Linch-pin

Details

• Title

  Linch-pin

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Hertfordshire › Dacorum › Wigginton (Wiggington Common) (find spot)

• Date

  Early Iron Age (Britain) (c. 800 - c. 400 BC)

• Material and technique

  copper alloy, enamel, iron

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy;

  processed material › enamel;

  processed material › metal › iron

• Object type

  component › linch-pin

• Dimensions

  10.8 cm (length)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, from the collection of Sir John Evans.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 17 | European Prehistory

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1937.297

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