Record ID: NLM-E3C94D
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead bag seal. Cast disc with a slot in its edge and an opposed bifurcated slot, to function as a drawstring bag closure. Both sides bear the central motif of the Pelican in its Piety, the brand mark of Earles Cement Co. Partial legends on both sides read: [EAR]LES LIMITED. Patinated. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950 Diameter: 21.1mm, Thickness (at edge): 7.5mm, Weight: 10.07gms
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Faldingworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E3A1B2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Tealby penny of Henry II (1154-1189), issue of 1158-1180, as kindly identified by the finder. Obverse description: bust left, sceptre before face. Legend at edge of flan not deciphered. Reverse description: cross potent with a crosslet in each angle. Initial cross potent. Reverse inscription: +hENRI.ON:S:[--] Diameter: 20.1mm, Weight: 1.38gms, die axis: 12
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Faldingworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E388CA
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Cast bar mount with a central concavo-convex boss wih incised horizontal grooves and opposed rounded lobes for attachment, one retaining a rivet of diameter 1.2mm and length4.4mm. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1400 Length: 19.4mm, Height (i.e. projection): 3.6mm, Weight: 1.71gms
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E359C3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin. Radiate indeterminate, probably a later Roman irregular barbarous radiate of 275-285, Reece period 14. The finder kindly notes the appearance of cut corners and suggests a possible use as a ring bezel, albeit coin-type features appear on both sides. Obverse description: radiate head right. Reverse description: looks like a head right with blundered legend. Reverse inscription: [--] ROV Diameter: 14.7mm, Weight: 0.67gms, die axis: possibly 12
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E340B0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Long cross penny, probably clipped and certainly folded [in the same ‘open’ manner as NLM-E29D79 but with reverse outermost], probably of Henry V (1413-1422), York mint, possibly North no. 1403 Obverse description: facing bust with wide bifoliate crown whose ornaments may touch each other, cinquefoil/mullet to left of crown Reverse description: long cross, three pellets in each angle, central quatrefoil Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/EBO/[RACI] Diameter: 17.3mm, Weight: 0.86gms, die axis: probably 12
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E31CD6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin. Rose farthing of Charles I (1625-1649), probably Spink no. 3203, Rose Type 3, issue of 1625-1643 Obverse description: arched crown with sceptres passing through its band, lower ends of sceptres cross inner circle. Mintmark possibly Mullet or star of five points Obverse inscription: CAROLVS.D.G.M[--]BRI Reverse description: crowned rose, large crown. Reverse inscription: FRA:ET.hI.[--] Diameter: 14.0mm, Weight: 1.15gms, die axis: 12
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E30159
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button. Cast plano-convex discoid button with a moulded eight-armed left hand spiral or impeller motif with a central pellet and a billeted border on its front, and with an integrally cast and drilled shank. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1750 Height: 16.3mm, Diameter: 13.9mm, Weight: 3.97gms
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E2E439
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Probably a round long cross halfpenny or penny, issue of 1280-1483, York mint, very worn Obverse description: facing bare shouldered bust, tall probably bifoliate crown, inner circle – the latter possibly duplicated by double striking. Legend lost. Reverse description: long cross, three pellets in each angle Reverse inscription: CIVI/T[AS/EBO/RACI] Diameter: 16.3mm, Weight: 0.73gms, die axis: probably 3
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E2C22A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Long cross penny of Edward I (1272-1307) class 4c issue of 1282-1289, possibly from a hoard with NLM-E29D79, so submitted to Treasure process, ref. TBC Obverse description: facing bust with wide trifoliate crown with nicked band left, drapery of angled wedges, long face with pointed chin, initial cross potent. Obverse inscription: +EDW R’ ANGL’ DNS hYB Reverse description: long cross, three pellets in each angle. Reverse inscription: .CIVI/TAS/LON/DON Diameter: 18.7mm, Weight: 1.32gms, die axis: 5
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E29D79
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Long cross penny, probably of Edward II (1307-1327), probably class 10cf5 issue of 1307-1310, folded with obverse outermost. Possibly from a hoard with NLM-E2C22A, so submitted to Treasure process, ref. TBC Obverse description: facing bust with wide bifoliate crown with curved band; initial cross pattee. Obverse inscription: +[E]DWAR [?]ANGL DNS hYB Reverse description: long cross, three pellets in each angle. Small lettering. Reverse inscription: [CIVI/TAS/LON/DON] Diameter: 18.4mm, Weight: 1.25gms, die axis: probably 6
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E268F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin. Milled halfpenny of George III (1760-1820), dated 1799, third issue, Birmingham mint. Obverse description: small bust laureate draped right. Obverse inscription: GEORGIUS III DEI GRA [--]R[-] Reverse description: Britannia seated left holding sprig aloft. Date – 1799 – in exergue Reverse inscription: [BRITANNIA] Diameter: 30.4mm, Weight: 11.82gms, die axis: 6
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E24B41
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin. Minim. Nummus, possibly of the House of Valentinian (364-378) or possibly later still, small module Victory left, possibly Reece period 19. If so, possibly Arles mint. Obverse description: small bust diademed right Reverse description: Victory advancing left. Reverse inscription: possibly [SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE] In exergue: possibly COS Diameter: 11.5mm, Weight: 1.04gms, die axis: probably 12
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6A6BF1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin. Nummus of the House of Constantine (306-361), Gloria Exercitus issue of 335-341, Reece period 17 Obverse description: youthful head laureate right, stiff vertical hair and large eye. Obverse inscription: [--]ONST  [--] Reverse description: two soldiers with one standard between them, object like a fat pine tree on standard. Reverse inscription: [GLORI] A EXERC [ITVS] Diameter: 14.4mm, Weight: 1.08gms, die axis: 12
