Record ID: DENO-F22E58
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold early medieval finger ring of the Viking period (c. 1000-1100). The ring is made of a curved rod with a rectangular cross-section and bevelled edges. The rod is wider (c. 4 mm) at the centre and tapers to the back where the ends are drawn into wires (2 mm in diameter) which overlap and are wound once round each other. Overall, the ring has an external diameter of 24 mm and an internal diameter of 17 mm. It weighs 8.56 g. The ring is similar in style to a Viking finger ring from Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire (CAM-A32F23; 2008 T141). The report for that ring says: "The rin…
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gainsborough area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-FCA770
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver early medieval penny of the Vikings minted in the name of St Peter of York (c. 905-927). Phase 3, Sword/Cross issue (North 555), minted in York, c. 921-927.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newark Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-E1A37C
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy probably Anglo-Saxon (AD c.500-c.600) mount in the shape of a fish, missing its tail and the tip of its head. Overall, the object measures 19.2mm long, 9.3mm wide and 1.1mm thick. It weighs 0.6g. The mount is fish-shaped; the dorsal and pectoral/pelvic fins survive as projections from the upper and lower edges of the mount. The mount is flat (rectangular in cross-section) and features of the fish, its scales, gills as well as details of the fins are engraved. The eye is formed by a copper alloy rivet. The mount is quite similar to a shield mount from M…
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-35008F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.400-c.700) penannular brooch. Overall, it measures 34mm long, 24mm wide and 3mm thick. It weighs 6.50g. The hoop of the brooch is penannular and measures 24mm in diameter. The hoop is decorated with transverse ribs. Its terminals are polyhedral and each is decorated on at least one side with a ring-and-dot motif. The pin is circular in section and measures 34mm long and 2mm in diameter. The pin has a flat attachment loop and tapers to a point.
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-30658D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.500-c.600) great square-headed brooch, consisting of part of the footplate. Overall, the fragment measures 24.6mm long, 19.6mm wide and 2.6mm thick. It weighs 4.13g. The fragment is broken along each of its edges, two of the edges are bent backwards and the fragment is irregularly shaped as a result. The front is decorated with a raised wide triangular border with slightly concave side edges. Within this is a narrow raised triangular border containing a possibly zoomorphic motif. The front of the brooch was originally gilded with a red…
Created on: Friday 12th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 16th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-073B03
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd from an early-medieval (AD c.500-c.600) vessel, possibly a cremation urn. The fabric is hard and black in colour with a slightly lighter core. There are frequent quartz and stone inclusions. Overall it measures 46.8mm in height, 39.5mm wide and 9.6mm thick. It weighs 18.02g. The outer surface is has two lines of stamped decoration. The first is a pattern of S-shapes formed from pairs of wavy lines with small stamped quadrilaterals between. The second is a pattern of stamped circles, each divided into nine segments.
Created on: Wednesday 10th September 2014
Last updated: Saturday 13th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-EFC664
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.750-c.1100) possible penannular bracelet, consisting of one terminal and missing its other terminal and band. Overall, the fragment measures 22.4mm long, 15.3mm wide and 5.3mm thick. It weighs 5.76g. The fragment is in the shape of an isosceles triangle, broken at the tip where it joins the band of the bracelet. The terminal is D-shaped in section and measures 3.4mm thick. The short length of the band is also D-shaped in section but measures 6.5mm wide and 4.8mm thick. The fragment may have come from a similar object to DENO-5180D8, HE…
Created on: Tuesday 9th September 2014
Last updated: Friday 12th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-EF3703
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass early-medieval (AD c.500-c.600) bead. Overall, it measures 3.3mm long and 4.3mm in diameter. It weighs 0.07g. The bead is bun-shaped with a drilled circular piercing through the centre. It is opaque and green in colour. It was discovered within a larger copper alloy bead (LIN-EF185C), which presumably came from the same necklace.
Created on: Tuesday 9th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-EF185C
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.500-c.600) bead. Overall, it measures 9.5mm long and 12.2mm in diameter. It weighs 4.48g. The bead is bun-shaped with a piercing through the centre, sub-circular at one end and sub-rectangular with rounded ends at the other. It was discovered with a smaller glass bead (LIN-EF3703) inside it, which presumably came from the same necklace.
