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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy terminal from a linch pin of Iron Age date. It has an incomplete cone-shaped head that tapers towards its base and is missing one side and the open, attachment end due to old breaks. The head has a vertical ridge or crest along its back face, a transverse moulded groove at the attachment end and possible traces of very corroded moulded decoration on the surviving side, the precise form uncertain due to post-deposiitonal wear. An incomplete rectangular socket is visible running vertically through the centre of the terminal that would have originally accomodated the now missing iron shaft of the linch pin. At the base of the object there is a flattened oval shaped terminal that has the remains of two moulded ring-and-dot motifs positioned on the front face one above the other and perhaps originally containing further decoration (enamel?) that is now incomplete. The entire object has suffered from extensive post-depositional damage and wear and has a dark green patina. It measures 41.57mm in length, 10.30mm in width, 20.83mm in depth/thickness, and weighs 20.45g.This is an incomplete foot from an Iron Age linch pin similar to examples recorded through the PAS (for example IOW-BD7985, NMS-8C2255 or DUR-E3DC87). It is of probable 1st century BC/AD date, c.100 BC-43 AD.
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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