Object: Pin
Classification: Pin/Quoit-Headed Pin
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford,Evans Collection, 1927-2418
Site: England,Norfolk,Barton Bendish
Parish: Barton Bendish
County: Norfolk
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 245
Width (mm): 147
Weight (g): 914
Patina: Brown
Other: Length: Pin 245mm,Width: Diameter of band, external 147-155mm; internal 121-131mm,Weight: 914.4 gms
Associations: Hoard of 2 palstaves, 1 knife, 2 torcs, 5 bracelets, 2 rings + this ornament.
Description: Flat band with flanged edges, decorated on both faces with hatched triangles, of which the apices point outwards. Pin circular in section, tapering to point: flattened where it meets the head.
Remarks: Rein ring for front of chariot? ?too early C. Fox