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6A509C
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible jetton fragment. A large module probably milled jetton with about one third of the flan lost, possibly with white metal plating. Possibly Post-Medieval issue of 1500-1600 Obverse description: legend in outer circle, uncertain or no central subject. Obverse inscription: (--)RA:[----]:RPS:.FDo(--) Reverse description: possible wreath or swag in outer part of the field but within circle. Reverse inscription: (--)OXLVS.IN ---](--) Diameter: 30.5mm, Weight: 4.11gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6A31DE
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy token. Milled halfpenny token, private issue, dated 1797 Obverse description: florid WC monogram over a thin Stafford knot Obverse inscription: probably HALFPENNY Reverse description: A castle or factory with three towers or chimneys, the central being the tallest, with some detail of doors or windows. Date in exergue: 1797 Diameter: 29mm, Weight: 8.70gms, die axis: 6
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6A0E57
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible purse bar fragment. Cast bar of lentoid section, broken at either end, in one case across a conical drilled pit. If not part of a purse bar, possibly a balance arm, spoon stem or implement handle. Suggested date: Late Medieval to Early Post-Medieval, 1400-1600 Length: 74.5mm, Width: 8.1mm, Thickness: 5.8mm, Weight: 19.97gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-69A3A9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin. Radiate of Tetricus I (271-274) struck on a markedly oval flan, Reece period 13. Obverse description: radiate bust draped right, seen from behind. Obverse inscription: [---]CVS AVG Reverse description: draped figure standing left with small objects to left and right, strong exergual line. Diameter: 17.9mm, Weight: 2.03, die axis: 3
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6985F5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin fragment. Voided short cross cut halfpenny of John (1199-1216), probably class 5 issue of 1204-1209, with about one third of the flan lost to ragged chips though what remains is in good condition. Probably struck by moneyer Willelm, most likely at London mint. Obverse description: facing bust with sceptre left, hair [left] of two neat curls and pellets, beard of fine strokes. Obverse inscription: hE(----)EX Reverse description: voided short cross, quatrefoil in its angles; initial cross potent. Reverse inscription: +WILL(---) Diameter (in excess of): 16.3mm, Weight: 0…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-695BC4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast sub-rectangular frame of rounded to lentoid section with a rounded slightly expanded and thinned outer edge and a strap bar set back from the frame. A cast and collared pin is looped round the strap bar; its mid-part is crazed and corroded. The frame bears extensive traces of a thick black coating resembling a stove enamel while the pin bears white metal plating. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Length: 27.6mm, Height: 21.3mm, Thickness (frame): 3.9mm, Weight: 5.73gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-693A63
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Long cross penny of Edward I (1272-1307), possibly class 3cd issue of 1280 Obverse description: facing bust with wide trifoliate crown with curved band, oval face, initial cross potent. Obverse inscription: +EDW R’ [AN]GL’ DNS [h]YB Reverse description: long cross, three pellets in each angle. Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON, large letters Diameter: 17.7mm, Weight: 1.10gms, die axis: 3
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-69336F
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval copper-alloy stirrup mount, dating to c.AD 1000 - 1100. Williams (1997) Class A,Type 9. The stirrup is sub-trapezoidal in plan and rectangular in section. The upper edge exhibits a projecting lobe with a central rivet hole for attachment. Below is an anthropomorphic facing mask with recessed eyes of differing shapes, a central moulded trapezoidal nose and two transverse mouldings indicating the mouth. Engraved lines above the eye sockets and to either side of the nose are presumably intended to indicate the brow line and facial hair. Projecting backwards from the bott…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-691CF7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible buckle fragment, as kindly suggested by the finder albeit the object is now both thin and asymmetrical in its form. A single oval loop with a pointed spur on its outer edge, and a bulbous integrally cast plate with a drilled hole here taken to be provided for a pin [lost]. A relict curving spur on the inner edge of the plate might point to the former presence of a second loop. Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1400 Length: 30.1mm, Height: 19.7mm, Thickness: 1.5mm, Weight: 2.02gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-68FDB9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Long cross round penny of Edward IV (second reign, 1471-1483), York mint under Archbishop Booth (1476-1480), Spink no. 2132; worn chipped oval flan. Obverse description: facing bare-shouldered bust with a tall bifoliate crown whose ornaments appear to touch, B left of shoulders, key to right. Legend lost. Reverse description: long cross with three pellets in each angle, central quatrefoil. Diameter (long axis): 15.3mm, Weight: 0.52gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-68C396
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Sixpence of William III (1694-1702), issue of 1695-1700, bent twice to S-profile as a keepsake. Obverse description: bust laureate right. Obverse inscription: [--]IEMVS [--] Reverse description: cruciform shields. Reverse inscription: [--] A  [--] Diameter: 20.9mm, Weight: 2.39gms, die axis: 6
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-68A585
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable coin. Radiate or nummus indeterminate, later Roman issue of 260-410 on an uneven flan which has been bent to concavo-convex form. No discernible detail remains on either side. Diameter: 15.7mm, Weight: 1.17gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-688964
