Record ID: NLM227
Object type: SADDLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy pommel cap (?), hollow, slipper shaped with a flat plate extending from edge. This has a denticulate edge and through it were three holes though which it was attached to the saddle's wooden frame. There are signs of wear on back. While these objects are conventionally seen as being part of post Medieval saddles direct evidence is lacking. However, while the 16th century saddle from London (Egan 2005, Material Culture in an Age of Transition, 181-3) lacks a pommel cap it does have a narrow, raised pommel and a fitting of this type would not be inappropriate. Length 50…
Created on: Thursday 18th June 1998
Last updated: Monday 29th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WEST LINDSEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM2773
Object type: SADDLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The original identification of this object was as a sword pommel, and the description read "Very elaborate pommel with incised decoration and very long". Rob Webley (Hampshire FLO) has subsequently identified it as a saddle decoration of c. 1900, as shown in Bailey 1992, 82.
Created on: Friday 8th October 1999
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM580
Object type: SADDLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bomb shaped object made from two cast halves: post-medieval saddle pommel. Good traces of silvering, incised decorative lines.
Created on: Thursday 3rd September 1998
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'EAST LINDSEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-406AF2
Object type: SADDLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy saddle pommel, as kindly identified by Teresa Gilmore. Teresa compares it to https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1066898. A cast hollow container with deeply fluted exterior, one rounded closed end and two drilled holes of 3mm diameter with a smaller hole between them at the edge of its open end. The form approaches an ovoid, with the diameter narrower at the open end than near the midpoint of the object. A curved fracture suggest the loss of part of the upper wall [as illustrated]. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1700 Length: 53.3mm, Diameter …
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Muckton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-88C11B
Object type: SADDLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark green copper alloy saddle mount. Typical slipper shaped, three rivet holes. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600 Length: 50.8mm, Width: 42.3mm, Thickness: 14.3mm, Weight: 20.71gms
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
Spatial data recorded.