Record ID: LIN-923792
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a medieval or early post-medieval copper alloy plaque or monumental brass. The surviving fragment is a strip from the edge of what was probably a larger rectangular plaque decorated on both sides. One side contains lines of incised black-letter text, though only the first letter of each line survives. Four lines are visible, with perhaps the lower part a fifth at line visible at the very top of the fragment.The edge to the left of the text appears to be original. The lines read: ? [ ] q[ ] b[ ] d[ ] ?A[ ] The right hand side of the fragment has been ne…
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2018
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Record ID: LIN-0D39A3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman enamelled, copper alloy, umbonate brooch. The brooch dates to c. AD100-AD 250. The brooch is circular, domed, and has a flat, incomplete, perimeter ledge. The domed surface is decorated with twelve triangular cells, alternating with red and blue enamel. The short side of each cell is crescent shaped, curving into the interior of the cell. In the centre of the dome is a small knop. A circular flat cell projects from one side. This contains an inner circular cell which contains the remains of a degraded enamel or paste, now cream coloured. A catchplate is located on …
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2016
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-CA6276
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic polished stone axehead (c.4000-2351BC). The axe is probably a Group VI axe from Langdale, Cumbria. The axe is sub-rectangular in plan and measures 94.95mm in length. It tapers from 46.71mm at the blade end to 23.02mm at the butt, and is 21.3mm in thickness. The axe weighs 130.78g. The blade and butt ends are rounded both in plan and in section, the blade end having lost its sharpness in antiquity. A small chip - presumably having occured in more recent times - is visible at one edge of the blade. This exposes mid-dark green interior. The axe is oval in section with side…
Created on: Friday 6th May 2016
Last updated: Monday 9th May 2016
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