was distributed or was possibly even deliberately added. The findspot close to the West Gate of Lilleshall Abbey, Shropshire would suggest that this mortar, which is very rough in composition, is from an exterior render or from a dismantled area of the monastic complex.The mortar measures: 20.8mm length, 21.width and is 19.3mm thick; it weighs 2.92 grams. The pin measures 30.6mm length, the shaft has a diameter of 1.0mm and the head a diameter of 2.2mm.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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