Record ID: LIN-55FCAE
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy mount or pin head of Roman date (c.43-410). The object is in the form of a three-dimensional small bird with moulded wings, tail and head. The bird sits with its wings at rest and head facing forward. The eyes of the bird are shallow circular drilled holes and it has a recessed gently curved beak. The wings and tails have incised lines to depict feathers. The bird has no feet, with its lower belly sitting on a broken rectangular shaft. The object has a dark brown patina with traces of a white metal coating.  Measurements: Height: 22.82 m…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burgh Le Marsh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-55C347
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman mount or stud dating to c.AD 43-410 The object is discoidal with a raised border that is c.2.9 mm thick, the plate is recessed with an off-centre rectangular knob.The reverse is undecorated and has the remains of a central square cross-sectioned shaft or rivet. Dark brown patina with patches of verdigris. Diameter: 22.65 mm; Thickness: 5.41 mm; Weight: 6.07g
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burgh Le Marsh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-52F8E8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn male bust dating to the Roman period (c.AD 43-410), possibly dating to the mid-late second century AD. The object is convex on the decorated side and concave on the reverse. It is in the form of a stylised male bust with an oval head, widening at the shoulders and terminating with a rounded edge. The head is rendered with worn detailed modelling of hair and facial features. The head has continuous wide fringe around the face delineated by curvilinear incisions, with the hair appearing swept back. No ears are represented. The be…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ludford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-F9A4E3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper-alloy mount of Roman date (c.43-410). Description: The object is in the form of a small bird with moulded wings, tail, feet and head. The eyes of the bird are deep recessed holes and would have been inlaid. The wings and tails have incised lines to depict feathers, as do the feet to represent its claws. The feet have a horizontal circular gap so that they curl around a separate copper-alloy wire, to appear as though it is sitting on a branch. This is broken underneath one of the feet. The object has a dark brown patina with traces of a white metal…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-B9DA1F
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, cast copper-alloy military harness mount. The mount is square with a median rib. This rib is flanked on both sides by a convex panel. The sides of the mount form a narrow ledge. On the recessed reverse is an integral rivet with a disc head. This mount belongs to Nicolay's (2007), Type B6, pl. 73, no. 142.1. A parallel from the same parish is recorded as LIN-A9C66E. Suggested date: c.AD 120 - 300.
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: LIN-B97B7C
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper-alloy mount with integral rivet. The head is conical and undecorated, measuring 16mm in diameter. On the reverse an integral rivet projects from the centre. Its circular-section shaft is 4.6mm in minimum diameter and ends in a large integrally cast disc 12mm in diameter. The object is 11mm in total height. It has a pale green surface and weighs 4.8g.  The integral rivet with large flat rove is characteristic of the Roman period. The conical shape is paralleled at NMS-130954, SF-3ED7A5, HAMP-985260, NMS-5E0E99, NMS-728415, etc. A similar …
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-B944B7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy mount or stud of probable Roman date. The stud has a flat circular body with an integral shank of circular section extending from the underside. The shank is incomplete. The front face of the stud is smooth and was possibly coated with white metal.
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-B937F2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy mount or stud of probable Roman date. The stud has a flat circular body with a recesed perimeter ledge. The ledge is decorated with notches. An integral shank of circular section extends from the underside. 
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-B69513
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy mount, finial. or possible linch pin terminal. The object is circular in section, elongated, and consists of a reel at either end separated by a narrowed waist. A narrow reel with central groove sits either side of the waist. The head of the mount has a deeply recessed band creating a circular cell with concave centre. The opposite end is hollow and contains the remains of an iron shank of circular section.
