Record ID: NMS-472430
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete corroded iron spearhead, leaf-shaped blade of flattened pointed-oval section, broken closed socked, lower end missing. Surviving length 89mm. Blade 54mm. Width of blade 25mm. Large lump of corrosion on one edge of blade. Compare with examples in Manning (1985), Plate 77, V46-7. 43-409 AD.
Created on: Friday 21st December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st January 2013
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Record ID: SUR-3212C4
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Reading
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron artillery ball, now in a corroded state. The ball was found in a garden on the edge of Reading and may well relate to the siege of Reading during the English Civil War when, in April 1643, Parliamentary forces, using cannon, beseiged the Royalist garrison which later surrendered. The ball weighs 14 3/8 ounces (406g).
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2013
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Record ID: NLM-315EC2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron unidentified object, possibly serving as a binding. Wrought iron strip, apparently bent around a former of diameter circa 36mm, possibly in a spiral. One end of the object tapers towards a point. Suggested date: Possibly Post-Medieval to Modern, 1700-1900. Length (as found): 43mm, Width: 14mm, Thickness: 6mm, Weight: 16.30gms
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-314F76
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron ring. Probably wrought iron ring with a central round aperture of diameter circa 15mm. The object is probably of squared section, and appears slightly thinner (by circa 4mm) on one part of its circumference. Suggested date: Probably Post-Medieval to Modern, 1700-1900. Diameter: 39mm, Band Width: 15mm, Thickness: circa 10mm, Weight: 38.86gms.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-313DD5
Object type: TACK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron possible tack. A short tapered rectangular section shank, set at one end of a sub-ovoid head. Possibly for fastening thick leather. Suggested date: Probably Post-Medieval, 1500-1800. Length: 22mm, Width (head): 21mm, Thickness (upper shank): 5.5mm, Weight: 5.54gms.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-312E77
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron possible nail fragment. Shank fragment, possibly from a hand made nail; the partial exposure of a rectangular section arises from delamination of the metal. Suggested date: Unknown, Medieval-Post-Medieval, 1200-1800. Length: 25mm, Weight: 5.55gms.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-3122B0
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Wrought iron nail fragment. Oval headed nail with its shank bent at right angles, perhaps at is midpoint although the tip is now lost. Suggested date: Unknown, Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1200-1800. Length (as found): 33mm, Width (head): 15.5mm, Thickness (upper shank): 8mm, Weight: 6.71gms
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-3114B2
Object type: CHAIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably wrought iron chain link. An elongated oval link, probably worn or flattened at one end. The object appears to have been made by bending a square section rod, though this appearance could arise from the delamination of corroding metal. Suggested date: Unknown, probably Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1200-1800. Length: 62mm, Width: 28mm, Thickness: 9mm, Weight: 26.21gms.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-3100F3
Object type: DRAWKNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Wrought Iron spokeshave, slicker or drawknife. A pointed tang of length circa 40mm is set at right angles to a heavy blade with a V-section cutting edge and a rectangular section back; the cutting edge begins circa 22mm from where the tang joins the back of the blade. It is angled by use and/or sharpening on the same side as the projecting tang. This differs from lighter forms of drawknife in that the tang is not in the same plane as the blade. The object is in good condition, which may indicate a fairly recent date, and perhaps a blade of good quality steel. Suggested date: Post-Medi…
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-30E961
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron nail. Wrought Iron nail with a tapering shank and possibly a square head. Corroded. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 40-1800. Length: 61mm, Width (at head): 19.5mm, Thickness (upper shank): 11mm, Weight: 17.83gms.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-30D431
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron unidentified and undated object. A sub-triangular object with a single projecting shank at one end, and with a surface which appears bubbled overall. The mass may suggest the survival of much of the metal, which may hint at a recent date. Length: 65.8mm, Width: 38mm, Thickness: circa 17mm, Weight: 77.59gms.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2020
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Record ID: NCL-1A4A67
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast iron harness boss of Post-Medieval date, probably c. 1600-1700. The boss is incomplete, missing approximately 40% of the object. The boss is composed of a dome with a flat projecting rim, and a projecting knob, possibly conical, at its peak. The object has suffered from corrosion, which has obscured any detail of decoration and some form, for example with the knob. There is no evidence for the attachment method of the boss.
