The Scheme's logo
LIN-1ECFE5: LIN1282

Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License:

View Zoom Download

Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License:
View Zoom

Image use policy

Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).

GUNFLINT

Unique ID: LIN-1ECFE5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Possible gun flint. The dorsal surface has parallel edges and a squared surface. The ventral surface is slightly concave and shows the bulb of percussion. The sides do show secondary working in keeping with scrapers, however the overall shape would appear to indicate a gun flint.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 6 mm

Personal details

This information is restricted for your access level.

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Sleaford

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

Similar objects

Find number: WILT-73BBC7
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
A post-medieval gun-flint possibly from a flintlock musket. The flint is broadly rectangular in plan and a classic wedge shape. The ventral s…
Workflow: PublishedFind published

Find number: CORN-3ECF65
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Small platform gun-flint, probably from a pocket pistol, almost square in plan, with sub-parallel lateral margins, and trapezoidal in section …
Workflow: Awaiting validationFind awaiting validation

Find number: LANCUM-602305
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Small platform gun-flint, probably from a pocket pistol dating between 1600-1800AD. The flint is rectangular in plan, with sub-parallel later…
Workflow: Awaiting validationFind awaiting validation

Audit data

Recording Institution: LIN
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

Other formats: this page is available as qrcode json xml geojson pdf rdf representations.