Record ID: LIN-A33357
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded iron knife. The hand is rectangular in plan and section, but extremely fragile. A narrow collar joins the handle to the blade. Onyl a small section of blade survives. The blade appears to have a flat back and a cutting edge that drops down from the handle.
Created on: Tuesday 13th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 13th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-CFD682
Object type: AXE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, but encrusted and corroded, iron axe head of Roman or Anglo-Saxon date. It has a curved and flaring blade. The axe expands to the poll end, which curves downwards, is flat and rectangular in form. The eye through which the axe would have originally have been hafted is oval and partly filled with iron corrosion that might be covering mineralised wood. All surfaces of the axe show signs of extensive corrosive iron products and encrustation, but the axe appears complete. It measures 146mm in length, 67mm in width at poll end, 28mm in height at poll end, and 68mm in height at …
Created on: Thursday 14th February 2013
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-5BB535
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Anglo-Saxon iron shield boss dating to the sixth century AD. The boss is circular, domed and has a narrow flat ledge running around the perimeter. Three sections of this ledge survive, and where they do they show evidence of rivet holes, which would have been used to secure the boss to the shield. A large circular hole is located at the apex. The boss is in a relatively good condition but is now in two pieces. The condition suggests that it was only recently brought into the plough zone through agricultural activity.
Created on: Thursday 3rd January 2013
Last updated: Monday 24th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Normanton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-08F881
Object type: COMB
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Anglo-Saxon iron comb. The backplate is rectangular in plan and is slightly concave in section. The concave surface has incomplete teeth set in three paired rows. Those on the other survive reasonably well, while those on the inner are barely visible. The teeth of the row within each pair are offset to one another. Each tooth appears to be pyramidal in section. A similar example from Wicken Bonhunt is illustrated in Ottaway, P. 'Products of the blacksmith in Mid-Late Anglo-Saxon England, 1, p 13, fig. 4, no. h (http://www.pjoarchaeology.co.uk/academic-consultancy/anglosaxon-ironw…
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2012
Last updated: Monday 19th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Louth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-B17DA7
Object type: BELL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small iron hand-bell plated with copper-alloy using the 'fusion-plating process' (Bourke 1980; 1983). The bell is corroded but appears to be made from a single piece of iron that has been folded in two; the seam, which is located to the side, is now open and was presumably once riveted together. The bell has pulled shoulders, which results in a very narrow apex. In plan the bell is sub-oval. A ring was set in the top of the bell which served both as a handle and for a suspension of the clapper. The former is evidenced by two small knobs of iron at the apex; the latter is perhaps …
Created on: Friday 15th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Louth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-AEF7B7
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged iron knife. The knife has a tapering integral tang. The back of the tang is flush with the back of the blade. The blade edge is missing, but the shape is elongated and the tip is missing. The knife is now bent at the point where blade meets tang. Possibly Anglo-Saxon, but probably much later.
Created on: Friday 15th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 15th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Welton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-416B77
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron knife handle dating to the sixteenth or seventeenth century. The handle is rectangular in cross-section with four iron rivets through it. The terminal of the handle is square with an acorn knop above it.
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 29th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saltfleetby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-E59C40
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an iron object, probably an arrowhead though there is so little of it left that a certain identification is difficult to make. The object is oval in cross-section with traces of a narrow wing on either side. The object tapers to a worn, rounded tip.
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2011
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saltfleetby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-0E3FE3
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron knife, probably dating to the Anglo-Saxon period, sixth or seventh-century. The tang of the knife is mostly missing and the perimeter of the knife is corroded, however it is still possible to make out the original profile of the knife blade. The blade has an low-arched back and a high-arched cutting edge. The back is 4mm in width (including corrosion) and tapers to the cutting edge.
