Record ID: PUBLIC-958025
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy medieval oval buckle with widened lip edge. The narrow bar is offset r ecessed and broken off at one end. The lip has a possibly blundered inscription, possibly inlaid with niello. The inscription appears to read [ ]VM NV[ ]. The letters are Latin captials with serrifed terminals. Length 45mm, width 25mm. Weight 10.8g.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-957F35
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post Medieval copper alloy buckle. The frame has two loops; one is oval and one is rectangular. The pin is missing.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-957236
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete sub-rectangular copper alloy buckle and part buckle plate of medieval date (AD 1200-1400). The buckle has a slender, notched axis bar and a much heavier pin bar, which is worn where the pin, now missing, would rest. The buckle plate has a curled edge, where the buckle is fits and a sub-circular notch to allow the pin to swivel. The front face of the plate has a punched line pattern along the upper and lower edges. One rivet is still present.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-955EB7
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy cross shaped horse harness pendant, with a small amount of gilding visible on one arm. The four cross arms are narrow, each approximately 22mm long by 5mm wide, each arm being an extension of the corners of the central section 13mm square. This central section has a stamped cross like decoration. One arm has a hole through it halfway along it, and the opposite arm has a two pronged end. A third arm is bent at right angle.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nedra Freiston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-955525
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy book clasp of Howsam type A.1.1. A cast D-shaped plate with a central hole is decorated on its convex front with punched annulets and oblique moulded grooves, and there is a smaller transverse hole in a stylised animal-head terminal projecting from the centre of its curving edge. Broken pivot loops at the ends of the straight edge would have held a bar on which a sheet plate for the retention of a strap would have been held. Compare SUSS-CE6246 and SF-D2D044. The back of the object also appears to be decorated.Weight 6.3g, length 33mm, width 19.5mm.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th December 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-953EB1
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval, cast copper-alloy open-topped thimble or sewing ring, circular in plan and rectangular in profile. The surface is corroded and has some iron staining on the exterior. The outer face has been hand punched with eight rows of regularly-spaced circular pits or indentations. About a quarter of the outer surface is encrusted. Around each end a ring inscribes the circumference. Bottom diameter: 17.7mm, top diameter: 16.2mm, height: 13.6mm, weight: 4.7g
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-950D32
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy strap fitting of medieval date (AD1200-1400). The object is rectangular and formed of two sheets and has a copper alloy rivet in each corner. It may have had a patterned finish but that is unclear. Both faces have a green and brown patina.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-94F7D9
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy horse harness pendant. The pendant is scallop shaped and slightly convex. There is an integral loop at the top. The upper surface is decorated with an incised pattern of straight lines radiating from the loop, and concentric curved lines following the curvature of the scallop. Traces of gilding survive below the loop.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-94F763
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy book fitting, length 65mm, bent into a near right angle at 30mm. Both ends are trilobed, separated from the main central part by a cross-width groove. The central portion is decorated with a row of six small circular depressions each surrounded by a carved circle. There is a hole completely through the central portion just inside the groove at one end and close to the side. A similar blocked hole is found towards the other end on the same side. The reverse is undecorated. Weight 11.7g, length 65mm, width 13.7mm, thickness 2.35mm.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Freiston', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PUBLIC-94F756
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy horse harness pendant. The pendant is lozenge shape and flat. There is an integral loop at the top. The front is decorated with a worn moulded motif comprising curved ribs. Traces of enamel survive within the groove.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-94EAE6
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late medieval or early post medieval scabbard chape. It is made of copper alloy and has a green patina. The chape is formed from a sheet of metal folded to form a hollow triangular shape. There is damage to one top corner Length 65mm, width 30mm tapering to 8mm. Weight 11.99g.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th December 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-94EA55
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn complete copper-alloy Heraldic shield-shaped pendant of Medieval date. The object has a shield shaped upper face with an heraldic device of three lions rampant couchant. It has knops around the shield one at the point of the shield , one at each shoulder. On one edge there is a knop between those at shoulder and the point. It looks as though the matching knop on the other side has broken off. There is a trace of gilding. The reverse of the object is concave. Width at widest point Width at widest point 26mm, length 27mm, weight 7.33g.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-94D151
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sheet copper alloy pendant dating from the Medieval period, about AD 1200 - 1600. The pendant is bell shaped and made from a single sheet of metal rolled into an elongated conical shape with integral suspension loop at the pointed end. The join is clearly visible. The bell shape has 14 circular ribs. There is evidence within the grooves that the pendant was gilded. It is 53mm long and 9mm in diameter at its widest. It weighs 7.9gm. There is a circular hole 5mm above the base opposite the metal join which is split at this point.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-94B838
Object type: FERRULE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy ferrule, possibly part of a candlestick. The ferrule Is a cast hollow flattened sphere with equal sized holes on each of the flattened sides. The exterior is decorated and has traces of gilding. Diameter: 23.7mm, height:15.1mm Internal diameter of holes: 8.1mm. Weight: 12.3g
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-94A2DD
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded copper alloy horse harness pendant, medieval probably 12th to 13th century. It is the shape of a fleur de lys, with an integral loop at the end. The front shows some gilding as well as some corrosion coating. The reverse is not gilded. Weight 5.6g, length 40mm, width 21.8mm, thickness varies approx 3mm.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Freiston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-9497B8
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy harness suspension fitting of medieval date (AD1200 to AD 1400). The harness suspension fitting is cruciform in shape, with all of its four arms present. The upper arm has the remains of a loop and is slightly twisted. The surface appears to have been embossed but the pattern is unclear and has a green and brown patina.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-949144
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy small casket key. A circular open loop sits on a decorated collar above the shank. The loop and shank are circular in cross section. At the base of the shank there is a projection, part of the bit, most of which is missing. Diameter of loop is 15mm and the total length of key is 40mm. The weight is 4.92g
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-947837
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy medieval buckle and strap end, dating from c. AD 1200-1300. The buckle is D shaped being constructed from sheet metal 2mm thick by 4.3 mm wide the buckle itself is 18mm wide and 19mm long it is also complete with its pin which is slightly bent, the axis bar is broken on one side but it rotates freely on the other end. The buckle has mainly a brown patina but there is evidence of a green shinny patina as there is on the strap end, and could be the original decoration The strap end is rectangular, and appears to be complete. The surface of the plate has a shinny…
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-94553A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead trade weight dating to the Medieval to Post Medieval period (c. AD 1380-1600). The weight is shield shaped with a circular perforation through the upper flat edge. There appears to have been a moulded relief design on the upper surface. Around the edge is a pattern border. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal has been damaged. The overall dimensions are as follows: 40mm in length, 26 mm in width at the widest point, 6mm in thickness and 57.36g in weight.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-944034
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A decorated leaf-shaped gold-coated copper alloy horse harness pendant, medieval probably 12th to 13th century. The pendant is copper alloy with most of the decorated surface being gilded while the reverse is not gilded The object is bent about halfway along its length, and has a small hinge at one end fastened to a remnant of the attachment.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Saturday 21st November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Freiston', grid reference and parish protected.