Record ID: NLM-03F2BD
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable strap end. A small cast plate with a spilt end, and with slightly flared sides; the other end is lost. Indistinct traces of moulded ornament on one side may suggest this to be a small zoomorphic strap end which has lost its beast head terminal; if so, of Thomas Class A. There is, however, no evidence for the attachment of the strap. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 750-850. Length: 28.2mm, Width: 6.6mm, Thickness (at midpoint): 1.4mm, Weight: 1.53gms
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-03E6D2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Cast rectangular bar mount, apparently plain, with a fixing hole of diameter 1.3mm at one end and another retaining a rivet of diameter 1.5mm and length 2.7mm at the other. Suggested date: Medieval, 1270-1350. Length: 16.4mm, Width: 5.1mm, Thickness (clear of rivet): 1.3mm, Weight: 0.71gms
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-03DE58
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible metalworking debris. A small fragment of lead melt which appears to have congealed on a flat surface with three or four small [diameter c.2m] holes around a larger [diameter c.10mm] hole, with the lead marking the positions of holes it has flowed into and preserving them as features in relief. The regularity of the arrangement of these putative imprints may suggest a relatively recent date. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1750-1900. Length: 26.4mm, Width: 19.3mm, Thickness (overall): 10.1mm, Weight: 16.77gms
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-03D3D6
Object type: BORER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey flint borer. A thick chunk with broad flakes struck from its dorsal side by hard hammer working. The bulbar ventral surface bears covering angled scalar retouch, executed in hefty drafts which have left a rippled surface to each flake removal scar. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC. Length: 36.0mm, Width: 29.3, Thickness: 11.5mm, Weight: 11.39gms
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-03C8C8
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unidentified object. A rectangular plate with a small straight-sided lug at one end. A fixing hole of diameter 3.5mm lies towards one end, and the plate is perhaps broken across the site of another at its other end. A tiny trace of gilding appears on the display face. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1800. Length: 37.8mm, Width (at lug): 21.8mm, Thickness: 1.4mm, Weight: 4.67gms
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-03BF24
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible metal working debris. A small lump of non-ferrous metal melt, of conical form, which has solidified on a flat surface. Suggested date: Unknown, 43-1800. Diameter: 13mm, Height: 8.8mm, Weight: 3.52gms
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-03B601
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible mount. A sub-triangular plate of sheet metal, thickness 0.6mm, sharply folded towards its narrower end, with a domed rivet of head diameter 3.2mm and length 2.8mm at its wider end. The display side may be coated with black material or sooted. The form may suggest a function relating to the suspension or attachment of another item as a pendent mount. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650. Length: 17.8mm, Width: 12.4mm, Thickness (overall, clear of rivet): 1.6mm, Weight: 0.91gms
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-03AB72
Object type: SERRATED IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey flint serrated implement fragment. A thin flake with broad and narrow parallel flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a slightly concave ventral surface. Very short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows one long edge, producing serrations so fine they are more easily felt than observed. Misty white patina has developed over struck surfaces, suggesting the object has endured exposure to a calcareous environment after its deposition. The blade is broken, probably recently. Suggested date: Late Mesolithic, 7000-4000 BC. Length: 36.0mm, Width: 21.7mm, Thickne…
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-038F46
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle fragment. Cast rectangular double looped buckle with slightly indented upper and lower edges; part of one loop is lost; abraded. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1570-1700. Length: 23.6mm, Height: 21.9mm, Thickness: 3.1mm, Weight: 4.37gms
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0384CE
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead shot. Cast belted ball for a light rifled fowling piece or 'rook and rabbit' gun, flattened by impact. Patinated. The moulded medial band around the shot was intended to engage rifling within a gun barrel, and was first used with the Brunswick rifle introduced to military use in the 1840s. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1840-1860. Diameter (at belt): 12.3mm, Weight: 8.15gms
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-037BD2
