Record ID: PUBLIC-D0F53D
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible copper-alloy post-medieval dagger scabbard chape with pressed decoration. The chape has been squashed and is now 15mm in diameter at one end and 11mm at the other and is cone shaped being circular in cross section. The chape is decorated. At the wide end is a band of sloping lines between two horizontal lines. There is a vertical diamond pattern above the band. The chape is 25mm in length.It weighs 4.25 grams. The cone is split vertically through the diamond pattern. Directly opposite in a vertiacal line are a series of four circular perforations. The last one at the wide e…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Friday 17th August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D0C69E
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy post-medieval seal matrix. The seal is oval12.9mm by 13.5mm, with a carved circle near the circumference. Inside this are the letters EB or JB (with the J carved as an I with three horizontal bars), also with two 6-armed stars one each above and below the intials. The matrix base curves inwards towards the flattened handle to 4.6mm wide then curves outwards. At the top end of the handle are three horizontal holes, 3.4mm diameter, in a line above which the handle has two small projections. These are probably the remains of the top loop which has snapped off. Overall heig…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Friday 17th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Freiston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D047F2
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Medieval barrel padlock dating from the 12th-16th century. The case is rectangular in section with flat ends and bulges around middle. One end of the case has a rectangular slot for the key and at the other end the rectangular aperture is divided into two by an internal bar. This would have taken the spring mechanism, a detachable portion that would have had an integrally cast, flat projection, terminating in the loop to hold the point of the padlock pin. Above the key slot on thr top face is an integrally cast projection or tab that has the stub of …
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freiston area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D02459
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pair of copper-alloy tweezers of probable early medieval or medieval date, and which were probably used to hold pages of a book. The tweezers comprise two slender arms, arced at the top, and with slightly flared and inturned nibs at the terminals. The loop end has a very slight shoulder making it 1mm wider than the arms at that end. Approximately one third from the end is a metal bar which is bent around the arms which would have been used to secure them when not in use. The arms are not decorated. They measure 64.56mm in length, 9.73mm in width, 5.67mm in thickness and weighs 8.63g…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Friday 17th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frieston area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-CFC3B8
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A incomplete cast copper alloy barb-spring Medieval padlock case. The barrel is made of two rectangular shapes, the top ( to which the prong is attached) being wider than the bottom. In section it is two adjacent squares with a square below and centred. Together the squares form a 'T' shape. One side of the barrel is patterned on both the upper and lower rectangles.On the bottom rectangle the pattern is a series of equally spaced vertical lines..The top rectangle has an wavy toothed line. The prong at the pointed end curves towards the barrel. The depth from the top of the barrel t…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th September 2019
Spatial data recorded.