Record ID: LIN-B17DA7
Object type: BELL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small iron hand-bell plated with copper-alloy using the 'fusion-plating process' (Bourke 1980; 1983). The bell is corroded but appears to be made from a single piece of iron that has been folded in two; the seam, which is located to the side, is now open and was presumably once riveted together. The bell has pulled shoulders, which results in a very narrow apex. In plan the bell is sub-oval. A ring was set in the top of the bell which served both as a handle and for a suspension of the clapper. The former is evidenced by two small knobs of iron at the apex; the latter is perhaps …
Created on: Friday 15th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Louth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-AEF7B7
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged iron knife. The knife has a tapering integral tang. The back of the tang is flush with the back of the blade. The blade edge is missing, but the shape is elongated and the tip is missing. The knife is now bent at the point where blade meets tang. Possibly Anglo-Saxon, but probably much later.
Created on: Friday 15th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 15th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Welton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-621CA3
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron fragment containing remains of copper alloy. Possibly from an Anglo-Saxon knife.
Created on: Friday 18th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Louth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-0D0012
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an iron spearhead, probably Early Medieval. Leaf-shaped blade and split socket. The end of the blade has been lost. Swanton group B. Blade width: 28mm. Blade thickness: 6.3mm. Socket diameter: 17mm.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-416B77
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron knife handle dating to the sixteenth or seventeenth century. The handle is rectangular in cross-section with four iron rivets through it. The terminal of the handle is square with an acorn knop above it.
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 29th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saltfleetby area', grid reference and parish protected.