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-AFEE17
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper-alloy horse harness pendant hanger. The hanger has a circular domed head with an integral stud on the reverse. Two arms project from the base and curve rearwards to the stud.
Created on: Friday 15th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Welton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-AFD301
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy coin-weight of George III. The coin weight has raised edge around the diameter , and a plain reverse surface. On the obverse side, there is ewer or laver pot, sword and a crowned G. The ewer is a countermark of George III period and of The Worshipful Company of Founders. It would have been stamped by the Beadle of the Company to indicate that the weight had been inspected and passed. This countermark was used in association with other marks such as the sword, the mark of the City of London, and a crowned initial of the king. The weight weighs about 6.36 …
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-AF5D51
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy spur. The spur was the tradional U-shape but only one arm remains. The arm is curved in profile and D-shaped in cross-section, tapering to the incomplete terminal. The apex of the arm is decorated along its length with notches, with two pairs of moulded transverse ribs. The centre of the spur contains a raised moulded pointed oval knop. The metal has a reddish patina and while the form and patina resemble 11th century metalwork, this spur is 17th century. See SUSS-690821for a similar example.
Created on: Friday 15th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Welton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-AF3764
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy ferrule from a knife. The ferrule is cylindrical with an oval opening at one end and a rectangular slot at the other.
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-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-AEE1B1
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a medieval purse frame. The frame is right-angled in cross-section and broken at both ends. One face is decorated with a row of incised X marks. A sowing hole is located on the other face.
Created on: Friday 15th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 15th June 2012
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Record ID: NLM-A04CD5
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Shot. Musket ball. Cast, with possible teeth marks and area flattened by impact. Weighing a little over one ounce, this object could be associated with the use of a military pattern muzzle loading firearm, probably later in the available date range. A number of similar objects have been reported from the vicinity. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800. Diameter: 18mm, Weight: 28.93gms.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
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Record ID: NLM-A03BE4
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Shot. Musket ball. Cast, with possible teeth marks and flattened area. Weighing a little under one ounce, this object could be associated with the use of a military pattern muzzle loading firearm, probably later in the available date range. A number of similar objects have been reported from the vicinity. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800. Diameter: 16.7mm, Weight: 25.70gms.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-A02F23
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Metal Working debris. Fragment of lead melt, congealed on a flat surface, patinated overall. Suggested date: Unknown, 40-400. Weight: 8.69gms
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-A02571
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Schist, possibly Norwegian Possible Hone fragment. Small fragment from a mullion of schist. The angled end and part of one side appear smoothed; other surfaces are probably broken. If the identification is sustained, this could be a small piece of a medieval whetstone; the English market for hones was dominated by Norwegian schists through the Medieval period. In the later medieval period, it is possible that undressed mullions of schist were imported to be either shaped or worn to shape by the purchaser. Suggested date: Possibly Medieval, 1300-1500. Length: 25.5mm, Width: 19.7m…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
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Record ID: NLM-A014F4
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Button fragment. Cast front of a flat discoid button with rim on the back; the stub of a separate, possibly ferrous metal, loop is retained by a boss on the back. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Diameter: 33mm, Thickness (at rim): 2mm, Weight: 9.87gms.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-9FEBE8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Strap End. Trapezoidal strap end fragment cut from cast sheet with two punched fixing holes of diameter 2.3mm at its wider end. A decorative border of rockered ornament follows two adjacent edges, and wanders off - or the edges are lost or worn - on the other two. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1450. Length: 25.9mm, Width: 12mm, Thickness: 0.8mm, Weight: 1.29gms.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
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Record ID: NLM-9FDFB4
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with enamel Badge. Cast badge of five-petalled rose form with a central motif of a stationary pony and rider on a rayed ground, and the circumferential legend: THE PONY CLUB on a blue enamel ground. A scar on the back shows where pin gear glued or soldered to the back has been lost. Suggested date: Modern, 1980-2010. Diameter: 26.7mm, Thickness: 2.9mm, Weight: 10.81gms.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-9FD054
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Thimble. Pressed metal conical thimble with incised basal ring, a plain reserved field, with fine indentations above it. The side is torn. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Diameter: circa 18mm, Thickness (wall): 0.6mm, Height: 21.6mm, Weight: 4.30gms.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-9FC686
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Thimble. Pressed metal conical thimble with foot ring , reserved basal field, and fine indentations above it. Heavily encrusted, possibly burnt. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Diameter: 17.5mm, Height: 18.1mm, Thickness (foot ring): 1.6mm, Weight: 4.38gms
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-9FBB97
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Spindle Whorl. Cast whorl of plano-convex form with central aperture of diameter 10.1mm. Suggested date: Possibly Early Medieval-Medieval, 900-1100. Diameter: 25.8mm, Thickness: 11.2mm, Weight: 35.65gms.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
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Record ID: NLM-9FB135
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Buckle. Cast circular double looped buckle with narrowed pin bar. One edge of the frame bears six notches, the opposite edge, which is incomplete, is narrowed and bears at least three constrictions. Suggested date: later Medieval, 1400-1500. Length: 29.9mm, Height: 28.7mm, Thickness: 2.5mm, Weight: 3.77gms.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
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Record ID: NLM-9FA687
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Buckle. Cast single looped buckle frame with pointed lip. The frame is of angular section with a slightly narrower but still squared-section strap bar; diagonal file marks appear on most surfaces. Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1450. Length: 15.2mm, Height: 20.6mm, Thickness: 3.0mm, Weight: 2.09gms.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
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Record ID: NLM-9F9D05
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Strap Loop. Cast D shaped loop with a collared round knop opposite a straight edge to the frame with an off-centre drilled aperture of diameter 2.8mm. Suggested date: Later Medieval, 1350-1400. Length: 28.2mm, Width: 18.7mm, Thickness: 4.4mm, Weight: 3.24gms.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
Spatial data recorded.