Description

Summary: 1 bronze double ring-headed pin, each ring of which was attached to another ring and decorated with chevrons around both ring-heads and its neck (in seven bands) with impressed dots between the rings, enclosed in a wooden sheath lined with cloth, found with a primary cremation in a tree trunk coffin in the SSE mound of twin bell barrow, Collingbourne Ducis G4, excavated by William Cunnington

Research results

A Bronze Age copper alloy double ring-headed pin, found wrapped in fabric with the primary cremation of the SSE mound of the twin bell barrow, Collingbourne Ducis G4, by William Cunnington. The pin was found with a late form of Early Bronze Age dagger and a fragmentary insence cup; the pin itself is decorated with pointille decoration with a discontinuous zone of chevrons below and the inner edge of all four rings is decorated with spaced diagonal strokes. The pin had obviously seen some use, and much of the decoration is extremely worn.

This object was examined as part of the research published in Ritual in Early Bronze Age Grave Goods; a six-year research project carried out by Professor John Hunter and Dr Anne Woodward and funded by the Leverhulme Trust. Aided by a large number of other specialists the pair undertood an exhuastive study examining over 1000 objects held in 13 museums across the country in order to provide an extensive overview of burial practices in the period and identify regional practices.