Record ID: LIN-3E42F6
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and slightly damaged Post-Medieval copper alloy spherical animal 'crotal' bell. The suspension loop at the top has a rectangular and flat cross-section. The upper and lower hemispheres are divided equally by a horizontal circumferential joining rib. Two holes in the lower hemisphere are joined by a split. This bell has been entirely filled with lead and may have been reused as a weight. Similar to: PAS, find number: IOW-A805A6.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-29D387
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged post-medieval lead toy or miniature representation of a chalice. The object has an incomplete pedestal base with concave centre. The vessel wall was originally hexagonal but is now squashed flat. The rim is missing. Each panel is decorated with a vertical perimeter of pellets, and around the top one or two draped garlands of pellets are also visible. For a similar example see SWYOR-E3D418.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-27B582
Object type: CHAPE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy chape. The chape is U-shaped with three convex depressions along the ridge. A moulded bar runs across the top part of the chape. The bottom has a moulded knop. The chape is hollow on the reverse.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-24B6D7
Object type: TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible post-medieval luggage tag. The object has a flat, sub-oval body with a circular hole at the top. In the centre are the initials J.J.R. An unclear punched motif is also visible on the reverse but it is uncertain whether this is a makers mark or just damage.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-24A552
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Terminal from a post-medieval pewter spoon. The terminal is sub-oval in plan, flat and decorated on one side with a moulded adult ?female bust left with drapery and hair flowing backwards. A laureal leaf is located below the bust.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-10ADC1
Object type: HARNESS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly a copper alloy horse boss. The boss is circular with a domed area. The disc is decorated with two concentric lines and a central dot. There is a loop on the top of this object. The metal appears to be pressed, which suggest a post-medieval to modern date.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-9629C4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy object, possibly a drawer knob from a piece of furniture. The object has a solid globular head decorated with an incised band around the perimeter. A waisted shank extends which flares to a flat base. An incomplete circular-sectioned shank extends from the centre of this base. Probably post-medieval in date, though it was found on a field that produces large amounts of Roman material.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-911B44
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval lead cloth seal from the fustians of Augsburg, sixteenth to early seventh century. The seal is circular and has an incomplete circular tab on the reverse. The obverse is decorated with an ornate letter A with annulet above and ?lis and annular below. The reverse depicts a cride pine-cone. Similar seals are recorded in Egan, 'Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum', p. 106.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 26th April 2012
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: LIN-51C2A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver groat of Elizabeth I, mint of London, struck 1560-1.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2012
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D2C3F3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval, cast, copper-alloy double-loop, asymmetrical buckle. The buckle consists of two loops, one D-shaped and one trapezoidal. Both loops are triangular in section. The D-shaped loop has a lobed knop at either end of the strap bar. Iron oxide staining on the strap bar suggests an iron pin, now missing. A similar buckle can be seen in Whitehead, page 91, no.564.
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marshchapel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-593FC4
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Clog Clasp. Cast sub-rectangular plate with a folded lug at either end, one with an expanded lunate terminal. The display face bears a decorative stamped diaper pattern which appears also on the reverse. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1750-1850. Length: 22.2mm, Width: 13.1mm, Thickness: 1.1mm, Weight: 1.85gms.
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fonaby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-592515
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy Possible Toy Gun. Curved cast fragment; comprising the butt and one side of the handle of a toy gun made in at least two pieces, strengthened with a mid rib and thickened at its made end. The inside is recessed, a feature which may have helped accommodate other moving parts, perhaps a trigger mechanism, with walls circa 2.3mm thick elsewhere. The display side bears a low relief pattern of cross hatched lines with a lozenge in each of its compartments, within a grooved border. The form resembles that of toy petronels or cavalry pistols reported from London, where a 17th-ce…
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fonaby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-589F62
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Coin. Penny of Henry VIII (1509-1547), first issue of 1509-1526, York mint. Obverse description: Enthroned sovereign facing, a trefoil-headed pillar on either side of throne. Mintmark is probably castle (69). Inscription clipped or lost. Reverse description: Shield of Arms of England and France with long cross; pair of keys below shield. Diameter (in excess of): 14.3mm, Weight: 0.43gms, die axis: 5
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-57CE55
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Thimble. Conical thimble of domed form, probably pressed from sheet metal, with a broad milled foot ring flanked by further incised circumferential bands. Only the top appears to bear closely-spaced punched indentations. Now flattened. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1750-1850. Height (as found): 24.5mm, Width: 25.7mm, Wall Thickness: 0.4mm, Weight: 2.91gms.
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-566E48
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Coin. Halfgroat of Charles I (1625-1649), issue of 1640-1641. Obverse description: Bust left, II behind head, mintmark star (23) Ogbverse inscription: *CAROLVS.D.G.(---)REX Reverse description: Shield of Arms in cartouche Reverse inscription: IVSTITIA.THRONVM.F(---) Diameter: 16.4mm, Weight: 1.04gms, die axis: 6
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5560F3
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead shot. Cast shot for a fowling piece, with sprue stub and flaw. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800. Diameter: 10.6mm, Weight: 6.22gms.
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-553591
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with black paint or oil possible strap fitting. Cast ovoid plate with a collared knop at its narrow end and a lug at the other. A border confines a field of pelleted decoration set in rows. Two attachment holes lie on the centre line of the plate, one at the putative belt end, and one interrupting the pellet decoration, both of diameter 2.5mm. These represent a modification, and have been punched through the plate from the back, distorting it. Black paint or oil traces remain around these holes on the reverse, along with brown staining which might be either ferrous or org…
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-551030
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle chape. Cast plate of waisted form with a stud with plano-convex head of diameter 9.8mm at one end; the other end is bifurcated, with paired hinges to receive a steel spindle which would engage sockets in a buckle frame. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1690-1720. Length: 30.9mm, Width: 12.1mm, Thickness (plate): 1.9mm, Weight: 4.85gms.
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-5506A1
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy spoon fragment. Oval spatulate terminal from a large pewter spoon handle. Now delaminating but showing only light patination. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1750-1850. Length: 26.2mm, Width: 25.9mm, Thickness: 3.1mm, Weight: 7.36gms.
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-54FD27
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead shot. Cast shot. The diameter of the ball would be apt to use in a military firearm but its weight is significantly less than that of numerous similar finds reported from the vicinity. Distorted by impact and patinated overall. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800. Diameter: 17.3mm, Weight: 21.03gms.
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.