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-DFFD52
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, iron strip brooch of Late Iron Age - Early Roman date. The top of the brooch rolls back to form a cylinder which appears to have a slot in the centre at the rear for the pin, most of which remains. The whole of the artefact is heavily encrusted with corrosion obscuring any detail. The bow is truncated resulting in the loss of the catchplate. Suggested date 25 - 60AD. Similar to PAS record GLO-205D77.
Created on: Sunday 16th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-DEDAF5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly an iron pin from an Iron Age or Roman Nauheim Derivative bow brooch. It has a circular section and is bent round in a smooth arc.
Created on: Sunday 16th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-DE7A53
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large, incomplete, iron, bow brooch. The circular section bow is complete and still retains half of the 4 coiled spring with its internal chord passing under the bow. It gradually tapers in and at the foot it is clear that the catchplate was framed, perforated with probably a triangular shaped hole. This item has been conserved with clear varnish. Suggested date 1st century BC.
Created on: Sunday 16th December 2012
Last updated: Saturday 24th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-DE2B08
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The iron bow, a coil of the spring and part of the pin of a simple, one-piece, probable Nauheim Derivative bow brooch. It is very corroded and in the past has been conserved with clear varnish. Suggested date 50 BC - 100AD
Created on: Sunday 16th December 2012
Last updated: Sunday 23rd June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-DDEFD8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Simple, iron wire bow brooch. Now broken into three pieces, the bow, most of the pin and the small solid catchplate are present. The bow has a flat oval section with a near right angled bend at the top. This is likely to be a Late Iron Age La Tene III, simple one-piece, Nauheim Derivative bow brooch. The item has been conserved with clear varnish.
Created on: Sunday 16th December 2012
Last updated: Sunday 23rd June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-DDCA80
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmented, simple iron wire bow brooch. Probably a Late Iron Age La Tene III one piece Nauheim Derivative. Now broken into 3 pieces, the spring and part of the pin are present along with part of the bow and catchplate. Suggested date 1st century BC - 1st century AD.
Created on: Sunday 16th December 2012
Last updated: Sunday 23rd June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-9A5F36
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete circular, probably wrought iron disk, of uncertain dating, but probably Post Medieval to Modern (AD 1700 to AD 1900). The iron disk is circular in plan, and rectangular in section. No decoration is present on either surface. It has a diameter of 21.10 mm and is 4.26 mm thick. It weighs 3.4 g. Both surfaces of the disk are covered with a layer of a corrosion product (iron oxide commonly known as rust). Due to the corrosion product, it is hard to determine what the original function of this artefact was. It was possibly a coin or token but other identifications and func…
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2013
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Record ID: WMID-99F6B4
Object type: SLAG
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three irregular fragments of iron bloomery waste (slag) or fuel ash, of Iron Age to Late Medieval dating (800 BC to AD 1600). All three fragments are light for their size, which would suggest that minimal iron metal is present within the matrix. All have a honeycomb structure, formed of solidified air bubbles. The measurements are as follows: 1: Length: 24.53 mm. Width: 23.04 mm. Thickness: 15.25 mm. Weight: 3.8 g. 2: Length: 50.57 mm. Width; 31.64 mm. Thickness: 21.75 mm. Weight: 10.1 g. 3: Length: 31.00 mm. Width: 25.66 mm. Thickness: 19.56 mm. Weight: 11.7 g. All together t…
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2013
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Record ID: DEV-8836C2
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Postmedieval wrought iron horseshoe. The horseshoe is a 'keyhole' type, and is of 17th century date.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 14th December 2012
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Record ID: SUR-75FFE6
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron cannon or gun shot dating from the 16th or 17th century. The ball is nearly 30mm in diameter and weighs 85mm. The shot was probably used in a small calibre gun such as a robinet or a falconet
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 11th December 2012
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Record ID: DEV-609871
Object type: PATTEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Postmedieval iron shoe patten. Pattens were worn over shoes to protect the wearer from muddy ground. This style of foot patten originated in the mid-17th century and continued in production through to the 19th century and beyond.
