Record ID: SWYOR-041FF4
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper of unknown date, Mesolithic to Iron Age, 10000 BC - 1 BC. It is a scraper formed on a secondary flake of pink grey flint which has a small patch of cortex on the right side. It is rounded in plan. The distal end and sides have short, abrupt, scaled retouch to form a rounded scraper. The flint is 37.7mm long, 37.4mm wide and 10.8mm thick. 8.3g.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2022
Last updated: Saturday 11th February 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-978FF6
Object type: BORER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint borer of unknown date, from the Mesolithic period to the Iron Age, 10,000 BC - 1 BC. It is formed on a tertiary flake of opaque light grey to cream flint. It is roughly D shaped in plan. The proximal end has been shaped into a point but there is retouch on all the sides. The retouch is not continuous but is short, sub-parallel and abrupt, becoming more scaled round the point. The flint is 24.6mm long, 15.3mm wide and 3.9mm thick. 1.78g. 
Created on: Monday 27th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-87095C
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete unidentified copper alloy object. Its patina and decoration suggest a Roman or medieval date, although until its function can be ascertained this cannot be estimated with any confidence. The object has a length of 67.75mm, a maximum width of 11.32mm, and a maximum thickness of 5.34mm. It weighs 16.00g. The object tapers from its complete wider end (11.32mm) to its broken narrower end (7.92mm). In side elevation the wider end is thinner than the narrower end which is hollow, the sides folded in on the reverse to form a C shaped end section with a butt joint in the centre …
Created on: Monday 4th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-311F11
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A dark blue glass bead of unknown date. It is annular with a D-shaped cross-section and has a fairly large (4.3mm diameter) central circular perforation running between the two flat faces. Circumferential striations are visible in the glass. It is 10.2mm diameter, 5mm thick and 0.61g. It is impossible to date a bead of this type without further context or dating evidence. They have been found in Roman and Early Medieval contexts but are also found from the later and onward into modern times. Compare YORYM-EDA868
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 17th August 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-1A2E28
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy tool, probably an engraving tool, burin, chisel, awl, punch or stylus, of uncertain date, Roman to Post Medieval. It is a rod which is circular in section, 4.6mm diameter. At one end it tapers to a square section and then reduced to a point. At the other end is a flattened globular head of 6.5mm diameter and 3.2mm thick. The object has a well developed smooth green patina. It would also work as a nail but seems to be better made than that. Overall, the object is 67.5mm long, 6.5mm diameter and 7.67g. No close paralle has yet been identified. Compare KENT-3D7382 and SWYO…
Created on: Monday 15th August 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 17th August 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-57BF93
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead spindle whorl of unknown date, Iron Age to Post Medieval, about 100 BC - AD 1600. It is perhaps more likely to be Early Medieval or Medieval. The whorl is discoidal with two flat faces of equal size and slightly curved sides, making it a Coppergate Type B2. There is no visible decoration. The central hole is 8.4mm diameter and there is a circumferential groove in the middle of the internal side wall. The whorl has a cream coloured patina. It is 25.8mm diameter, 10.5mm thick and 41.72g. The Finds Recording Guide (Geake, 2001, unpublished, page 64) notes that spindle whorls …
Created on: Monday 6th June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 27th January 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-60F411
Object type: AWL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy tanged awl of unknown date. Many are recorded as possibly Bronze Age, but as the design of awls changed very little, it could also be much more recent. The awl has two different cross-sections. For two fifths of its length is has a sub-circular cross-section, tapering to a point. The rest of the tool is square in cross-section, tapering to a wide wedge; this end s the tang and would have been hafted. The awl has a well developed dark brown patina. It is 51.8mm long, 5.6mm wide and 5.2mm thick. 5.53g. Compare for example, SF7553.
Created on: Monday 25th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-672A3B
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Retouched flint blade of broad Mesolithic to Neolithic date, about 9000 BC - 2200 BC. The flint is a light grey coloured, semi-translucent, tertiary blade. It is sub-rectangular in plan, curving at the distal end, and sub-trapezoid in section. There is short, semi-abrupt, sub-parallel retouch ont he right side form the ventral face. It is 40.9mm long, 12.9mm wide and 5.6mm thick. 2.39g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-670803
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Retouched flint blade of broad Mesolithic/Neolithic date (9000 - 2200 BC). The flint is a dark yellow and grey coloured, opaque, tertiary blade. It is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-trapezoid in section. There is some sporadic short, sub-parallel semi-abrupt, retouch on both long edges, particularly at the distal right side. It is 57mm long, 12.7mm wide and 10.7mm thick. 5.76g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-66FAFB
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Retouched flint blade of broad Mesolithic/Neolithic date (9000 - 2200 BC). The flint is a light grey coloured, translucent, tertiary blade. It is sub-rectangular shaped in plan and sub-trapezoid in section with parallel dorsal ridges. There is some irregular short, scaled, semi-abrupt, soft hammer retouch on both long edges. It is 35.2mm long, 17.6mm wide and 8.6mm thick. 5.76g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-66DF1C
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of 14 pieces of flint debitage, all blades, probably dating from the late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic, about 8000 - 3300 BC. There are 13 tertiary blades and one secondary. Most pieces have a cream patina.
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-38D72D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified iron and copper alloy object of unknown date, possibly Post Medieval. The object is an incomplete sub-circular loop of iron with a copper alloy casing, consisting of (probably) seven triangular lobes, integrally cast, each projecting outwards. The space inside the loop is thus heptagonal. Four of the lobes survive, with two partial ones remaining at the ends. There is space for one more posited matching example, but this area could equally have had a different feature or an attachment point. There appears to be a groove across the loop between most of the pairs of proj…
Created on: Monday 23rd November 2015
Last updated: Monday 23rd November 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-C52262
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy miniature sword, perhaps a toy, of unknown date, probably Medieval or Post Medieval. The sword is in the form of a broad sword. It has a rounded pommel, sub-rectangular sectioned grip, getting wider towards the guard which is rectangular in cross-section with rounded pointed ends. The blade is hexagonal in cross-section, is not sharp, and has a rounded tip. The blade of the sword is bent in several places. Themetal has a smooth green patina. There is no evidence of any attachment. It is 78.6mm long, 17.2mm wide and 4.5mm thick. 10.9g. There are no close parallels on the…
Created on: Tuesday 25th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 25th August 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-B828CD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sheet buckle plate, of Medieval or possibly Early Medieval date. The piece is formed of a sub-rectangular strip of copper alloy, folded in half where it would have been wrapped round the buckle frame, and now broken across the hinges. It is wider at the frame end than at the attachment end. The hinges are notched to accomodate the sides of the frame and there is a slot for the pin. The frame and pin are missing. At the attachment end is a single copper alloy, central rivet. The plate has a light grey green patina. It is 25.7mm long, 10.8mm wide and 3.6mm thick. 2.03g.…
Created on: Monday 24th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 25th August 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-B8108C
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sheet fitting, possibly a strap end or plate for a folding strap clasp, of Medieval or possibly Early Medieval date. The piece is formed of a sub-rectangular strip of copper alloy, just starting to bend back on itself at one end where it would have been wrapped round the bar of the clasp frame, or folded round the strap. At the other end is a single central copper alloy rivet. The sheet has a grey green patina. It is 15.7mm long, 11.8mm wide and 2.4mm thick across the rivet. 0.84g. SOM-564945 is a broadly similar object and notes that Egan and Pritchard (1993:159) …
Created on: Monday 24th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 25th August 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-8FE7E7
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragmentary silver unidentified object of possible Early Medieval date, possibly a Viking finger ring or a Saxon strap end. The object is a piece of sheet silver, in two pieces and incomplete, with tapering sides from 10.5mm wide at the wider end of the large fragemnt, to 7.3mm wide at the opposite end. The sheet is 0.8mm thick but is bent and distorted. It is not clear where the detached piece fits, and there may be pieces missing from between the two. One face of the object is decorated. It has three longitudinal incised lines, one along the centre and one 2-3mm from each side. Th…
Created on: Friday 17th July 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 29th June 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-279A63
Object type: PROCESSIONAL CROSS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy cross-shaped finial of probably Post Medieval date, possibly a mount from a processional cross, censer lid, or even from a piece of furniture. The cruciform terminal has arms which are circular in section and which termiate in a globular sub-spherical knops with a thin collar. The knop at the base of the lower arm has a patinated break t its base showing that it was originally larger and/or was attached to another object. The metal has a well developed grey green patina. It has been surprisingly difficult to find parallels on the database, but objects with some similari…
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 30th June 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-A298FA
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval or Post Medieval (12th to mid 19th centuries) cooking vessel leg. In plan the leg is a sub-rectangle with both ends broken. The outer face has a central vertical ridge. The surface has a glossy brown patina. The leg measures 48.6mm long, 39.4mm wide and 11.9mm thick. 105g. It is uncertain what type of vessel this leg comes from, but Egan (1998) comments that commonly used cooking vessels in the Medieval period include skillets, ewers, and cauldrons. According to Butler, Green and Payne (2009) cited in WAW-563E3E, "From about AD 1100, cast copper alloy vessels...wer…
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 7th May 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-045033
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fitting, perhaps from a strap or harness of unknown date, but possibly Iron Age or Roman. The object, perhaps a strap union, consists of a chunky rectangular loop which extends at one end into an angular bead-like moulding (biconical) which links the rectangular loop to a smaller circular loop. There is possible slight wear at the far end of the circular loop, perhaps suggesting that the fitting was suspended here. The whole object is thick and stocky, but the apertures of the loops are unusually small for harness; the circular loop has an internal diameter of 4.2mm and…
Created on: Monday 23rd March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 24th March 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-DCCEF6
Object type: NET SINKER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy, cast, probable net weight or net sinker of uncertain date, about 200 BC - AD 1900. It is oval in plan, an elongated hexagon in section and has a circular hole running through its length. The casting seams along the sides have been trimmed. Another hole in the centre of one side is probably a casting flaw. There is no decoration. The metal has a smooth yellow patina. The weight is 32.3mm long, 17.94mm wide and 9.6mm thick. 28.26g. It was probably used as a fishing weight or more likely a net weight for catching game. Compare KENT-ADB2C7 which cites Detector Finds 2, Go…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
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