Object type: BOX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable box mount. Cast strip, lightly concavo-convex, thinned and slightly flared at one end and broken across a fixing hole of diameter c.1.5mm at the other. A moulded decorative scheme of chevrons with supplementary incised lines appears towards the unbroken end. A grey-buff material adheres on the back towards the flared end. Length: 31.5mm, Width: 10.5mm, Thickness (overall): 2.6mm, Weight: 3.19g. The finder kindly suggests an Anglo-Scandinavian date, but the decoration appears too crisp and the metal too thin for this to obtain. This reporter initially considere…
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0370C6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy unidentified object. A tiny rectangular scrap of cast lead or lead alloy - the lack of flexibility commends the latter. There is possibly a rhomboid in low relief on one side. This might be an improvised playing piece, though it might equally be an offcut or a fragment from a larger object. The metal retains a grey tint. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1900. Length: 13.5mm, Width: 11.2mm, Thickness: 2.5mm, Weight: 2.64gms
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-036506
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast rectangular double looped buckle with a bevelled and canted outer edge, and with a central bar set slightly back from the other elements of the frame. A cast pin is looped around the strap bar. The pin may be positioned upside down, or the buckle's last use may have seen its ends reversed. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1850. Length: 24.3mm, Height: 22.1mm, Thickness: 3mm, Weight: 5.80gms
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0357F2
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ring. Cast penannular loop of probably drawn wire with rounded ends now c.2.5mm apart. With the rounded ends of the band in mind, a function as an ear ring might be entertained. Other uses entailing the suspension or attachment of other objects might equally apply. Suggested date: Unknown, Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1100-1800. Diameter (long axis, as found): 33.5mm, Thickness/Diameter of wire: 3mm, Weight: 3.98gms
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-034E14
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap end fragment. A thin straight-sided sheet metal plate with a slightly tapered blunt-ended terminal. Lightly creased. The display face bears cross-hatched incised decoration. Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1400. Length (as found): 34.4mm, Width: 6.4mm, Thickness: 1.3mm, Weight: 1.30gms
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-03437B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy, probable penannular brooch. Cast penannular brooch with a plain round section band and flattened and coiled terminals at right angles to the plane of the band, Fowler Type C. The upper or outer side of the band retains faint traces of ribbed ornament, though this may merely be chatter marks from finishing. The finder kindly suggests a function as an ear ring. In this case, this suggestion may be credible: first, because the band retains some tensile strength as would be required for such a function; secondly, there is no sign of a pin; and, thirdly, this tiny object woul…
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 28th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0334AC
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pin fragment. Cast pin with a flat-sided facetted head with thirteen facets, with four ring and dot of diameter 2.4mm on the largest flat faces, and one apiece on the others save for the uppermost, collared, with an unvaried round section shank do far as it remains; Flixborough type 231. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 800-850. Length: 21.9mm, Width: 9.6mm, Thickness: 6.5mm, Diameter (shank): 1.8mm, Weight: 3.79gms
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-032907
Object type: BORER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey flint borer. A sub-triangular flake with broad flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a flat ventral surface. Short to very short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows the converging sides of a point. Suggested date: Early Neolithic, 4000-3500 BC. Length: 23.7mm, Width: 24.9mm, Thickness: 4.5mm, Weight: 2.14gms
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-031CAE
Object type: BORER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pale grey flint possible borer. Sub-triangular flake with broad flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a flat ventral surface. Short abrupt retouch executed from the ventral aspect completes the definition of a sharp point. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC. Length: 30.6mm, Width: 27mm, Thickness: 8.0mm, Weight: 5.66gms
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-F27746
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Blue-grey flint possible scraper. A thick flake with a broad flake struck from its dorsal side by hard hammer, and with a prominent bulb on its ventral surface. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows a curved edge. Misty patina has developed over the struck surfaces, suggesting a period of exposure to a calcareous environment. This is disrupted along part of the edge, possibly by battering or reuse of a discarded tool. The finder kindly suggests an identification as a tortoise scraper. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC. Length: 36.4mm, Width: 38.…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.