Record ID: NLM-693DB4
Object type: POT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery Body sherd. Sandy fabric with reduced buff-grey interior and oxidised exterior, wheel thrown. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000. This sherd was kindly identified by Sandra Firth and Helen Fry of the North Lincolnshire Pottery Research Group. Weight: 24.60gms.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-692553
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead and Copper alloy Weight. Cast cylindrical lead weight with a rectangular copper alloy insert measuring 6.8 by 4.7mm. Patinated overall. The mass indicates this to represent four Scandinavian units of 4.07gms, as used in the Viking Age bullion economy. The Early Medieval use of weights with inserted objects is well known (e.g. Biggs and Withers 2000, 18-20), while the correspondence of these and other weights with contemporary metrical systems is becoming better known as precise weights are measured and checked against contemporary systems. For the duration of an effective Viking …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-68FFE4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Weight. Flat discoid weight probably cut from cast sheet with a central hole of diameter 2.5mm made from one side. Heavily patinated. The mass would permit this to represent two units of 4.07gms, a Scandinavian sub-unit for the measurement of bullion. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 875-1050. Diameter: 22.3mm, Thickness: 2.7mm, Weight: 8.16gms.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6787D0
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Game Piece. Cast triangular-section tapering object with flat base and three points at its top, each point rising from the aris between adjacent sides. Lightly patinated on its sides, and more heavily on top. A four sided version is presented by Biggs and Withers (Biggs N. and Withers, P. Lead Weights: The David Rogers Collection, White House Publications and Galata Print Ltd, Llanfyllin, page 33 no. 84), citing Viking examples (Graham Campbell, J. 1980, Viking Artefacts: A Select Catalogue, British Museum Publications, London, page 265 plate 307 no. 1). A chalk example from Beve…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-676B67
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Strap End. Cast spearhead-shaped plate with a bifurcated end with three drilled holes of diameter circa 2mm for sewn attachment, possibly representing an original pair and subsequent repair. The ?back of the plate bears diagonal marks which apparently interrupt a dark patina. The form of the broader part of the plate resembles that of the more common zoomorphic strap ends of the 8th and 9th centuries, as do the bifurcated end and provision for sewn attachment. An example of this distinctive form from Bottesford, North Lincolnshire, displayed at the North Lincolnshire Muse…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-670598
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Coin. Cut Farthing, Early Medieval, probably from a Penny of Wessex (871-959). Obverse description; Bust in Roman style, probably draped and probably right. Obverse inscription: (--)? REX(--) Reverse description: Possibly edge of a cross or cross crosslet. Reverse inscription: (--)?CVXL?(--) Diameter (inferred): 21mm, Weight: 0.28gms.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6667C7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with silver plating Buckle. Cast zoomorphic D shaped buckle, with a thick frame of rounded section and two beast heads gripping the ends of the strap bar, which is notched for the pin position (pin lost). The eyes of the beasts are rendered with a comma shaped impression, and the heads are modelled only on the display side. Traces of silver plating remain. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1050. Length: 17.8mm, Height: 19.6mm, Thickness: 4.6mm, Weight: 4.04gms
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5504B5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Coin. Cut Halfpenny of Aethelred II (978-1016) Obverse description: Bareheaded bust mantled left. Obverse inscription: AE[?]ELRE(--) Reverse description: Voided long cross. Reverse inscription: (--)EMA/NM'O/(--) Diameter: 19.2mm, Weight: 0.79gms
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 2nd May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-54C5D5
Object type: POT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery Rim sherd. Shell Tempered Ware, Early Medieval. This sherd was kindly identified by Helen Fry and Sandra West of the North Lincolnshire Pottery Research Group. Suggested date (by MF in his ignorance): 700-900. Weight: 12.84gms.
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 2nd May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-128741
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Possible Spindle Whorl. Disc cut from cast lead sheet of thickness circa 2mm with an off-centre cut aperture of diameter circa 9.5mm. A second example of this form to be reported from the vicinity. Suggested date: possibly Early Medieval, 900-1050. Diameter: 37.2mm, Weight: 17.67gms.
Created on: Friday 19th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2013
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Record ID: NLM-117DA7
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Spindle Whorl. Cast plano-convex whorl with an off centre moulded aperture of diameter 9.5mm, and slightly stepped in profile. Patinated overall. Probably Walton Rogers form A1, which may be modelled on femur head whorls as favoured at Anglo-Scandinavian Coppergate, York. The aperture is larger than appears on most Middle Saxon examples. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000. Diameter: 26mm, Thickness: 9.3mm, Weight: 32.22gms.
