Record ID: NLM-66EC01
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible tuning peg fragment. Cast oval or kidney shaped bow and the end of a round section shank resembling components of a small rotary key; the 'stem' is broken at a deep groove. This is considered to mark the site where an instrument string would be wrapped around a tuning peg. The lack of green corrosion may tend to argue a fairly recent date. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1900. Length: 26.2mm, Height: 19.2mm, Diameter (stem): 5.9mm, Weight: 3.39gms.
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alkborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-30CB67
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead and iron possible tuning peg. Ferrous metal pin with a cast-on moulded flat-sided heart-shaped handle, the two flat faces presumably to be gripped between finger and thumb to tension strings. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1850. Length: 24.3mm, Width: 16.7mm, Thickness: 7.2mm, Weight: 11.79gms.
Created on: Tuesday 18th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 10th September 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-0FC77A
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible tuning peg. Cast pin with a flattened sub-spherical head with a flattened top which has a circumferential ring of pale material apparently inset. One side of the head bears a cavity of diameter 10.4mm and depth c.5mm with white material within. A moulded collar separates the head from a slightly tapered four-sided shank, now of length 10.5mm, which has lost its extreme tip. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1850. Length: 21.1mm, Diameter (head): 11.0mm, Weight: 4.96gms.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 4th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Legbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-65F3F5
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible tuning peg. Cast rod of sub-rectangular section with one end slightly expanded while diminishing in its thickness; the other end tapering slightly, possibly with grooving from wear towards its end. If this identification were sustained, it would imply that the instrument string was looped around the peg rather than passing through it. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600. Length: 56.2mm, Width: 8.5mm, Thickness: 4.7mm, Weight: 7.88gms.
Created on: Thursday 10th October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-EA4BB4
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible tuning peg. A slightly tapered round section pin with screw thread or grooves running around it, more heavily worn on one side. An integrally cast thin [1mm] expanded plate with a curved top is set at the broad end of the pin, and was probably sandwiched between plates of bone or ivory which would have lain flush with the top of the pin. According to the interpretation suggested, the plate would be used as a finger-grip to adjust the tension of musical instrument strings. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1850. Length: 27.7mm, Diameter (pin): 3.5mm, Width (h…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 14th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-51826F
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable tuning peg. Cast pin with a spherical head and, below a thicker [diameter 3.6mm diameter] initial extent of the shank, with a double collar separating this from a short tapered extent whose tip is lost. A ring is incised, probably with a machine, on opposite sides of the spherical head, and the head is flattened within the ring in one of the two. Further machined lines appear at the base of the head and between the ribs of the collar. A tiny knop appears on top of the head. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900. Length: 18.0mm, Diameter (head): 6.3mm, Weigh…
Created on: Friday 22nd September 2017
Last updated: Monday 25th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Authorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-C2EC24
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead and iron possible tuning peg or instrument key. A globular flat-sided handle of lead with the stub of a ferrous metal pin projecting from a short [6mm] collar. The sides may be flattened further by having been gripped by a tool to adjust strings. Suggested date: post-Medieval, 1650-1800. Length: 23.4mm, Width: 15.8mm, Thickness (at collar): 8.9mm, Weight: 17.77gms
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-FE0E1F
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable tuning peg. Cast round section shank of diameter 3.9mm, broken at one end and with a collared oval handle with concave sides - presumably to afford grip - at the other. A tiny [diameter 2.4mm] knop is set on the opposite edge of the handle. The shank is lightly bent. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1750-1900. Length: 34.2mm, Width: 14.7mm, Thickness/Diameter (at collar): 7.5mm, Weight: 5.25gms
Created on: Monday 19th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-C687B2
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible Tuning Peg fragment. Cast oval lightly concavo-convex plate with a feathered pattern of grooves on its convex face, perhaps to afford grip. The peg is thickened at the base of the plate but is then sharply narrowed or constricted, possibly either worn by or to retain an instrument string, and is broken in this area. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650. Length: 24.8mm, Width: 11.8mm, Thickness: 5.0mm, Weight: 4.26gms.
Created on: Tuesday 25th February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 27th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wilberfoss', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-DFA732
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible tuning peg fragment. Cast teardrop-shaped flat-sided object, tapering towards a break at its narrowest point. The surface is glossed and the edges smoothed by wear. This is possibly the end of a tuning key or peg from a musical instrument. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900. Length: 15.7mm, Width: 14.5mm, Thickness: 4.4mm, Weight: 5.60gms.
