Record ID: LIN-F38F93
Object type: JAVELIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman plumbata. The spear is made of iron, comprising a shaft of circular section, tapering gently to a barbed head. The tip is missing. A lead weight has been cast onto the base of the shaft to act as a counter-balance. The weight is biconical and has an opening at the base in which part of shaft is visible. Parallels for this object come from Wroxeter (Barker 1979), and Nettleton, near Bath (Wedlake 1982) Barker, P., (1979) The plumbatae from Wroxeter, in: Hassall and Ireland 1979, De Rebus Bellicis, BAR Int. Ser., vol. 63 (Oxford), part 1, pp. 97-9. Wedlake, …
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 28th August 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-F2E7DB
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded iron axehead possibly dating to the medieval/post medieval period. It is sub-rectangular in shape with the top being completely flat and the bottom flaring out towards the cutting edge. The reverse is also flat and the obverse has a curved cheek which tapers towards the cutting edge which is V-shaped in section as opposed to the poll of the axehead which is rectangular in section. The cutting edge is now very worn and slightly broken towards the top but the shape of what remains suggests it was originally curved. The eye of the object is oval in shape and slightly pointed …
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 17th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Apley', grid reference and parish protected.