Record ID: NLM-3513F3
Object type: LAMP HANGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy. Lamp hanger, Cast suspension loop with a round aperture of diameter 4mm above a frame formed by three equidistant branches; two branches are broken, probably recently, but the third has a smaller loop with an aperture of diameter 2.5mm bearing angled wear within. There is a further loop at the base of the main or upper loop arm and enclosed by the trifid branches; this appears to have retained a part moving in the same plane as the upper loop and is also circa 2.5mm in diameter. The object appears to be from an unusually complex harness pendant with multiple moving and…
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-EA4ED4
Object type: LAMP HANGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy medieval lamp hanger. The hanger consist of a rectangular sectioned central stem with expanded circular terminal suspension loop and with three arms branching off from its base. Two of the arms have their ends broken off, one is complete with terminal expanded at the base and pierced. There is another piercing at the base of the stem, though this is incomplete. There are file marks on the stem and arms and the patina is a dark brown with patches of light green. The length is 30.3mm, the surviving width is 25.1mm, the external diameter of the suspension …
Created on: Thursday 29th May 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 29th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-C08E08
Object type: LAMP HANGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy lamp hanger. Cast round section shaft which expands from its dimpled end to a tripartite branched form with three sub-rectangular lugs angled downwards (as illustrated). All three branches bore drilled holes of diameter 2.5mm at their ends. A shorter trapezoid lug below the shaft and between the branching arms bears a drilled hole of diameter 3.5mm. North Lincolnshire Museum displays a comparable, slightly larger, object from Maltby (whether in Lincolnshire or South Yorkshire is not stated), which is identified as a lamp suspender of medieval date. Suggested date: Medieva…
Created on: Friday 18th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-7925B3
Object type: LAMP HANGER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy lamp hanger, as kindly identified by Alex Bliss. Cast cruciform object with a slightly concavo-convex curve and a central hole of diameter 2.8mm, filled with rust. The end of each arm is very slightly thickened on the convex side. On the concave reverse, three out of four ends to the cross bear a broken bifurcated lug for attachment; the exception is one of the slightly shorter arms. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1700. Length: 39.6mm, Width: 36.4mm, Thickness: 5.3mm, Weight: 11.04gms.
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-CAEFF8
Object type: LAMP HANGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy harness lamp hanger, as kindly identified by Kevin Easton, who comments: 'Medieval lamp hanger,not a Roman pendent hanger [there are] a lot of these on the database'. A cast oval section stem with an oval loop at one end and three tapered equidistantly spaced spikes radiating horizontally from its other end; one now shorter than the rest. Beneath the convergence of the spikes there is a pair of slightly incurving lugs to retain a further element [now lost]; from the overall configuration, it would appear that the suspended object had a display plane at right angles to tha…
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dunham on Trent', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0E85A3
Object type: LAMP HANGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy lamp hanger, as kindly identified by Tom Redmayne. Cast oval loop with drilled hole at the end of a stem of rounded section [of width/diameter 4.1mm] which expands to triangular form with a single broken loop below. Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1400 Height: 32.5mm, Width: 19.6mm, Thickness (at triangular lower part): 15.8mm, Weight: 7.03gms
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.