Created on: Friday 19th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-116103
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Buckle. Cast D shaped zoomorphic buckle with a heavy oval section frame, and with a beast head with ears flattened back and a line running down the centre of the muzzle at either end of a markedly narrowed strap bar. A slight notch on the edge of the frame may represent a pin rest; the original surface is almost entirely lost, and the metal has the distinctive red-brown tint associated with Viking Age metalwork. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1050. Length: 16.8mm, Height: 21.1mm, Thickness: 6.6mm, Weight: 6.40gms.
Created on: Friday 19th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-113F82
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Weight, as identified by the finder. Cast conical weight with a central aperture of tapering diameter between 2 and 3mm, widest at the indented base. Patinated overall. The conical form and aperture are features of objects identified as Viking Age weights or playing pieces. The mass is close to that of the Viking ore or ora of circa 24gms. It may also relate to that Scandinavian system for measuring bullion based on a module of 4.07gms, on which scale this object would represent six units. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1000. Diameter: 17.2mm, Height: 17.2mm, Weight: 24.47gms.
Created on: Friday 19th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1010E5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Spindle Whorl. Cast plano-convex whorl with central moulded aperture of diameter 9mm, Walton Rogers form A1. Patinated overall. The form may imitate that of, or even be cast directly from, a cattle femur caput whorl, a type especially favoured at 10th-century Coppergate, York. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000. Diameter: 27.1mm, Thickness: 11.6mm, Weight: 41.89gms.
Created on: Friday 19th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0F8FC7
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Probable spindle whorl. Disc cut from cast sheet with a probably drilled central aperture of diameter 7.5mm. The object is slightly dished in profile, possibly the result of drilling the aperture. On the (slightly) convex side four drilled or punched dots of diameter 1.3mm are arranged approximately equidistantly around the hole. Patinated overall. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 700-850. Diameter: 31.6mm, Thickness: 3.2mm, Weight: 22.39gms.
Created on: Friday 19th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-015B03
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Stirrup Mount fragment, probably Williams (1997) Class A Type 1 (cf. Williams 1996, fig. 20 no. 19. A cast plate with an abraded basal angled flange and a pair of rivet holes above it, of 'diameter' circa 4mm - both holes are actually sub-rectangular, and with paired spurs on either side. Decoration of the display face comprises a pair of arcs with further curvilinear or spiral features towards the edge of the plate; the finder kindly describes this as resembling Ringerike style decoration. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 1000-1050. Height: 31.1mm, Width: 31.7mm, Thickness…
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-010E45
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Probable Weight. Cast discoid weight with the suspicion of a circumferential flange around its edge; a dimple in the centre of one side may indicate where an object has been dislodged, or may alternatively have served to distinguish this weight from others. Lightly patinated overall. When checked against various systems of weights and measures, this object correlates most closely with the Viking Dublin system for the measurement of bullion. This system is calculated to have been based on a module of 4.43gms, this object weighing 3.99 times that value. An alternative identification…
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-00EE70
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Possible Spindle Whorl. Cast conical weight with central moulded aperture of diameter 11.2mm; alternatively a weight. The wider side - which would be the upper surface were the object to be used as a whorl - is stepped or thickened; the other side is rounded. Patinated overall. Suggested date: Possibly Early Medieval, 850-1050. Height: 16.6mm, Diameter: 24.6mm, Weight: 44.48gms.
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-009BE5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Spindle Whorl. Cast conical or plano-convex whorl with moulded and waisted central aperture of maximum diameter 6.6mm, Walton Rogers Form A1. The flat upper surface is uneven, possibly from partial melting. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 700-850. This whorl would be suitable to spin a yarn. Height: 12.2mm, Diameter: 17.8mm, Weight: 15.72gms.
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-001355
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Spindle Whorl. Cast plano-convex whorl with off-centre moulded aperture of diameter 10.4mm, Walton Rogers form A1. Patinated overall. The plano-convex form may imitate that of, or might even be cast in a mould taken from, a cattle femur head whorl, which was a type characteristic of Anglo-Scandinavian levels at Coppergate, York. The large aperture also distinguishes this example from Early or Middle Saxon whorls. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000. Diameter: 28.8mm, Thickness: 9.5mm, Weight: 42.12gms.
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.