Object: Pin
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Dorchester Museum,1934.12.11,Loan from the late Herbert Weld, F.S.A.,Formerly at Lulworth Castle,Lost temporarily (1976)
Site: England,Dorset,Winfrith Newburgh,In coombe-bottom below Sleight Buildings (or Randall's Farm) 1 3/4 m. S. of Winfrith. Exact site lost.,1903
Discovery context: farm
Parish: Winfrith Newburgh
County: Dorset
Country: England
Grid reference: SY 80 82
Year of discovery: 1903
Length (mm): 80
Patina: Brown to light green.
Surface: Pitted in places.
Composition: Bronze
Associations: Other objects in hoard. See Antiq. Jour. (supra).; 1b. Hoard
Description: Disc head round the edge of which is a raised flange, perhaps to hold an enamel filling. The bending of the point appears to be accidental. Just below the head are 8 incised lines encircling the stem.
Publications: Proceedings Dorset Field Club, XXV, xxxiii,Antiquaries Journal, XV, 449 ff, Fig. 1
Remarks: Part of "The Lulworth Hoard",CI; SI; AFI; DF(C)