Accession No
1958.240 A
Description
Two copper-alloy pins. One missing head; the other has a head of wound wire soldered onto the shank.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Framlingham; Framlingham Castle
Period
Post Medieval ?16th century
Source
Pembroke College, Cambridge [donor]; Knocker, Guy M. (Group Captain) [excavator]; Leech, C. F. [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1958.240 A; F.9 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze; ?Brass
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note on brown-paper envelope with objects reads: 'F.9 / Framlingham Cas. / Pin with blob head / 1 3/16" long. / Pit at S.124 at 8'5" in dark brick fill.' Printed on reverse: 'O.H.M.S.'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle
Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note on brown-paper envelope with objects reads: '958-237. / Framlingham Castle. / M. of W. exc., 1954. / G. W. Knocker. / Bronze pin with rolled wire head - ? Elizabethan / from Outer Bailey / P. S. I. A., xxvii, pt. 2. 1957. fig. 11,2.'
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle
Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note with object reads: '958-237 / Bronze pin with rolled wire head. / - probably Elizabethan / Outer Bailey / Framlingham Castle.'
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle
Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Group Captain G.M. Knocker and C.F. Leech, March to April 1954.
Event Date 1954
Author: maa
Context (References)
Knocker, G. M. (1956). ‘Excavations at Framlingham Castle, 1954’. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology, 27(2), pp. 65-88, (F.9 on Fig. 6 (ii) and Fig. 11.2).
Event Date 1956
Author: Sophie Wardle
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1958.240 A-D: 'Various metal fragments: 16th-17th cent.'
Event Date 1958
Author: Sophie Wardle
Description (Physical description)
One a fragment only - head missing.
Event Date 10/8/2001
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Two copper-alloy pins. One missing head; the other has a head of wound wire soldered onto the shank.
Event Date 27/11/2023
Author: Sophie Wardle
FM:21020
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