Record ID: NLM-566F65
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a Neolithic Great Langdale Group VI stone axe. The greenish coloured stone is polished on parts of the outer surface. Both ends of the axe are truncated and the remaining fragment has sustained a large mount of damage. The surviving length is 43.9mm, the surviving width is 41.9mm and the weight is 60.32g.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 8th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnetby Le Wold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-F81527
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete Neolithic Group VI Langdale axehead. The highly polished greenstone has a homogenous structure and a chip on the cutting edge. The length is 100.0mm, the width is 50.6mm, the thickness is 46.8mm and the weight is 183.59g.
Created on: Monday 25th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-12BEC1
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic polished stone axehead. The green coloured axe is sub-triangular in plan and pointed oval in cross section. The axe tapers in thickness to the cutting edge, which is still very sharp. The tip of the butt end is missing and there are some small chips removed on both faces. The greenstone comes from Great Langdale in Cumbria. The surviving length is 97.7mm, the width at the cutting edge is 61.2mm, the thickness is 26.5mm and the weight is 220.0g.
Created on: Friday 7th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-F8CBB0
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Neolithic polished group VI stone axe. The green coloured axe is sub-rectangular in plan and pointed oval in cross section. The axe tapers in thickness to the butt end and cutting edge, which is still very sharp. The axe has a few small chips at the butt end on both faces, but is otherwise complete. The greenstone comes from Great Langdale in Cumbria. The length is 106.5mm, the maximum width is 60.0mm, the thickness is 29.4mm and the weight is 260g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6B83F3
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A top of Roman rotary quern stone made of light grey granite. The quern is dome-shaped with a flat underside and the rounded top has sustained some damage and is incomplete. In the centre is a perforation expands at the top and has a maximum diameter of around 110mm. Near the base of the quern, on one side is a smaller perforation with a maximum diameter of around 51.0mm. The general diameter of the quern is 320mm and the height is 170mm.
Created on: Tuesday 28th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Limber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-2FAB17
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone: Moderately compacted sandstone with occasional black flecks, perhaps from Coal Measures (non-specialist identification by MF). Beehive Quern top stone. Carved plano-convex top stone fragment from a beehive quern; about one half of the stone remains, having broken across the feeder hole and, apparently, two handle holes - one presumably replaced the other. The top of stone has been flattened, albeit at an eccentric angle to the lower flat working surface. A broad hopper of estimated diameter 110mm narrows to meet the lower part of an hour-glass shaped feeder chan…
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 8th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-FCED97
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Slate Pencil fragment. Fragment of a rod of purple-grey slate, rounded by use at one broken end; the other end (now lost) would often be flattened to serve as an eraser. Like the related drawing slate, this would be a familiar part of later 19th-century schoolroom equipment. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1920.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A24F85
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone, Volcanic Tufa (non-specialist identification by MF) polished axehead. One end of a polished stone axe, broken short of its mid-point with a large chip spalled from the break in antiquity. Of oval section with a well-preserved cutting edge which bears two small chips. Though the colour is now brown overall this is probably staining from the sandy local soil. Small chips of recent damage reveal a grey-green colour suggesting this to be a Group 6 axe from Langdale Pike, Cumbria. Suggested date: Neolithic, 3500-2100 BC. Length: 49mm, Width: 47.7mm, Thickness: 23.6mm, Weight: 6…
Created on: Friday 11th March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'High Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-65F095
Object type: MULLER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fine Grained Compacted Sandstone Cobble Possible rubber fragment or Muller. Fragment of stone with fairly flat upper and lower surfaces, one curved edge and one broken edge. The flattest surface is not so smooth as to permit identification as a quern fragment, and nor is the curve of the edge entirely regular, though a use as an improvised rubber in the finishing of leather or other craft work is possible. Such ephemeral objects are most commonly identified from Roman and Early Medieval contexts, though a wider date range is possible. Suggested date: Roman to Early Medieval, 40-105…
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2011
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-3634D2
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey stone, possibly limestone (non-specialist identification by MF) possible rubber. An irregular cobble of handy size, with one flattened surface. Such objects are commonly reported from Romano-British and Early Medieval sites - and occasionally from earlier and later contexts - and may have had a range of uses, particularly in smoothing or finishing leather and other materials, or as a muller to grind vegetable products. Suggested date: Roman to Early Medieval, 40-1000. Length: 57mm, Width: 59mm, Thickness: 53mm, Weight: 240gms.
