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: NLM-9E8165
Object type: STUD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Stud. Wrought Iron stud with a broad straight-sided domed head and a short pointed shank of rectangular section. The good condition should probably argue a relatively recent date. This object would be apt to the reinforcement of a hefty door; the short shank does not suggest a role in the joining of major structural elements, which would more usually be achieved by carpentry. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1800. Length (overall): 53.6mm, Width (head): 55mm by 59mm, Weight: circa 245gms.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-8F7D92
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large iron spur with shaped neck and rowel, part of which survives. 3 large iron rivets to nail spur to boot. Probably 18th/19th century.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th March 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BERK-8F7251
Object type: ROWEL SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron rowel, 6 points (one missing). Sub-circular mounting hole. c15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th March 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BERK-8F6517
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval iron rowel spur fragment; no rowel, cradle only. Possibly 18th century in date, and possibly a childs.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th March 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BERK-8F54E4
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete socketed Medieval tanged arrowhead, a hunting arrow. One barb and point missing. General Medieval date (12th to 16th centuries).
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-8F42A5
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Socketed Medieval iron 'spearhead' shaped arrowhead; point broken (?used). Mainly used for hunting. General medieval date (12th - 16th centuries).
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 14th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-8F2EC0
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval iron tanged arrowhead, with circular socket and broad head; used for hunting. General medieval date, 12th - 16th centuries.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 14th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-068890
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast iron hammer head probably dating to the 17th century. This is a claw hammer head with a rectangular socket for the handle and a conical head at one end and angled split end at the other. The conical head is decoratively case with bands of ridges and grooves along the neck. There are also decorative grooves on each side of the socket, near the edges. The iron is in reasonable condition with a few small areas of rust developing on the surface. There are no visible maker's marks. A similar example is recorded on the database as LON- 94C927, which Tony Pi…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-065AD4
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast iron hammer head probably dating to the 17th century. This is a claw hammer head with a rectangular socket for the handle and a conical head at one end and angled split end at the other. The conical head has a faceted neck. The iron is in reasonable condition with no rust developing on the surface. There are no visible maker's marks. There is some wear or damage on the outer corners of the split end. A similar example is recorded on the database as LON- 94C927, which Tony Pilson identified as dating to the 17th century. Dimensions: length: 116.71m…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-7797D7
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly a wrought iron socketed sickle fragment dating from the Earliest Iron Age, that is c. 800-600BC. It would have been part of the Early Iron Age Llyn Fawr metalwork assemblage and contemporary with early iron spearheads, wrought iron socketed axes, copper-alloy socketed axes of Sompting and related types and Hallstatt razors.The fragment is very worn and the surface on both obverse and reverse is pitted and flaky and in need of conservation. The edges of the blade are jagged and the original line is difficult to ascertain. The artefact has a strong midrib along its entire lengt…
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Keswick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4DFBD2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead and iron button front. Cast plano-convex discoid button with the stub of a corroded iron loop in the flat back. A low rim surrounds the front. Patinated overall. Suggested date: Possibly Late Medieval, 1400-1500. Diameter: 24.7mm, Thickness: 4.6mm, Weight: 16.88gms.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-4B0202
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron brooch dating from the Late Iron to Early Roman period. The brooch is in the one-piece Colchester style, missing the pin and spring and the foot including the catchplate. Although iron brooches are unusual there are a number recorded on this database. First century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cherwell district', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-35E296
Object type: HOB NAIL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two incomplete and probably Roman iron hobnails, with broken square-sectioned shafts. One has a conical, rectangular head (9.97x6.06x4.21mm), its overall length is 11.88mm and it weighs 0.81g. The other has a square conical head (8.44x7.83x4.14mm), its overall length is 14.26mm and it weighs 1.16g. The shaft is bent towards the end. Although it is rare for iron nails to survive for a prolonged period, this size and shape conforms to known examples of Roman hobnails.
Created on: Monday 28th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-E3D887
Object type: DRILL BIT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron possible tool bit. Wrought Iron shank with spatulate end. Heavily corroded, which has conferred a possibly misleading rectilinear section, and bent at its narrower end. Suggested date: Unknown, Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1100-1800. Length: 102mm, Width: 21mm, Thickness: 13mm, Weight: 51.32gms.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-A63816
Object type: SHEARS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Half of a set of Medieval to Modern shears. One complete blade and arm survive, along with roughly half of the broader connecting loop. The shears are undecorated three pairs of double notches on the sides of the arm. The shears are covered in iron corrosion and part of the edge of the blade has chipped. Shears are often undecorated or simply decorated and there shape changes little between the Medieval and Modern periods, therefore a broad 1200-1900 AD date is suggested. Dimensions: length: 124.29 mm; width: 16.77 mm; thicness: 11.23 mm; weight 11.84g.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th July 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-A5F7C4
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval to Modern iron knife. The knife has a complete scale tang with a, now flattened, round terminal. There are two in-situ rivets through the tang, and a hole for a third, which would have held the scales in place. The scales are no longer present. The tang and the blade are integrally attached by a short solid bolster. The blade itself is broken, so the true length of the knife is uncertain. None of the remaining iron knife is decorated. Scale tang knifes were made from the late medieval period onwards, and the lack of decoration or maker's mark on this ex…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th July 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-A597E4
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval iron knife, dating AD 1600-1650. The knife has a long, solid bolster, hexagonal in section, which flattens into a narrow blade. The blade has a straight, worn break across its width, 47.9mm from the bolster. At the other end of the bolster is a pin tang with a worn tip. The rest of the handle is missing. The bolster is undecorated beyond its six facets. A knife with a similar hexagonal bolster previously found on the Thames foreshore is early 16th century in date(Brown 2001, 83), so this knife is likely of a similar date. Dimension: length: 119.38 m…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th August 2014
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Record ID: LON-A4E4C0
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval iron knife, dating AD 1550-1650. The knife has a long, solid cylindrical bolster which flats into a narrow blade. The blade has a straight, worn break across its width. At the other end of the bolster is the remains of a tang which has broken near to its start. The rest of the handle is missing. The bolster is decorated with two engraved sets of four-petalled flowers; one set aligned with each face of the blade. The narrow blade and the bolster/tang configuration suggests an early Post Medieval date, AD 1550 to 1650. Similar examples can be found in Brow…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th August 2014
Spatial data recorded.