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Pins were probably the most common form of cloak fastening in the Viking Age ([GRAHAM-CAMPBELL, Viking Artefacts, A Select Catalogue 1980, : p.30)]<br>Pins classed as dress pins could have been used for a number of purposes including fastening cloaks, securing hair styles or as stylus. ([MacGREGOR, MAINMAN and ROGERS, Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn from Anglo-Scandinavian and Medieval York 1999, : p.1949)].<br> ([OWEN-CROCKER 2004)]<br>Morris ([MORRIS 2000,:p.2309) ] makes the point that wooden pins would not have had the strength of pins made from other materials but would have been quicker and easier to make. <br>