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy figurine. Pressed metal naturalistically rendered concavo-convex skull, of a narrow and elongated form possibly emphasised by light squashing. Traces of black coating appear on the dome of the skull, perhaps polished by wear against clothing. The memento mori was a motif which gained understandable currency in times of Plague, in the later 14th century as in the later 17th. The black coating may hint at a later date in the available range. Suggested date: Late Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1350-1700 Length: 23.6mm, Width: 11.4mm, Thickness (wall): 0.4mm, Weight: 1.01gms.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-68671D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. A small cast oval frame, plain save for a nicked pin rest on the inside of the outer edge, with opposed housings for a separate steel spindle [lost]. Slightly curved in profile. The size points to use as a knee buckle. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1660-1720 Length: 22.3mm, Height: 18.7mm, Thickness (at housing): 3mm, Weight: 2.48gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-684A91
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle fragment. Cast housing for a spindle [lost] from a two-piece buckle with a plain rounded frame. The grey tint may arise from tin in the metal mix. The size hints at a shoe buckle. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1660-1790 Length: 19.9mm, Height: 10.2mm, Thickness (at housing): 6mm, Weight: 3.68gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-682910
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin fragment. Voided long cross cut halfpenny, about one third lost; probably of Henry III (1216-1272), possibly London mint, possibly class 5 issue of 1250-1272 Obverse description: facing bust, hair [right] of two neat curls and pellets; round eye. Obverse inscription: hENRI(---) Reverse description: voided long cross, three pellets in its angle. Reverse inscription: (--)VND Diameter (in excess of): 13mm, Weight: 0.36gms, die axis: probably 12
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-671BD6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy finger ring fragment. Cast oval bezel and tapered D-section shoulders of a small finger ring. The bezel is flat with two circular recesses or cells, the position of which is marked by rounded protrusions on the back of the bezel. Both contain rust-coloured soil, one has reflective material in its base which may hint at a lost enamel. Suggested date: possibly Roman, 43-410 Internal Diameter: 15.3mm, Width (overall): 18.6mm, Width (of bezel): 10.8mm, Thickness of bezel: 1.9mm, Weight: 2.51gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-66CA1B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin. Probably a radiate indeterminate, later Roman issue of 260-296 on a worn abraded oval flan retaining no discernible detail on either side. Diameter (long axis): 14.6mm, Weight: 1.43gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-66AD48
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible button. A small plain flat disc, with the ghost of a central scar on the more textured side which may indicate the loss of a loop. Possibly burnt. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Diameter: 12.6mm, Thickness: 1.4mm, Weight: 1.29gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-669364
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin. Probably a radiate indeterminate, later Roman issue of 260-296 on a worn oval flan retaining no clearly discernible detail on either side. Diameter (long axis): 16.5mm, Weight: 0.80gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-662ECA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast asymmetrical sub-rectangular single looped buckle frame, with one rounded end and one with angled corners, of flat-backed triangular section overall. A simple if uncommon form not featured by Whitehead (1996). Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700 Length: 29.9mm, Height: 21.8mm, Thickness: 3.8mm, Weight: 5.63gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6608F1
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver gilt pilgrim badge. A circular plate bearing the framed image of the Virgin and Child, the Virgin crowned and with sceptre and the Child haloed, viewed against a cross-hatched ground within a cabled inner border, a gutter, and an outer frame which is externally lined. A probably integrally cast D-section bar passes behind the image and across its flat plain back and is broken at the site of a sharp curve. Gilded overall, chipped. The finder kindly offers the suggestion that the object was a pendant, but the image is designed to be viewed when the bar is horizontal. This feature …
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-65E80A
Object type: FOB
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold and glass fob seal, as kindly identified by the finder. A thin casing of reddish gold with a billeted band passing round three sides to afford grip and with a billeted frame for a flat polished opaque black glass gem engraved with the image of a snake passing left through long grass, with the reversed legend above: BEWARE. The base of the casing is dented. Richard Hudson kindly and promptly comments as follows: 'I was just looking through the Finds Database and came across the fob NLM-65E80A. It has been described as depicting a snail in the grass but I’d suggest that th…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-65C698
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Voided long cross cut halfpenny of Henry III (1216-1272), probably Class 5a issue of 1250-1256, possibly moneyer Willem at Canterbury mint Obverse description: bust lost, inner circle. Obverse inscription: (--)RICVS RE(--) Reverse description: voided long cross, three pellets in each angle. Reverse inscription: WIL/--/--)/AN Diameter: 18.5mm, Weight: 0.60gms, die axis; probably 6
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-65A7F8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), dated 1595 so Sixth issue, London mint. Obverse description: bust left, rose behind head. Obverse inscription: [---]ET.HIB.REGINA Reverse description: Shield of Arms, long cross, date over shield: 15 95 Reverse inscription: POSVI/[--]AD/IVTORE/M’ [--] Diameter: 26mm, Weight: 2.81gms, die axis: 6
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6586E2
Object type: POWDER FLASK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead powder flask cap. A small cylindrical vessel with thickened rim, now squashed closed. A small loop is flattened against the lower side, for strung attachment to the flask. A vertical strengthening rib appears on one side of the lid, with a mould line opposite. Patinated. The smaller of two similar objects presented together. This is the cap from a powder flask. A powder flask might be used singly by a sportsman or might be carried on a bandolier as one of the ‘twelve apostles’ to equip a musketeer. It held a single measured charge. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-656813