Created on: Monday 16th May 2011
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-A81552
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron wire hooked tag. The object comprises an iron tang wrapped in strands of silver or tin wire. Iron corrosion is located at either end of the object indicating where the hooked terminals extended. This type of wire hooked tag has been erroniously attributed to the Anglo-Saxon period however they actually date to the early post-medieval period. For similar examples see Brian Read, Hooked-clasps and eyes, (Somerset: Portcullis Publishing, 2008), pp. 142-149.
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2011
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-A7FF47
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An iron mount or stud, probably from an early Anglo-Saxon shield. The object has a flat circular head 21mm in diameter, with an incomplete shank extending from the centre of the reverse. The stud is circular in cross-section and now heavily corroded. The head is decorated with a thin sheet of silver or tin. The mount is similar to others that decorated shields in the early Anglo-Saxon period. The length of the shank (20mm) might suggest that this is of a type used to secure the boss to the board.
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-797DA2
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron L-shaped nail or hook. The nail shaft is circular in cross-section and has bar projecting at 90 degrees from the shaft. The terminal of the bar is downward pointing. Broadly similar examples are illustrated in Manning, but as this nail is unstratified it is difficult date with any certainty.
Created on: Wednesday 8th September 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 14th September 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-D4FAC2
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete iron barb-spring padlock. The padlock comprises a hollow body that is D-shaped in cross-section measuring 47mm x 18mm x 20mm. The body has a rectangular key hole at one end into which the bolt is pushed. The bolt protrudes from opening and turns to a right angle to grasp another bar that runs parallel to the body of the lock. The lock would have opened by inserting an L-shaped key through the slit at the opposite end of the case. The barb-spring padlock first appeared in Britain at the very end of the Iron Age, and numerous examples are discussed in Manning, 1985, p. 95, a…
Created on: Monday 26th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: LIN-922FC3
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded iron T-shaped lift key from a Roman tumbler lock. The key is of the form numbered '1' in Manning's (1985, 91; fig. 25) typology:the stem is rectangular in cross-section andterminates with an achor-shaped bit with a single tooth on either side of the stem. The suspension loop at the top is missing. A wide Roman date has been given since such keys have emerged from different archaeological contexts and because the form is an enduring one (see below, 'Notes').
Created on: Tuesday 11th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heckington Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-750F26
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron padlock. The padlock is triangular with a curved swivel mechanism at the top.
Created on: Thursday 15th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-F694F4
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval iron key. The key has an oval bow. The shank is oval in cross-section and decorated with three incised collars near the bow end. The bit is complete, having two forward facing prongs.
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-66BDF3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron looped terminal, perhaps from a Romano-British bracelet or torc. The terminal is made from circular-sectioned wire and has a loop made from three turns. Below the loop the wire forms the beginning of a shaft by forming tight circles.
Created on: Monday 15th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-7BA043
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large iron key dating to the late medieval period. The key has a kidney shaped bow that is circular in cross-section. The shank is octagonal in cross-section. The bit has two prongs (one is incomplete), with internal sections cut out. The shank extends slightly beyond the bit. Very similar to Read, 2001, p71, fig. 45, no. 532, which is dated circa 1330-1400.
Created on: Friday 27th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-AD6CD4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete iron mount from a medieval unidentified object (c. 13th century). The mount is made out of iron and is decorated with a chequer-board pattern with red enamel in the perimeter field. No enamel survives in the recessed square cells of the chequer-board. The mount is shield shaped, heraldic and has a small bifurcated tab at the top in the centre. From beneath the shield extends an incomplete flat rectangular shank. There are no attachment points on the reverse. This object has been noted by Baker (2015, 14; note 48). It probably relates to the Dukes of Brittany, whose arms …
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 18th May 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-F11647
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible fragment of an iron Hod Hill brooch. The fragment is very corroded and so a certain identification is not possible, however the object is in the shape of an early Roman Hod Hill brooch, having a flat rectangular body with the remains of what appear to be circular side-knops. The 'foot' is triangular in plan, flat and has a ?circular terminal.
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Threekingham', grid reference and parish protected.