Created on: Friday 18th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton upon Humber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-71B667
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone Slate Pencil. Stone rod, probably turned, with a blunt point at one end and an angled flat surface at the other. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Length: 43.4mm, Diameter: 6.3mm, Weight: 3.09gms.
Created on: Monday 21st March 2011
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton upon Humber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-BF92D2
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone, dense dark grey, possibly an erratic cobble. Possible Axe Head. Oval pebble, possibly ground or polished to an oval section. The stone has 'delaminated' on most of one surface and on part of the other, thereby losing about a 1mm layer. Suggested date (if not naturally formed): Neolithic, 3500-2100 BC. Length: 85mm, Width: 68mm, Thickness: 39mm, Weight: 310gms.
Created on: Monday 18th April 2011
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton upon Humber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B33BE2
Object type: HONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone: Norwegian Schist Hone fragment. End of a bar-shaped hone of Telemark Schist, of sub-rectangular section, slightly dished by wear along one side, abraded overall and probably broken in antiquity. Though first introduced in the Viking Age, most hones of this material reflect its later, medieval, dominance of the trade in sharpening stones. Suggested date: Medieval, 1100-1400. Length: 37.09mm, Width: 27.61mm, Thickness: 15.74mm, Weight: 24.07gms.
Created on: Wednesday 30th June 2010
Last updated: Friday 3rd September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-ECBF12
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone: Fine grained sandstone with tiny ?mica flecks and black grains. Possibly Coal Measures Sandstone (non-specialist identification by MF). Hone. Tapered cylindrical hone, broken at both ends. The regular round section may suggest it was turned on a lathe, and/or used fitted to a spindle. Spiral gouges may have been inflicted after such use. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1600-1900. Length: 140.47mm, Diameter: 37.47mm, Weight: 240gms.
Created on: Tuesday 27th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 13th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B4D1E7
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey-Green Stone Igneous Stone (non-specialist identification by MF) Axe head. Polished stone axehead, presumed to be of Group VI from Langdale, Cumbria . A complete biconvex axehead of tapered oval form, with a sharply defined aris around entire edge. One chip at the narrow butt end appears to have been smoothed after incurring damage in antiquity, and this reworking may have extended37mm from the butt on this side. A small chip on the opposite face may be of similar age. The blade bears three small chips, one of which may also have been smoothed or re-polished, and a furthe…
Created on: Thursday 23rd September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 21st October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E3C6E4
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone; Grey fine-grained micaceous sandstone. Hone fragment. Fragment from a lathe-turned whetstone of conical form, broken at both ends. The object retains a regular round section, which could suggest it was mounted on a turning axle in a frame when in use. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1700-1900. Diameter: 33.7mm, Length: 90.4mm, Weight: 115.73gms.
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 31st July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E415D7
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone. Moderately compacted medium grained quartzitic Sandstone. Hone. Fragment of a conical whetstone, probably lathe turned and perhaps also used on a sharpening wheel or spindle, broken at both its ends. The stone does not appear especially suitable to this use. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800. Diameter: 39.8mm, Length: 76.7mm, Weight: 133.72gms.
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 31st July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E1A5D1
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fine Grained Moderately Compacted Sandstone Whetstone fragment. Segment broken from a wheel-mounted whetstone of estimated external diameter 300mm. Both sides have a broad flat rim. The central aperture had an estimated diameter of 140mm, suggesting an axle engaged another wooden element in contact with the stone itself to make it lighter and easier to turn. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1950. This object was kindly identified by Sandra Firth, Hazel West and Helen Fry of the North Lincolnshire Pottery Research Group. Thickness: 40mm, Weight: 470gms.
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5E9762
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Slate Pencil. Turned slate rod, of round section and rounded by use at both ends; longitudinal lines probably represent the bedding planes of the slate. The brown colour is staining from the sandy local soils. This item would be a common item of 19th-century schoolroom equipment. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Length: 43.1mm, Diameter: 5.8mm, Weight: 2.66gms.