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-9029EB
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Small roman mount, silvered, pelta shaped. Suggested date: Early Roman, 43-200 Height: 15.7mm, Width: 16.7mm, Thickness: 4.3mm, Weight: 2.50gms
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
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Record ID: LIN-A03019
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
 An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman mount.  The mount comprises a circular flat plate surrounded by an outer raised rim, thickness 2.19 mm, which is rounded.  This has 3 projecting subcircular flat lugs attached at 90 degree intervals around LIN  its edge, one of which is bent outwards.    At the centre of the mount is a circular boss of height 6 mm which is waisted below a bevelled head.  The boss sits on a roundel of diameter 15.49 mm   decorated with a corroded radial pattern. This in turn is sur…
Created on: Friday 2nd June 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2023
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Record ID: LIN-AC27C1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Large Roman copper-alloy mount with integral rivet. The front is conical and the sides are slightly concave in side view, and rise from a circular edge 25mm in diameter to a rounded point. The reverse is hollow, and the integral rivet projects from the centre. Its circular-section shaft is 4.6mm in minimum diameter and ends in a large integrally cast disc 12mm in diameter. The object is 16mm in total height with the front and the rivet each making up about half of this. It has a pale green surface and weighs 8.7g.  The integral rivet with large flat rove is characterist…
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B76873
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy, openwork, cast Roman belt mount of the Trompetenmuster style, c.AD 130-250. On the reverse, two lugs survive, otherwise it is plain.  Measurements: 32.27 mm in length, 18.65 mm in width, 4.72 mm in thickness (without posts) 13.56 mm in thickness (with posts) and 8.2 g in weight. This style commonly features in Roman metalwork and dates to the 2nd - 3rd centuries AD. On this database, see SUSS-03D78D, BM-766594 and BM-75E468. See Von Jenny, W.A. (1935) Keltische Metallarbeiten aus Heidnischer und Christlicher Zeit …
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
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Record ID: DENO-3BC29D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy zoomorphic mount or possible finger ring of Roman date (c. AD 43 - 120). It is in the form of a water bird, probably a duck, with wings folded along its back and neck raised. Surfaces are worn and patinated but feathers and other features seem to have been delineated by incised lines. The beak is worn and blunted. There are many similar objects described on this database, such as KENT-BAB819, WILT-D6B5E8, WILT-92B052; these are generally dated to the first century and suggested as mounts used as rim decoration or lid handles for metal vess…
Created on: Thursday 3rd November 2022
Last updated: Monday 3rd July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-E56164
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman military copper alloy pelta-shaped mount (c.AD 100-300). The front of the item is slightly convex, with one long edge being curved and the opposing edge having a pair of cusps flanking a central bifurcated projection. The interior curves of these cusps have bevelled or chamfered edges. The object is badly corroded, but there is no evidence of any attachment scars or fittings suggesting a function as a vessel mount rather than a harness fitting (e.g. Nicolay type A11).
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2022
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Record ID: LIN-D8805D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy Roman vessel mount or lid handle in the form of a duck, probably dating to the 1st century AD. It has a pointed oval-shaped or drop-shaped body that is D-shaped in section with flat underside and rounded back. The body is delineated by a groove around the outer perimeter. The neck is short and oval sectioned and leads to a rounded head with a projecting beak, which flares towards a flattened end. On the underside of the body, beneath the neck, is an integral projecting oval-shaped rivet that would have enabled attachment to the vessel. This measures 4.30 m…
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 19th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Riby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-D08BC4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete anthropomorphic object, possibly a vessel mount of Roman date, AD 43- 410. The object is sub-oval with a concave reverse and domed front and is in the form of a human head. Approximately half of the head is lost to an old, worn transverse break. The front surface is decorated with incised facial features comprising ovate eyes, a raised hairline with repeated grooves denoting the hair proper and a slight raised stub representing the remains of a nose. The reverse is undecorated though displays a number of irregular striations. The metal has a dark green/brown p…
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 19th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-761D30
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy probable Roman mount. It is a circular disc with three concentric ring with traces of red enamel. At the centre is a broken boss. The reverse is undecorated and flat. Dark green patina. Diameter: 27.67 mm; Thickness: 2.38 mm; Weight: 6.93g
Created on: Monday 13th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mareham on the Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-D0D2CA
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman phallic mount, dating to c. AD 43 - 120. The mount is in the form of an erect penis. One end is rounded, either side a globular knop projects representing the testicles, and is waisted. Above this section is a central rounded portion with a now corroded iron rivet or fitting passing through the object, perhaps the fitting for attachment. The iron fitting passes from the front and project from the reverse in-between a pair of T-shaped lugs. The tip of the phallus has a circular recess with two small projects at the uppermost. The recess contai…
Created on: Thursday 12th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2022
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Record ID: NLM-8FC6D3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Cast oval concavo-convex boss with a cylindrical socket of height 5mm projecting from the middle of its hollow back. Surface markings, probably incised lines, may contribute to an anthropomorphic mask of a bearded face, perhaps representing Silenus; rounded central areas modelled in low relief may represent a nose, lips or other facial features; though which way up is uncertain. Now lightly squashed or crimped, perhaps from an originally round form, with a sub-triangular hole or casting flaw. Suggested date: possibly Roman, 43-410 Length: 23.9mm, Width: 16.4mm…
Created on: Wednesday 27th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 27th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Thorganby', grid reference and parish protected.