Created on: Tuesday 9th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-EEDAEC
Object type: BALANCE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.850-c.1100) balance, consisting of one of the folding balance arms. Overall, the arm measures 71.3mm long, 6.0mm wide and 7.0mm thick. It weighs 9.79g. The arm is formed from a cylindrical shaft, terminating with a loop (incomplete) at one end and with a hinge lug at the other. The shaft is joined to the loop by a square-sectioned collar. Next to this towards the opposite end is a circumferential ridge. At the hinge end, the shaft expands slightly and becomes sub-square in section before narrowing again. There is then an expanded colla…
Created on: Tuesday 9th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-863764
Object type: SPANGLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.500-c.600) probable spangle. Overall, the spangle measures 16.5mm long, 27.5mm wide and 3.9mm thick. It weighs 2.88g. The spangle is formed from a flat copper alloy plate, 1.7mm thick. In plan, it is in the shape of an isosceles triangular with blunted corners, either intentional or as a result of wear. Both faces are flat and are decorated with a double grooved linear border. One face has an additional pair of horizontal grooved lines nearer its centre. There is a sub-circular piece of iron through the top corner, which may be a fragment from an ir…
Created on: Thursday 4th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 15th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-85FC54
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy early-medieval to medieval (AD c.900-c.1500) probable mount. Overall, the mount measures 16.8mm long, 12.8mm wide and 12.7mm thick. It weighs 6.74g. The object is sub-pyramidal, with concave faces creating an X-shaped cross-section. The side edges are rounded and are decorated with diagonal grooves (mostly worn away). Each edge has a projecting knop at its lower corner. The top and bottom of the pyramid have iron corrosion on them, suggesting that an iron pin, rivet or nail passed through the centre of the object.
Created on: Thursday 4th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 15th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-05D774
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman to early-medieval (AD c.43-c.700) pair of tweezers, bent out of shape and missing one of its arms and its loop. Overall, the fragment measures 22.3mm long, 12.3mm wide and 15.1mm thick. It weighs 2.92g. The fragment is made from sheet copper alloy which is 1mm thick and tapers in width from 9.9mm at the gripping end to 4.7mm at the broken loop end. The gripping edge is bent downwards at 45 degrees. The fragment has been rolled into a C-shape and bent further at the loop end. The outer surface of the tweezers is decorated with two pairs of longitudinal grooved lines.
Created on: Friday 29th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F44668
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.500-c.600) S-shaped brooch. The fragment comprises the curved foot of the brooch and part of its catchplate. Overall, the fragment measures 19.8mm long, 18.6mm wide and 5.2mm thick. It weighs 2.77g. The fragment is flat (1.9mm thick) and sub-triangular in shape. Its edges are all broken or worn. There is a circular piercing near the one corner which appears to have not been broken. Around the piercing are stamped annulets. No other decoration is visible. The stump of the catchplate is located on the reverse. Similar S-shaped brooche…
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 24th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F1A362
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.720-c.850) pin, consisting of the pin head and a short length of the shaft. Overall, the pin measures 21.3mm long and 7.5mm in diameter. It weighs 1.95g. The pin head is globular and is decorated with ring-and-dots. The shaft has a small collar at the top. The shaft is circular in section and measures 1.9mm in diameter.
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Sunday 31st August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F18C0C
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.720-c.850) pin, consisting of the pin head and a short length of the shaft. Overall, the pin measures 19.1mm long, 7.7mm wide and 5.2mm thick. It weighs 2.15g. The pin head is polyhedral - a cuboid with the corners cut off. Each face is decorated with a ring-and-dot. The pin head measures 9.4mm long. The shaft has a small collar at the top. The shaft is circular in section and measures 2.1mm in diameter.
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Saturday 30th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-752A9C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.800-1000) weight in the form of a fourteen-sided polyhedron (a cube with the corners cut off). Eight of the sides are equilateral triangles, the other six are rectangular. Each of the rectangular sides is decorated with four punched annulets and their borders are delineated by a line of smaller incised dots. Each triangular face is undecorated. Overall, the weight measures 8.3mm long, 8.2mm wide and 7.9mm thick. It weighs 3.47g. There are now over 50 of these weights on the database. Nearly all of the weights recorded by the PAS are within the he…
Created on: Friday 22nd August 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-74C576
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.550-c.600) possible horse harness strap fitting. Overall, the fragment measures 25.0mm long, 16.7mm wide and 1.9mm thick. It weighs 3.19g. The fragment is broken at both ends and has tapering sides. It measures 12.7mm wide at the narrow end. The front of the object gilded and is decorated in Style I, thus dating the fragment to the second half of the 6th century. At the narrow end, there is a broken recessed circle with a raised edge within a raised ring. At the wide end the break appears to have broken along the edge of two smaller bu…
Created on: Friday 22nd August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-4CACF3
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.500-c.600) Hines form B12 wrist-clasp or sleeve clasp, missing one of its terminals and its attachment loops. Overall, the clasp measures 26.7mm long, 12.6mm wide and 2.9mm thick. It weighs 2.56g. It comprises of two sub-circular flat discs, joined together by a narrow 5.1mm wide collar with sloping edges. Each disc has the stump of an attachment loop projecting from one side. One of the discs, the centre one, has the stump of a second collar projecting from the side opposite the other collar. It also has a short stump projecting from th…
Created on: Wednesday 20th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 20th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-4B946A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.500-c.600) cruciform brooch, missing its head and bow, its catchplate and part of the foot. It consists of only the half-round panel, the horse headed terminal and the spatulate extension from the brooch's foot. Overall, the fragment measures 31.1mm long, 11.1mm wide and 4.5mm thick. It weighs 4.53g. The fragment is corroded and many of the details have worn away. However, the outline of the horse's moulded nostrils and eyes are just visible.
Created on: Wednesday 20th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.