Record ID: LIN-292101
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy four-arm cruciform seal matrix of post medieval (c. 17th century) date. Four arms radiate equidistant from a rectangular central circular block with a drilled circular mounting hole at the centre. Each arm has been waisted with contraction before and then expanding outwards to terminate in a circular die face. The four motifs on the dies are: 1) A dove in profile 2) Stag or doe facing front 3) Six stars around a central star 4) Heart over crossed arrows These diverse motifs have a range of religious allegorical representations and are seen on a …
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-28B8C6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy object, probably of medieval to post-medieval date. Possible mount.  The object has a flat circular plate with a central slightly raised pellet, and a U-shaped projection with triangular shaped terminals that are worn and damaged. The circular disc has traces of a punched circular motif around the perimeter on one side. Light green patina with well-developed brown patches. Width: 24.42 mm; Length: 29.02 mm; Weight: 2.42g
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-D88896
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead and iron Roman steelyard weight dating to c.AD 43-410. A bi-convex lead weight with evidence of iron at one terminal. Originally an iron rod would have passed through it and the uppermost would have housed a separate iron loop. Patinated.  Height: 37.98 mm, Width (waist): 22.99 mm, Weight: 72.32g
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-D86CD4
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead pendant or mount, probably medieval to post-medieval in date. The object is drop-shaped, plano-convex with a piercing at the narrow end. It is decorated on both sides with radiating oblique grooves around the perimeter. Mid-grey patina. Length: 15.92mm; Width: 11.67 mm; Thickness: 3.26 mm; Weight: 3.91g
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-D83FCF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver cut farthing of William I of Scotland (1165-1214) or posthumous, Short Cross and Stars phase B dating to c.AD1205-30 (Spink S5029), moneyer: Hue Walter, mint: uncertain. Ref: Spink 2020: p.14. The inscriptions are inevitably very partial but the obverse appear to read [  ]E W[  ], probably [  ]E WA[  ] which suggests it may be paralleled by a coin in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Bateman and Mayhew 1987 no.74) which reads hVE WALPO on both sides.   Length: 14.5 mm; Width: 9 mm; Weight: 0.47g
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-D73299
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval Anglo Saxon Small Long brooch, dating to c. AD 450 - 550. The bow and catchplate remain. The wings, upper bow and pin are missing. The remainder of the bow is sub-rectangular in plan. The upper half of the remaining bow is rectangular in plan and C-shaped in section, it is decorated with a few pairs of moulded horizontal lines. The lower bow is trapezoidal, terminating in a slightly flared foot, the middle of the lower bow has a moulded rectangular ridge, decorated with three rows of incised horizontal lines. The rear of the lower bow retains an i…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-D56BC4
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 brooch has tubular wings enclosing an axis bar, with a slot in the centre for the pin. Only remnants of the pin has survived inside the slot. The bow springs out from the wings, it is D-shaped in cross-section, tapering to a broken point. The brooch is very corroded and worn, no traces of decoration are visible. The pin and catchplate are missing. Length: 28.51 mm; Width: 22.03 mm; Weight: 6.05g
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-D51371
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast copper alloy rotary key dating from the Medieval or Post Medieval periods, AD 1250 - 1500. Only the quatrefoil bow or four separate loops handle has survived. Length: 36.36 mm; Width: 32.29 mm;  Thickness: 4.98 mm; Weight: 13.64g
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-D4C018
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead medieval spindle whorl dating to c.AD 1150-1450. It is triangular with a circular flat base and top with a circular hole running through the object. Pale-cream patina. Diameter: 23.9 mm; Height: 24.72 mm; Weight: 32.92g
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-D479A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval voided long cross cut halfpenny, probably of Henry III (1216-1272). Illegible inscription on reverse. Unclear type. Obverse: Bust facing / hE[..] Reverse: Voided long cross / illegible inscription possibly [..]N[..] Diameter: 18.29 mm; Thickness: 0.64 mm; Weight: 0.65g
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-C56C03
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead plaque of probable Georgian/Victorian date c. AD 1700-1900. The piece is the form of arcading with a small cherub figure lounging over the top and holding onto a textile piece. The archading is decorated with foliate motif and is triple banded around the curved and longitudinal sides. There are two circule indenatations on the reverse, probably to fix it to another piece. The reverse is flat and it has a lozenge shape with illegible shape/writing. Max Length (diagonal from broken curved frame): 70.09 mm; Thickness: 13.83 mm; Weight: 85.79g