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible mount fragment. A pressed metal openwork plate in the form of a crescentic or lyre-shaped curl surmounted by a pellet at either rounded and expanded end – perhaps representing thistle heads - and with a small vertical leaf motif between them. Textured on one side but gilded on both. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Width: 18mm, Height: 15.5mm, Thickness: 1.1mm, Weight: 0.97gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-650C0A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast double looped or spectacle buckle with a small knop at either end of a central narrowed strap bar. A round cast buckle plate of thickness 1.4mm with a narrower sub-triangular back part is folded round the strap bar and was secured on the strap [lost] by three domed rivets of head diameter 2.6mm with pointed ends. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650 Length (as found): 26.9mm, Height: 17.6mm, Thickness (frame): 2.3mm, Weight: 4.94gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-64E96A
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle whorl, as kindly identified by the finder. Cast biconical whorl with a central moulded aperture of diameter 10mm. Moulded decoration on one side comprises thirteen or fourteen rays, some converging with their neighbours to form the points of an irregular and incomplete star, and with [usually] a single pellet in each of the compartments so defined. The other side appears to bear fewer lines and pellets in pairs. A moulded circumferential rib marks the meeting of the two halves. Crushed on one side with consequent local distortion. Patinated. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, …
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-64B75A
Object type: POWDER FLASK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead powder flask cap. A small cylindrical vessel with thickened rim, now squashed closed. Patinated. This is the cap from a powder flask. A powder flask might be used singly by a sportsman or might be carried on a bandolier as one of the ‘twelve apostles’ to equip a musketeer, and contained a measured charge. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700 Width: 32.1mm, Height: 18.3mm, Thickness (overall at base): 18.4mm, Weight: 23.78gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6499AD
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible spoon fragment. A scrap of cast lead alloy with one flat face, one with a triangular chevroned ridge, and broken on all its edges. The ridged side is here interpreted as the reinforcement of the meeting of stem and bowl. A grey tint may suggest a relatively recent date for the object while a partly delaminated appearance is typical of homemade spoons. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1800 Length: 20mm, Width: 15.9mm, Thickness: 4.6mm, Weight: 3.80gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-647BDE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle fragment. Cast expanded and canted outer edge from a buckle frame, probably single looped. The texture of moulded decoration on the display side is more readily felt than observed. Suggested date: Medieval, 1300-1400 Length: 17mm, Height: 27.5mm, Thickness: 2mm, Weight: 2.64gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-645A9C
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable purse bar fragment. A cast D-section bar with a double collar separating bar from a small pointed ridged and possibly zoomorphic terminal (cf. Williams Class A), and with a U-shaped drilled loop projecting from its flat side. If the identification were sustained this would have been an unusually light and dainty purse. Suggested date: Late Medieval to Early Post-Medieval, 1450-1550 Length: 34.7mm, Height: 13.8mm, Thickness (bar): 6mm, Weight: 4.49gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-642ECB
Object type: WIRE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy wire fragment. A fragment of probably drawn thick [diameter 4.1mm] wire bent to S-shape and partly melted and mangled at either end. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950 Length: 38.7mm, Width: 16.1mm, Thickness: 4.7mm, Weight: 6.00gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6407D4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unidentified object fragment, possibly part of a strap fitting. A cast bar, now part-melted, to which are attached the expanded ends of a small integrally cast spool-shaped object of length 14.2mm with expanded round ends with a space 9.4mm wide between bar and spool. A function entailing the constraint of a light strap might explain this form. The melting of the object is unlikely to have come about accidentally. Suggested date: possibly Roman, 43-410 Length: 28.1mm, Width: 15.4mm, Thickness (bar): 6.3mm, Weight: 6.34gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-55647D
Object type: STUD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy stud. Cast domed stud with a light in-turn at its base and with a short [4.6mm] square-section shank protruding from a flat base [tip lost]. Probably from furniture or a box. Suggested date: possibly Roman, 43-410. Height: 15.9mm, Diameter: 16.4mm, Weight: 10.40gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5540C3
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy thimble. Cast open-topped thimble or sewing ring with four or five horizontal rows of hand-stamped pits, possibly in a right hand spiral arrangement ascending the wall. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1400-1500 Diameter: 19.1mm, Height: 11.3mm, Thickness: 1.5mm, Weight: 5.40gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-552405
Object type: ROOF TILE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ceramic building material. Buff reduced fabric with occasional calcareous inclusions [rock] to length 4mm. Handmade roof tile fragment with one straight edge, and with the imprints of a sanded surface on its underside where the green or unfired tile was laid, and either glaze or vitrification traces on the smoothed upper surface. The glaze might suggest this to be part of a ridge tile or roof furniture, which were often glazed; the object is thinner than a plain ceramic roof tile. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1400 Width: 38mm, Thickness: 12.1mm, Weight: 26.29gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-550A69
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy vessel fragment. A shard probably from the everted rim of a cast vessel with incised lines at the top and bottom of its putative rim. These lines may be formed by the lathe finishing of a vessel. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1700 Height: 15.9mm, Width: 20.2mm, Thickness: 2.0mm, Weight: 3.25gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-54EB01
