Record ID: NLM-96DD08
Object type: ROWEL SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Fragment of a small rowel spur, with short neck of length 21mm descending on a (now) curved alignment, and apparently retaining stub of a rowel with a single slender point, though these latter details may be concealed or distorted by corrosion products. The spur sides were apparently of D-section, though again these details may be obscured by corrosion. The object was presumably tinned, though this is not apparent to the naked eye. Suggested date: medieval, 1325-1400. Length: 46.4mm, Width: 55mm, Height (spur side): 6.6mm, Thickness (spur side): 4mm, Weight: 11.99gms.
Created on: Tuesday 11th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9640D8
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Possible Steelyard Weight - an alternative identification as a small chain shot might be entertained. Spherical iron object, with a dome-headed iron rove passing through a central perforation; the upper end of the rove is bent into either a suspension loop or the first link of a short chain of links. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1700-1900. Diameter: 52.5mm, Length (of rove and link): 79.13mm, Width (of link): 9.7mm, Thickness (of link): 5mm, Weight: +500gms.
Created on: Tuesday 11th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-922FC3
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded iron T-shaped lift key from a Roman tumbler lock. The key is of the form numbered '1' in Manning's (1985, 91; fig. 25) typology:the stem is rectangular in cross-section andterminates with an achor-shaped bit with a single tooth on either side of the stem. The suspension loop at the top is missing. A wide Roman date has been given since such keys have emerged from different archaeological contexts and because the form is an enduring one (see below, 'Notes').
Created on: Tuesday 11th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heckington Area', grid reference and parish protected.