Record ID: PUBLIC-B3C3E6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy spectacle buckle frame. The buckle has a flat base and a convex profile. Only one half and the pin remains, the second loop only has stubs left. The strap bar has a rounded projecting knop at each end. As it narrows it appears to wrap over the frame, having the effect of pulling in the 'waist'. The outer edge of the frame is decoratively moulded with a large circular protrusions, incised with a groove for the pin. The copper-alloy pin is complete and wraps around the strap bar. There is a grey-green patina on the buckle. Whitehead (1996, 65) illus…
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caistor area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B36C43
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Medieval single loop buckle with integral, forked spacers and buckle plate dating to c.1350-1450 (Whitehead 1996, p36 and p37 ). The object is a composite buckle with the plate being formed of a single sheet of copper alloy plate folded and secured to the internal forked spacer by a single rivet at the far end. The pin remains and is bent at 45 deg. The D shaped loop has a bevelled surface on the front of it and the loop is a very shallow hemisphere in cross-section. The frame has a green patina covering the surface of the buckle frame. Buckles of this type dat…
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 14th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caistor area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B3272F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and well preserved late Medieval copper alloy buckle. Cast rectangular single looped buckle with a widened and bevelled outer edge with three horizontally incised grooves to serve as a pin rest, a further groove at either end, and an external ridge or stop on its upper and lower edges. The pin remains. A complete version of NLM-E9EE74.
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 14th August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B2DC66
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy buckle of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1575 - 1700. The buckle is a double looped asymmetrical shape with moulded decoration on the loops. The outer edge of the rectangularbuckle bears six lobed knops. Lobed protrusions also project from either end of the strap bar. The pin no longer remains. The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The buckle is 23.2mm long, 18.9mm wide, 1.9mm thick and weighs 2.3g. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead, p.92, no.577 and is dated to circa AD 1575 - 1700. There is also a slightly larger example at YORYM-FD6902.
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caistor area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B29DB4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast copper alloy buckle dating to the Medieval period. The buckle is single looped, 'D'-shaped in section, missing the strap bar and broadly rectangular in plan. The centre has five incised lines with the middle deeper for a pin rest. The pin is missing and the buckle has a pale green patina. Whitehead (2003, pg. 27) illustrates a similar buckle, e.g. 136, which he dates to between 1350-1450 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 14th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caistor area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B270A7
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but worn lead Spindle Whorl of Medieval date (AD 1200-1550). The object is circular and in profile is sub bi-convex, there is a single, central circular perforation running through running through the object. (8.4mm in diameter.)The perforation is extended either end by a raised lip. Both sides are decorated by a raised pattern. Helen Geake writes: "Dating of lead whorls is difficult. The drop spindle with which they were used continued in use until the end of the medieval period in London and Winchester (Egan 1998, "The Medieval Household: Daily Living c1150 - c1450"; a…
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caistor area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-1FB13B
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead-alloy button, dating late 16th-17th century. The button is convex with flat back and decorated with a central point. The button has a integral looped shank and a casting seam is visible on the back of the button.
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th March 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-1F69D8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast asymmetrical double looped buckle with a curved outer edge which is slightly expanded within the loop and a straight inner edge. The pin is missing. Similar to NLM-0957E5.
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caistor area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-1F2133
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy spherical strap end. It is made from a singular piece of copper alloy neatly folded over at the terminal. There are four crudely shaped rivets, one at the open end, one in the middle of the rectangular section and two near the closed end. A repeated pattern of punch marks running along the sides of the top plate decorate the surface. There appears to be the remains of the leather the strap end was attached to, between the plates.
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caistor area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-1EDBB7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy strap-end (c. 1350-c. 1400). The strap-end is formed of two sheet copper-alloy plates that are sub-rectangular in plan. There is no spacer between the plates and the plates are riveted together. Both plates have the same thickness of about 0.46mm. The closed terminal end is rounded in plan and has a small pointed knop. At the open attachment end the width is 12.0mm. Through both plates there is a 1.6mm hole for the fastening rivet to be placed. In plan, the front plate at the open (attachment) end has four 'V'-shaped notches (removals). The attachment end of…
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caistor area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-1E7B06
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn Late Iron Age or Early Roman copper alloy La Tene III type one-piece brooch, Nauheim derivative​. The brooch body is triangular in plan and flat in section, and has a slightly arched profile similar to many brooches of this type. The body tapers into a narrow undecorated foot. The brooch does not seem to be decorated and has been bent as some time. The brooch currently measures 29.1mm in length and weighs 1.87g. There is a clear olive green patina covering the surface. Similar comparisons on the database can be found at BERK-CFE8DF, WMID-F5D5CD and WILT-…
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caistor area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-8BECA0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An complete, cast copper alloy buckle dating to the Medieval period. The buckle is single looped, 'D'-shaped in section with a rounded strap bar and broadly rectangular in plan. The centre has five incised lines in the middle for a pin rest. The pin is in place and the remaining buckle has an even pale green patina. The buckle measures 15.7mm in length, 16.3mm in width, 5.3mm in thickness and weighs 4.05g. Whitehead (2003, pg. 27) illustrates a similar buckle, e.g. 136, which he dates to between 1350-1450 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 14th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near North Ormsby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-8BA8A1
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead Spindle Whorl of Medieval date (AD 1200-1550). The object is circular and in profile is sub bi-convex, there is a single, central circular perforation running through running through the object. (9.9mm in diameter.) The perforation is extended either end by a raised lip which has been damaged. Both sides are decorated by a raised pattern. Helen Geake writes: "Dating of lead whorls is difficult. The drop spindle with which they were used continued in use until the end of the medieval period in London and Winchester (Egan 1998, "The Medieval Household: Daily Living c1…
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2017
Last updated: Friday 2nd June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near North Ormsby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-8B68A2
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete copper-alloy stirrup strap-mount of the late early-medieval period, dating from c. AD 1000 - AD 1100. It finds its closest parallels in Williams's Class A, Type 1 mounts, with typical pentagonal form and addorsed (back to back) beasts on the front face, and can be classified as such (Williams 1997, pp. 26-34, figs 19 - 23). It is pentagonal in form with semi-circular suspension loop at the apex that has a single circular rivet hole. Each side of the plate has a triangular projection with small projecting knops at top, part of the interlocking heads of beasts poin…
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2017
Last updated: Friday 20th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near North Ormsby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-8AFFD3
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy cheekpiece from a late Anglo Saxon bridle bit, dating circa 1000 to 1100. The cheekpiece is broadly triangular in form, having a rectangular loop at the top, and a zoomorphic, long tapering projection to either side below. Only one animal head survives. The outline is shown by the moulded perimeter of the frame, and shows a beast in profile, looking outwards. The beast has a large comma shaped ear or horn, and a slender eye and snout enhanced by engraving. A possible front claw is also shown extending inwards from the base of the frame. The cheekpiece is …
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2017
Last updated: Friday 9th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near North Ormsby', grid reference and parish protected.