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bell. Cast rumbler bell, of spherical form and one-piece construction, formed by the inward folding and closing of four sub-triangular leaves and with a small oval integral top loop, now broken across a small drilled hole. Traces of gilding appear. Probably for attachment to clothing, or even a jester’s hat given this is an unusually massy example (cf. Egan and Prtichard 1991, fig. 219). Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1400 Height: 25.5mm, Diameter: 21.9mm, Weight: 13.10gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-54C694
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast discoid weight with an uneven surface with off-centre dimple and a flat base; perhaps cast in an open mould suggesting the flat side to have been uppermost at the time of fabrication. Opposed pairs of nicks appear on the flat side. The metal retains a grey tint suggesting its relatively recent date. Though a weight close to this mass was reported from the London waterfront (Egan 1998, table 15) though it was not thought to respect any prevailing standard. This object might alternatively represent one and a half averdepois ounces, perhaps as a homemade weight for the k…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-549D42
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bell. Cast one-piece spherical animal bell, with opposed blowholes in its upper hemisphere and opposed sounding holes linked by a slot in the lower. Incised letters next to the slot may be a maker’s or owner’s mark, possibly reading I G. A pronounced circumferential rib marks the meeting of the two halves; the upper part is surmounted by a rectangular loop. Abraded, with loss of half the lower hemisphere and the clapper. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650 Height: 34.8mm, Diameter (at mid-rib): 30.3mm, Thickness (wall): 2.3mm, Weight: 25.06gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-54544C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast discoid weight with an uneven upper surface on which appear straight lines moulded in bold relief. The lines may represent two separate arrowhead forms or perhaps an untidy monogram including letter forms resembling M and V. On the base – or the top as cast in an open mould - there is a central dimple with a crudely incised triangle around it. Patinated. The combination of relief features, dimple and incised base recur in medieval London (e.g. Egan 1998 fig. 233 no. 993, see also no. 990) where they may respect a medieval standard (ibid. table 15), and were poss…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5435BB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible buckle fragment, as kindly suggested by the finder. A small cast loop with a markedly projecting lip in the zoomorphic form of a pointed beast head with prominent sub-triangular eyes or ears upstanding on top and with a grooved or hollowed underside; the putative strap bar is absent. The reddish tint of the metal is a feature often associated with Anglo-Scandinavian metalwork. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000 Length: 20.3mm, Height: 14.7mm, Thickness (at snout): 2.3mm, Weight: 1.25gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-54106C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch. A small cast Colchester derivative brooch with a sprung rear-hook fastening [spring lost], Mackreth type CD RH 5.k. Semi-circular or concave wings open behind are clasped by a plain bow of rounded section with the broken stub of a rearward-facing hook on the top of the bow. The bow tapers towards a plain foot though only an area of roughened texture may indicate the former position of a catch plate. Suggested date: Early Roman, 50-100 Length: 20.5mm, Width: 18.1mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 5.7mm, Weight: 3.18gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-53EE38
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible mount fragment. A pressed metal concavo-convex decorative plate of rhomboid form overall representing stems at the top over four florets and with three small leaves below, all these details appearing reversed on the back. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Length: 29.5mm, Width: 16.8mm, Thickness: 0.5mm, Weight: 0.87gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caistor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-53A0B2
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy harness pendant, as kindly identified by the finder. Cast lozengiform plate with an oval top loop at right angles to its display plane. The surface is crazed and the object slightly curled overall, perhaps both effects arising from the exposure of the object to intense heat. Despite this damage, the ghost of a border to a motif is discernible. Suggested date: Medieval, 1300-1400 Length: 45.7mm, Width: 34mm, Thickness (plate): 2mm, Weight: 9.32gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gayton le Wold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-537C75
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White metal ingot. A cast oval fragment of dense bright white metal which has been tightly rolled, hammered to round-ended cylindrical form and subsequently indented. Similar objects have been submitted to the Treasure process in the past as potential silver ingots, though they have frequently been considered of recent date by early medieval period specialists based at the British Museum, either with or without the identification of the material by laboratory investigation. The mass of the object does not coincide closely with that of a series of weights – derived from the Scandi…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-5349D2
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy heraldic harness pendant dating from the Medieval period, about AD 1200 - 1400. The pendant is hexagonal with six projections, five of which terminate with trefoils. The top arm expands and is bificated from which projects a loop that is rectangular in cross-section and has a raised collar. The loop is circular. The hexagonal plate is decorated with two enamelled halves: one red and one blue. The decoration is very worn and undecipherable. There are traces of gilding on the plate. The reverse is flat. Dark green patina. Length: 38.98 mm; Width: 27.10 mm;…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thorpe St. Peter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-533DAA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Voided long cross cut halfpenny of Henry III (1216-1272) by an uncertain moneyer – Wille [as here] is unlisted though a Willem does appear. Probably class 5b issue of 1250-1256 Obverse description: facing bust with sceptre left, hair [right] of two neat curls and pellets, beard of two lines of pellets. Obverse inscription: (---)ICVS RE  (---) Reverse description: voided long cross, three pellets in each angle. Reverse inscription: WIL/LE./(--) Diameter: 16.9mm, Weight: 0.61gms, die axis: possibly 6
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-532D1C
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy harness pendant hanger dating from the Medieval period, about AD 1200 - 1400. The hanger is D-shaped in cross-section and has a central sexfoil plate decorated with three raised flower, stems or branches terminating with a lobed head, possibly a quatrefoil but the pattern is very worn. Surrounding the stems are traces of red enamel. The plate has two plates projecting from two sides: one is broadly rectilinear with a rounded end with elongated rectangular knop at the terminal. A rivet hole, missing its rivet, sits centrally in the roun…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thorpe St. Peter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-531AAE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Halfpenny of Edward III (1327-1377); if not perhaps a penny of Edward IV (1461-1470 and 1471-1483), probably York mint. The tall crown of Edward III’s Fourth Coinage (1351-1377) is perhaps the earliest this coin’s obverse could belong to, so this should be a later medieval issue of 1351-1483 Obverse description: facing bare-shouldered bust with tall bifoliate crown whose ornaments appear to touch; initial mark Plain cross. Obverse inscription: possibly +E[---]ANGLI Reverse description: long cross, three pellets in each angle, central quatrefoil Reverse…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Welton le Wold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-52BFC1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch fragment. The lower part of the bow of a great square-headed brooch, in two joining fragments extending from below a putative mid-bow moulding [lost]. The uppermost part bears opposed sub-triangular lappets occupied by Salin style I decoration with a rectangular panel between them. The top of the rectangular panel is marked by a horizontal rib in relief with close-spaced cuts across it. The sides of the panel bear traces of a border of small crescentic stamps forming a zig-zag line to either side. A horizontally grooved but otherwise plain basal rib completes the re…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Raithby cum Maltby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-527083
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy socketed axe-head. Cast copper alloy axe-head with a crescentic cutting edge, a plain body with slightly concave upper and lower sides and a sub-rectangular socket measuring 32.7mm in height and 28.4mm in width [externally]. A single loop of length 23.5mm is set on one side on the mould line at a distance of 9.5mm from the socket. Six triangular-section fragments of pale buff and desiccated wood were presented along with the object together with smaller splinters and dust, with slight evidence of green staining, and are regarded by the finder as relict fragments of a woode…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Linwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-51DC83
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White metal ingot. A short cylindrical object with rounded ends and hammered overall. The metal is bright and dense. Similar objects have been submitted to the Treasure process in the past as potential silver ingots, though they have frequently been considered of recent date by early medieval period specialists based at the British Museum, either with or without the identification of the material by laboratory investigation. The mass of the object does not coincide closely with that of a series of weights – derived from the Scandinavian ora/ore - considered to have governed Vikin…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-51B8C3
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White metal and ?plastic possible cuff link fragment. A rectangular-section oval white metal oval frame retaining a partly melted and possibly plastic ‘stone’; the frame is broken. Suggested date: Modern, 1960-2000 Length: 17.5mm, Width: 12.4mm, Thickness: 7.2mm, Weight: 1.03gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-519808
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified object fragment. A small shard from a flat thin [1mm] plate which is broken on all sides and bears a figurative inscribed scene on one flat face. This depicts the head of a creature, perhaps a fish or serpent with a rather human-looking eye and expression, with flames or other issue from its elongated snout. This might represent some entirely different subject in this form, for example a constellation. A border interrupted by a triangular-topped feature appears below the image and indeterminate elements of the wider composition appear above. Suggested date: Late Medie…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-515F05
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin. Probably a sestertius indeterminate, Roman issue of 43-250, very worn Obverse description: worn smooth. Reverse description: rectangular object. Diameter: 29.3mm, Weight: 18.51gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-513E3C
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap fitting. A pair of cast and juxtaposed rings with an integrally cast triangular plate between them; an incised border outlines the triangle which also has an off-centre round moulded boss within it. Abraded. The massy casting may hint at a Roman date while the form points to a function as a strap union. Suggested date: possibly Roman, 43-410 Height: 20.9mm, Width: 36.8mm, Thickness: 3.7mm, Weight: 10.01gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-511B49
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bridle fitting. Cast cheekpiece comprising a pair of rhomboid loops connected by an integrally cast D-section bar with a central boss standing proud from its convex side. A smaller boss or pellet is moulded on each of the outer angles of each of the loops. The metal has a reddish tint often associated with Anglo-Scandinavian material. One loop is partly lost. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1100 Length: 57.7mm, Width: 21.8mm, Thickness (at central boss): 9.5mm, Weight: 14.28gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-50D59B
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead and iron nail fragment. Iron stub of a corroded nail shank with a flat-topped round lead head, possibly intended to retard the corrosion of the iron nail. The lead is patinated. Suggested date: possibly Post-Medieval, 1600-1800 Diameter: 15.9mm, Length: 10.6mm, Weight: 4.44gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4FBE48
Object type: BOBBIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible bobbin fragment. Part – perhaps two-thirds – of a small baluster-shaped spindle with a medial expansion of diameter 4.3mm with incised grooves to either side, across one of which it is broken, and with a drilled hole of diameter 2mm in its remaining expanded end. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1750-1850 Length: 23.3mm, Diameter (at end): 5.5mm, Weight: 1.67gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4F9339
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold possible coin. A small plano-convex disc, thickest on one side, featureless and worn on its convex side but retaining part of an image on the flat side: a small seated figure with right hand raised. The figure is similar to the Fallen Horseman on later Roman nummi of AD355-361 (Reece period 18). Andrew Brown kindly comments that the object should probably be regarded as a late Iron Age quarter stater, issue of Haselgrove Period 2 phase 4 or later, 80BC-20BC Suggested date: Late Iron Age, 80-20BC Diameter: 9.4mm, Thickness: 1.8mm, Weight: 1.39gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4F72CC
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy book clasp. A pair of plates of thickness 1.1mm, the outermost with straight sides and with a short U-shaped lug at one end, expanded and bifurcated towards a fishtail terminal at the other, where it is raggedly torn by rough removal from its setting. Howsam Class A.3. A plain subsidiary plate, perhaps a reinforcement or from the inner side of a book cover, is aligned with the main part of the object at its narrower end. Four stamped double ring and dot of diameter 7.1mm appear on the display side, two on the narrower part and one apiece on the branching or bifurcated fish…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4F51EA
Object type: NUT CRACKERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nutcrackers fragment. Part of one arm of a pair of nutcrackers – or shellfish crackers – with a rhomboid section stem expanded at its outer end to form a rectangular flat textured surface with faceted back, broken across its outer end, probably at the site of its articulation with a counterpart. The stem or handle is bent and broken. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800 Length: 61.1mm, Width: 12.7mm, Thickness (at outer end): 5.8mm, Weight: 20.78gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4F30C5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and lead possible button fragment. Cast lightly biconvex disc with a central round hole marking the loss of a separate loop from the middle of the back. The sheathing of a lead core is an unusual feature of what would be a rather massy form of fastener if the identification were upheld. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1800 Diameter: 24.4mm, Thickness: 6.5mm, Weight: 12.63gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4F03A3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and leather strap end. Cast rounded split inner end of a strap end which tapered towards a narrowed and longitudinally slotted terminal with an oval inner end to its slot. The preserved fabric of a ?leather strap remains trapped in the split end. Up to three large [diameter 3mm] rivets may have attached the object to the strap. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Length: 31.2mm, Width: 19.9mm, Thickness (overall): 4.6mm, Weight: 7.65gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4EE71A
Object type: PENKNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy penknife fragment. Cast medial plate and one end, from a folding pocketknife. The plano-convex section terminal is vertically grooved and the outer side of the plate rebated to receive a separate bone or ivory side plate for the handle [now lost]. A rivet lies at the outer end. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Length: 36.6mm, Height: 13.0mm, Thickness (at terminal): 2.5mm, Weight: 3.69gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4EA2ED
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap end fragment. Cast acorn knop of elongated form, springing from the rounded end of the spacer plate from a strap end of composite construction. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1400 Length: 21.5mm, Width: 13.9mm, Thickness: 4.3mm, Weight: 1.46gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4E8498
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy button copy. Cast plano-convex uniform button front bearing a Crown Imperial above a bugle with the number 20 between these features, and with a now-crescentic basal legend which probably extended round the button retaining the letters [--]TEERS [--]. This would seem to be the relict of the word Volunteers. There is no trace of a loop or its loss on a featureless smooth back. This is probably a casting taken from a 19th-century military uniform button. What is described above may suggest this to be from the periods of recruitment of volunteer or yeomanry regiments to defend …
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4E5D1D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy finger ring fragment. Cast ring fragment comprising a rectangular flat bezel and straight-sided shoulders, rounded within the band. Worn diagonal strokes, mostly lost to wear, frame the initials P R with additional lines and flourishes on the bezel – though not serving as a signet because the letters are inscribed the right way round. Each shoulder has a linear incised border bearing a rhomboid flower with hatched centre and with rays emanating from the outer corner of the upper compartments lying outside the rhomboid on either shoulder and more – perhaps repre…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-00045E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A incomplete Roman copper-alloy Colchester derrivative brooch, dating to c.AD 75 - 175.  The brooch is in two parts The upper bow and wings form one half, the lower bow and catchplate form the other, the pin is missing. The hollow cylindrical wings are undecorated, the upper bow has a central protruding rib along the bow, at the top of this ridge is a circular loop, the rib terminates at the foot of the brooch. The rear of the brooch is undecorated and retains a rectangular catchplate to the rear.  Length: 38.5 mm Width: 16.3 mm Weight: 5.16 g  
Created on: Friday 5th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-FFE7B8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy trumpet brooch, dating to c.AD 75 - 175. The upper bow and head remain, the lower bow, catch plate and pin are missing. The oval head is worn and is decorated with tows of pellets, the rear of the head has retained two supporting lugs for the now missing pin. The upper bow extends from the head it is circular in section, it is decorated with pellets, it tapers then widens at the middle of the bow to a globular knop. the bow tapers again but terminates in an old worn break.  Length: 27.7 mm Width: 12.7 mm Weight: 5.83 g  