Created on: Wednesday 26th February 2014
Last updated: Friday 19th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-385A71
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron and lead possible tuning peg. A wrought iron spike circa 30mm long, now corroded, with a flat sided oval handle of lead. The iron is corroded, though retaining a thickness of circa 6mm where it emerges from the handle; the handle is patinated overall. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1700. Length: 63.0mm, Width: 37.6mm, Thickness: 12.2mm, Weight: 117.69gms.
Created on: Monday 26th November 2012
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-A18E38
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible tuning peg fragment. Cast pin with a sub-spherical head with a ridge and knop on its top and a basal collar below, above the stub of a tapered square-section shank now of length 7.5mm. A drilled hole of diameter 5mm and depth 6mm appears on one side of the head, and may be intended to receive a key permitting the peg to be adjusted while the object remained in place and under tension. This could apply had the pin been used to adjust some other mechanism entirely. The neat head may have been finished on a lathe. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Length: …
Created on: Friday 22nd April 2016
Last updated: Friday 22nd April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-834763
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron possible tuning key. An iron object thickly sheathed with white metal plating, probably to retard its corrosion or to prevent rust staining its setting. A probably rectangular shank is expanded to form a handle of oval form with opposed crescentic indentations. Possibly damaged by heat on one flat side, with resultant exposure of the ferrous metal core. Shank broken below the putative handle. Wrought iron would have the strength for the suggested function, though other metals might be cast to shape more effectively and easily than iron. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800 …
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E93EDD
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible tuning peg. Cast D-shaped handle at the end of a slightly tapered shank with two circumferential grooves around its base. If from a musical instrument, the horizontal scarring of the shank may hint at one fitted with steel strings. However, slightly larger objects of similar form are associated with the regulation of domestic gas supply to appliances. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Length: 24mm, Width: 17mm, Thickness (shank): 4.3mm, Weight: 3.01gms
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laceby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-2546F4
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible tuning peg. Trefoil-shaped cast flat plate with an apical knop, with projecting spurs below bevelled on one side, separating the handle from a short cylindrical tapered shank with three bands of screw thread, possibly from the steel strings of an instrument. Painted black on one side. This semi-gloss surface might point to an alternative identification as a gas supply tap handle. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900. Length: 30.3mm, Width: 15.8mm, Thickness (at mid-point step): 3.8mm, Weight: 4.02gms
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-DD8F43
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible tuning peg. Cast round-section shaft, polished or more finely finished towards its expanded oval end, which would function as a handle to turn the key. Other functions including a control knob for machinery or a tap regulating gas supply might also be entertained. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Length: 40mm, Width: 12mm, Thickness (at handle): 5.2mm, Diameter (stem): 4.8mm, Weight: 6.23gms
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ulceby Cross', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5FD463
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy tuning peg. A rounded plate resembling a squashed trefoil with apical knop, serving as an offset flat handle to turn a short square-section shank which is grooved, with four grooves on opposed faces, the intervening faces being smoothed by wear. The grooves were either to retain or formed by the strings of a musical instrument which this peg would be used to tighten; the handle is polished by handling wear. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1750-1850 Length: 29.5mm, Width: 16.2mm, Thickness (shank): 4.7mm, Weight: 3.62gms
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scawby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-BCA47E
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy tuning peg fragment. Cast lobed flat-sided or butterfly-shaped handle for a tuning key with a countersunk [on one side] drilled hole on either side or wing; a collar separates the handle from a screw-threaded or grooved stub, possibly deepened by the string of a musical instrument. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Height: 20.2mm, Width: 30.8mm, Thickness (handle): 2mm, Diameter (stem/shank): 6.5mm, Weight: 4.66gms
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-C2B10D
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy tuning key. A flat D-shaped plate with two drilled and countersunk [on one side] holes of diameter 3.9mm with a collared basal knop, itself with a horizontally drilled hole of diameter 3.8mm retaining two scraps of thin [diameter 0.5mm] drawn wire. The appearance is of a machined object. The wire may represent the string of a musical instrument. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Height: 23mm, Width: 24.2mm, Thickness (at collar): 7.6mm, Weight: 4.29gms
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded.