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Record ID: LIN-CD4A38
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron knife ferrule. The ferrule is rectangular in profile and oval in section, and appears to comprise at least eight bands. Each band is recessed. An incomplete shank of rectangular section extends from the top, and an incomplete blade extends from the bottom. Both sides of the blade taper from the ferrule to the blade proper. The entire length of the object is 44mm, and the ferrule is 17mm long and 12mm wide. The tang measures 8mm by 5mm, and is circa 15mm long. The blade is circa 8mm long.
Created on: Monday 19th January 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2015
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Record ID: LIN-F38F93
Object type: JAVELIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman plumbata. The spear is made of iron, comprising a shaft of circular section, tapering gently to a barbed head. The tip is missing. A lead weight has been cast onto the base of the shaft to act as a counter-balance. The weight is biconical and has an opening at the base in which part of shaft is visible. Parallels for this object come from Wroxeter (Barker 1979), and Nettleton, near Bath (Wedlake 1982) Barker, P., (1979) The plumbatae from Wroxeter, in: Hassall and Ireland 1979, De Rebus Bellicis, BAR Int. Ser., vol. 63 (Oxford), part 1, pp. 97-9. Wedlake, …
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 28th August 2014
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Record ID: LIN-CFD682
Object type: AXE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, but encrusted and corroded, iron axe head of Roman or Anglo-Saxon date. It has a curved and flaring blade. The axe expands to the poll end, which curves downwards, is flat and rectangular in form. The eye through which the axe would have originally have been hafted is oval and partly filled with iron corrosion that might be covering mineralised wood. All surfaces of the axe show signs of extensive corrosive iron products and encrustation, but the axe appears complete. It measures 146mm in length, 67mm in width at poll end, 28mm in height at poll end, and 68mm in height at …
Created on: Thursday 14th February 2013
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2013
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Record ID: LIN-797DA2
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron L-shaped nail or hook. The nail shaft is circular in cross-section and has bar projecting at 90 degrees from the shaft. The terminal of the bar is downward pointing. Broadly similar examples are illustrated in Manning, but as this nail is unstratified it is difficult date with any certainty.
Created on: Wednesday 8th September 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 14th September 2010
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Record ID: LIN-D4FAC2
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete iron barb-spring padlock. The padlock comprises a hollow body that is D-shaped in cross-section measuring 47mm x 18mm x 20mm. The body has a rectangular key hole at one end into which the bolt is pushed. The bolt protrudes from opening and turns to a right angle to grasp another bar that runs parallel to the body of the lock. The lock would have opened by inserting an L-shaped key through the slit at the opposite end of the case. The barb-spring padlock first appeared in Britain at the very end of the Iron Age, and numerous examples are discussed in Manning, 1985, p. 95, a…
Created on: Monday 26th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: LIN-922FC3
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded iron T-shaped lift key from a Roman tumbler lock. The key is of the form numbered '1' in Manning's (1985, 91; fig. 25) typology:the stem is rectangular in cross-section andterminates with an achor-shaped bit with a single tooth on either side of the stem. The suspension loop at the top is missing. A wide Roman date has been given since such keys have emerged from different archaeological contexts and because the form is an enduring one (see below, 'Notes').
Created on: Tuesday 11th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heckington Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-66BDF3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron looped terminal, perhaps from a Romano-British bracelet or torc. The terminal is made from circular-sectioned wire and has a loop made from three turns. Below the loop the wire forms the beginning of a shaft by forming tight circles.
Created on: Monday 15th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F11647
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible fragment of an iron Hod Hill brooch. The fragment is very corroded and so a certain identification is not possible, however the object is in the shape of an early Roman Hod Hill brooch, having a flat rectangular body with the remains of what appear to be circular side-knops. The 'foot' is triangular in plan, flat and has a ?circular terminal.
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Threekingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-CB0955
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Roman iron slide key. The shaft is rectangular in cross-section and has an oval loop at one end and a right angled worn and incomplete bit at the other end.
Created on: Friday 26th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-DC1ED1
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron slide key for a Roman tumbler lock. At its terminal it has a circular loop leading into a trapezoidal stem. Below, the stem contracts to a width of 8mm from 23mm. The bit of the key projects from the handle at a right angle. The bit has four teeth on the angled stem, and one tooth on the shaft. In total it measures 95mm in length, 35mm in width and 9mm in thickness. Similar slide keys can be found illustrated in Manning (1995, 266, 267; refs. 8-10); at Usk they were found in pre-Flavian contexts. Crummy (1983, 125) explains that slide keys raised the tumblers engage…
Created on: Wednesday 16th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 18th July 2019
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Record ID: LIN-BC8ED3
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron spear with integral shaft. The shaft is solid and vesica-shaped in cross-section. The blade is leaf shaped and is missing some of its tip and perimeter. The surface is very corroded. The shaft measures 12.9mm x 11.91mm.
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-C394A8
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron L-shaped nail or wall hook. The nail is circular in cross-section and has a curved 'beak-like' terminal. The pointed end of the shank is bent to a right angle, which may have been done after the nail was driven into the wood in order to make good the terminal. The nail could have been used as a wall hook roof tile clamp.
Created on: Monday 5th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-C38F33
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron L-shaped nail or wall hook. The nail is circular in cross-section and has a curved 'beak-like' terminal. The nail could have been used as a wall hook roof tile clamp.
Created on: Monday 5th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-C38514
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron L-shaped nail or wall hook. The nail is circular in cross-section and has a curved 'beak-like' terminal. The nail could have been used as a wall hook roof tile clamp.
Created on: Monday 5th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-C36022
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron T-shaped nail or wall hook. The nail is square in cross-section. The nail could have been used as a roof tile clamp.
Created on: Monday 5th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-5A05C8
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large iron tumbler lock slide key. The key has a solid rectangular handle with slightly rounded corners and a circular suspension loop at the top. There is a short square sectioned shank below leading at a right angle into a solid rectangular bit. The bit where it leaves the handle is slightly narrowed.
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Kesteven', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-866964
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron L-shaped nail or wall hook. The nail is circular in cross-section. The nail could have been used as a wall hook or as a roof tile clamp.
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-866305
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron L-shaped nail or wall hook. The nail is circular in cross-section. The nail could have been used as a wall hook or as a roof tile clamp.
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-8659B1
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron L-shaped nail or wall hook. The nail is circular in cross-section. The nail could have been used as a wall hook or as a roof tile clamp.
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-B39242
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron L-shaped nail or wall hook. The nail is circular in cross-section. The nail could have been used as a wall hook or as a roof tile clamp.
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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