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-C237D9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Cast great square headed brooch retaining the head plate and mid-bow; foot lost. A trapezoid head plate bears a rhomboid projection at either corner, with three zones of rouletted or stamped ornament between the rhomboids as an outer order. The rhomboid pprojections are coated in white metal. A square frame of two orders with possibly stamped texture confines a small central field of Salin Style 1 ornament, with a pellet or eye at its top right-hand corner. The head plate is abutted by a four-sided pyramidal mid-bow boss with projecting solid cylindrical l…
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AFD5D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. A large cast hinged Colchester derivative brooch, Mackreth ref. CD H 1.c. A tubular case is plain behind but heavily moulded on the front with three billeted bands standing proud on either wing [termed bead and reel by Mackreth] retaining an axis bar for a hinged pin [all but stub lost]. The wings are clasped by a humped D-section tapered bow with a central moulded longitudinal ridge and five pairs of moulded and billeted strands on either side of it, ascending diagonally. The broad stub of a catch plate with a single circular hole appears behind the foot. Sug…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AF9374
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Cast plate bearing the three-dimensional concavo-convex openwork inmage of a proto-heraldic lion walking left with tail above its body and four ball-shaped paws. Like NLM-AF619C this falls short of the proto-heraldic form of those buckle plates ascribed to the early 13th century, though this is less at variance with their character than that object. A rivet of diameter 1.9mm and length 4mm was set in each corner of the frame. Suggested date: Medieval, 1175-1225 Length: 24.4mm, Height: 22.5mm, Thickness/Height (i.e. projection, clear of rivets): 8.4mm, Weight: 7.21gms
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AF619C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle plate. Cast openwork buckle plate with the strongly three-dimensionally moulded openwork image of a maned lion walking left, hollowed behind. The mane and the sides of the mask are rendered with broad cuts and the hind limbs and tails are much more angular than is usual with the proto-heraldic examples of this form. A hand-cut zig-zag incised border frames the motif, which also has a drilled fixing hole at the lion’s rump. A slotted and folded tab projects at the outer end of the plate to clasp a buckle frame [lost]. The heavy moulding tends to suggest a Roman…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellingore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AE3D2B
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bracelet fragment. About half of a cast D-section beaded or segmented bracelet, with a thin billeted ring between each of thirteen bulbous mouldings along its surviving course. This appears related to the decoration of a torc, though this object would not fit readily round the neck of an adult. An Iron Age date would usually be apt, but the prominent presence of a slightly unusual [for this region] range of Early Medieval objects might permit its later use or reuse, especially when allied with the putative significance of the place names near the find spot, which attest an…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AE2229
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Cast concavo-convex mid-bow moulding from a cruciform brooch, bubbled and pitted by intense heat, possibly with ridges or stops at one end. Possibly joining with no. 11 above, which it was presented with, but more heavily damaged and so possibly from a different brooch which has suffered a similar fate. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 410-600 Length: 31.9mm, Width: 17.3mm, Thickness: 7mm, Weight: 11.34gms
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-ADFCFA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch fragment. The lower part of a cruciform brooch, from below the mid-bow, which is evidenced by the turned-up end of this fragment.  Below this, incised paired lines limit a plain field with a triple moulded collar below it. This in turn gives way to a possibly human mask with brows and a basal pair of slightly expanded nostrils. It is possible that human and equine masks were combined at this terminal. The stub of an integrally cast catch plate remains behind the upper part of the fragment. The back of the object is slightly concave below the catch plate. The su…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-ADDDFF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy disc brooch. Cast circular flat plate with a broad central ring and dot of diameter 10.4mm surrounded by indistinct concentric grooves and ribs with an outer textured border; comparable though not identical to NLM-ACDBC8. Paired lugs for a pin [lost] and an opposed stub from a catch plate appear on the back which is otherwise plain. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-600 Diameter: 24.1mm, Thickness (clear of pin gear): 1.7mm, Weight: 4.41gms
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-ADBF7C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast D-shaped single looped buckle with an expanded outer edge with paired grooves delineating a pin rest and with a narrowed and offset strap bar. A drawn wire pin is looped round the strap bar. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1500 Length: 16.4mm, Height: 17.2mm, Thickness (frame): 2.9mm, Weight: 2.58gms
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.