Created on: Friday 5th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-E6F8CF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Greek cross initial mark, dated 1578. North 1998. The coin is damaged around the flan possibly due to plough damage. Obverse description: Crowned bust left. Rose behind head. Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET [HI REGINA] Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription with date above 1578. Reverse inscription:  [POSVI DE]V ADIVTO[REM MEV] Max Diameter: 19.09 mm; Weight: 1.32g
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Louth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-E5EBA4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Colchester Derivative Hinged brooch dating to c. AD 43-120. The spring, the majority of the wings and the whole pin are all missing due to old breaks. Only a short portion of the wings on the back of the bow has survived, which is tubular. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section and tapers to a rounded foot. At both sides of the upper portion of the bow are moulded oblique ridges. A central raised ridge extends from the top to the bottom of the bow which has a single row of fine oblique grooves. At both edges of the bow is a single longitud…
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Louth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-E5B28D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative Polden Hill bow brooch dating to c. AD 75-175. The catchplate, spring and pin are all missing due to old breaks. It has semi-cylindrical wings that are extended flat circular ends with pierced holes to encase the now missing spring. At the centre of the wings is a worn and incomplete rear-facing hook that would have held in place the axis bar. The front faces of the wings are decorated with incised longitudinal grooves. The bow itself is oval shaped in cross-section. At both sides of the wings is a moulded raised semi-ci…
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Louth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-E565E1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative hinged brooch dating to c.AD 43-120. The tubular wings enclose an axis bar, with a rectangular slot in the centre for the pin; the pin has not survived. The wings are damaged at one end, the other has a circumferential groove at the cap. The bow springs out from the wings, it is curved and D-shaped in cross-section. No visible decoration on the bow and it terminates with an old break. Missing its pin and catchplate. Dark green patina. Length: 22.84 mm; Width: 24.18 mm; Thickness: 6.79 mm; Weight: 5.25g
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Louth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-E54474
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver denarius of Julia Domna dating to the period AD 196 to 211 (Reece Period 10), PIETAS AVGG, Pietas standing left, dropping incense on altar and holding box. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt 1, p. 170, no. 572. Obverse description: Draped bust right Obverse inscription: IVLIA AVGVSTA Reverse description: Pietas standing left dropping incense on altar and holding box Reverse inscription: PIETAS AVGG Diameter: 19.60 mm; Weight: 3.07g; Die Axis: 6 o'clock.
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Louth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D6C056
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead unidentified object fragment. A cast square-section bar, raggedly broken at either end, abraded, patinated and slightly bent. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1900 Length: 33.6mm, Width: 8.8mm, Thickness: 7.4mm, Weight: 16.47gms
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D69BAE
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap fitting. A pair of conjoined cast loops of round section: the larger circular and the smaller an oval-ended rounded form appended. Probably from horse furniture. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Length: 43.7mm, Height: 34.1mm, Thickness (larger loop): 4.5mm, Weight: 15.40gms
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D67F6B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. A small cast rectangular frame, plain, with opposed housings for a separate steel spindle [lost]. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1720-1790 Length: 18.9mm, Height: 17.9mm, Thickness (at housing): 3.2mm, Weight: 1.68gms
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D6606B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Milled sixpence of William III (1694-1702), probably dated 1696 Obverse description: bust laureate cuirassed right. Obverse inscription: GVLIELMVS  III DEI.GRA. Reverse description: cruciform shields Reverse inscription: 16 [9]6 MAG/BR.FR.[-]/ET.HIB./REX Diameter: 20.6mm, Weight: 2.74gms, die axis: 6
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D646F8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin. Nummus indeterminate, later Roman issue of 330-410 on a small chipped and worn oval flan. Obverse description: bust possibly left. All other detail lost. Diameter: 15.4mm, Weight: 0.78gms
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D624A3
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin weight, as kindly identified by the finder. Cast square uniface weight with an indeterminate motif within a circular panel struck on one side only. The uniface square weight is usually of Low Countries or German origin and of 16th or 17th-century date. Some checked the weight of the Angel gold coin or its subdivisions (Withers and Withers 2011, page 27). Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650 Length: 13.8mm, Width: 13.7mm, Thickness: 1.9mm, Weight: 2.54gms
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D60336
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), fifth issue, dated 1578, London mint, in very good condition. Obverse description: bust left, rose behind head; mintmark Greek cross (7). Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH.D’.G’.ANG’.FR’.ET:HI’.REGINA Reverse description: long cross, shield of Arms of England and France, date over shield: 15 78 Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEV’AD/IVTORE/M.MEV’. Diameter: 19.6mm, Weight: 1.43gms, die axis: 3
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D5E6FE
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead and/or tin alloy button. Solid cast globular or biconvex button with a scar on the back from the loss of a separate [probably] copper alloy loop. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650 Diameter: 10.8mm, Thickness: 7.6mm, Weight: 3.83gms
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Owersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D5A392
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap fitting. Cast round-section D-shaped loop. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Length: 23.6mm, Height: 29.3mm, Thickness: 3.7mm, Weight: 6.43gms
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Owersby', grid reference and parish protected.