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Bronze Age quoit-headed pin, perhaps from Somerset

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The item is a cutting from Archaeological Journal (see Bibliography).The engraving shows a quoit-headed pin, said to have been 'found at Chilton Bustle'. It has not been possible to identify this place, but it may have been in Somerset.
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Title: Bronze Age quoit-headed pin, perhaps from Somerset
Description:
The item is a cutting from Archaeological Journal (see Bibliography).
The engraving shows a quoit-headed pin, said to have been 'found at Chilton Bustle'.
It has not been possible to identify this place, but it may have been in Somerset.

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