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-3D12C7
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone hone of unknown date. The sub-rectangular hone is slightly waisted in the centre and is probably incomplete. It is made from a brown hard mud or siltstone with fine grains and is smooth to touch. The sides of the hone have silvery inclusions and black markings that are not present on the front or back face. The hone tapers in thickness at one end and has a circular perforation (diameter is 5.5mm) that has been drilled from both faces. One face has much more wear than the other with worn grooves and marks. The surviving length is 90.8mm, the width is 33.3mm, the thickness is 20.…
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Welton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-800087
Object type: POT BOILER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three pot boiler fragments, probably of Bronze Age to Iron Age date. All fragments of the burnt amortize pebble are fractured, which may have be caused by exposure to heat. They all show signs of burning and have craze cracking.
Created on: Wednesday 12th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Collingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-98D297
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dense Micaceous Stone, dark grey in colour, probably an igneous or metamorphic rock; test with magnet shows it to be non-ferrous (observations kindly offered by Wallace Collyer). Small object of sugarloaf form comprising two bun-shaped pieces of the same material joined, probably naturally. Flattened areas may suggest further similar elements may formerly have been attached to sides and base. The object would lend itself to use as a line-weight, tied at the junction of the two elements, or as a playing piece (as for Hnafetafl or similar board-games requiring the distinction of particu…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2010
Last updated: Friday 5th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dragonby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-2E8D27
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey-green stone chip; finder identifies as Langdale stone. Possible chip from a Group VI Langdale stone axe (finder's ID). An arris along one ventral surface (relative to the axe whence this derives) suggests smoothing or reworking after this chip had been detached. MF suggests Neolithic, 3500-2100 BC. Length: 50.65mm, Width: 24.20mm, Thickness: 5.99mm.
Created on: Thursday 5th November 2009
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM2749
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone axe head, Langdale Group 6. Slightly speckled cream coloured stone.
Created on: Thursday 7th October 1999
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'EAST LINDSEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM380
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Light grey green stone, strong smell of sulphur. Langdale Type 6.
Created on: Saturday 29th August 1998
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM381
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Dark green pebble or whetstone. Strong smell of sulphur.
Created on: Saturday 29th August 1998
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM382
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Grey beige stone, no smell.
Created on: Saturday 29th August 1998
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM390
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Grey green stone, no smell.
Created on: Saturday 29th August 1998
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM391
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Red sandstone, perforated.
Created on: Saturday 29th August 1998
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM4786
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic polished axehead. Well polished, Langdale group VI. Greenish buff in colour and damaged.
Created on: Monday 27th November 2000
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM4787
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic polished axe, Langdale group VI. Grey-green stone, well polished, rounded cutting. Damaged.
Created on: Monday 27th November 2000
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LINCOLNSHIRE DONINGTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM4788
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic axehead, Langdale group VI. Grey-green schist. Damaged.
Created on: Monday 27th November 2000
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LINCOLNSHIRE HOLBEACH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM4779
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Limestone spindle whorl turned on a lathe. Anglo-Saxon.
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2000
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Holland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM4780
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Saxon, made from fine limestone, turned on a lathe.
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2000
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Holland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM5235
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Large stone axe, Langdale group VI, edge facet poorly developed.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 31st July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thealby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM5237
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large stone axe, gneiss, almost black, pecked surface, hole for shaft.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOUTH KESTEVEN', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM5238
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an axe head, stone, Langdale Group VI.
Created on: Friday 7th September 2001
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LEICESTERSHIRE ESSENDINE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM5631
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Langdale Group VI axe, greenish stone, well polished.
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2001
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LINCOLNSHIRE WELTON LE MARSH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM5632
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic flint adze, knapped and partly polished.
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2001
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LINCOLNSHIRE WELTON LE MARSH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM6072
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Saxon limestone spindle whorl, very roughly made with incised line decoration.
Created on: Friday 12th October 2001
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HUMBERSIDE STALLINGBOROUGH', grid reference and parish protected.