Created on: Monday 10th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 14th December 2012
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Record ID: NLM-1E09E7
Object type: STAPLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron staple. Wrought Iron staple with the stubs of two tapered arms and a sharply rectilinear space of width 21.6mm between them; this may suggest the object to have been set against another element of this shape and size for much of its life. Suggested date: Unknown, 40-1800. Length: 39.4mm, Width: 48mm, Thickness (metal core): 13.5mm, Weight: 56.36gms.
Created on: Friday 7th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-1DFE94
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron nail fragment. Probable wrought iron nail shank, bent towards tip, broken at the other end. Heavily corroded and splitting. Suggested date: Unknown, 40-1800. Length: 48mm, Weight: 14.17gms
Created on: Friday 7th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-1DF312
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron ring. Possibly cast: a flat ring with a probably circular central aperture of diameter circa 15mm. Corroded, more so on one edge than elsewhere. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1800. Diameter: 45mm, Thickness: 5mm, Band Width: 13mm, Weight: 25.62gms.
Created on: Friday 7th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-1D2A47
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron possible sword fragment. Wrought Iron object, possibly a fragment from the shouldered junction of the tang and blade of a heavy iron blade. There is the appearance of folding at the tang - though this may be corrosion - and one side of the putative blade is lightly dished. The identification offered is necessarily tentative. Suggested date: Unknown, Late Iron Age to Medieval, 300 BC - AD 1500. Length: 68mm, Width: 49mm, Thickness (at 'tang'): 18mm, Weight: 85.92gms.
Created on: Friday 7th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-1CFE35
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron nail. Wrought iron nail with a domed or facetted head of height 8mm and width/diameter 13.5mm and a maximum shank width of 8mm; the tip is lost at a break which reveals a square section metal core. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 40-1800. Length: 71mm, Width (head): 13.5mm, Weight: 14.27gms.
Created on: Friday 7th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-1CECF7
Object type: PUNCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron possible punch. Wrought iron object of rectangular section, possibly lightly burred at one end and angled at the other, which may be broken. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 40-1800. Length: 54.5mm, Width: 17mm, Thickness: 11.5mm, Weight: 26.63gms.
Created on: Friday 7th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-1CE037
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron nail or stud. Wrought Iron nail with a tapering rectangular section shank of maximum dimensions 15.5mm by 10.5mm, a rounded tip and a flat rectangular head. The form occurs among ironwork illustrated from the Roman villa at Gadebridge Park, Hertfordshire (Manning, in Neal, D.S. 1974, pages 157-187). Though the form of many iron objects changed little from the Roman to the Post-Medieval periods, the find-spot and form admit the possibility of a Roman date. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 40-1800. Length (overall): 61mm, Width (Head): 34mm, Length (head): 37mm…
Created on: Friday 7th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-1C5858
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron two probable Nails (a and b). Wrought iron object (a) of length 80.5mm exhibiting a rectangular section, probably pointed towards one end, and a tapered nail shank (b) of length 64.5mm with a possible square head, though only the core of the metal remains along its shank, much of the object being lost. Suggested date: Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1300-1700. Combined Weight: 42.75gms.
Created on: Friday 7th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-1C3453
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron unidentified object. Wrought iron strap, curved to form part of a cylinder of circa 40mm diameter - if it did indeed continue. Suggested date: Possibly Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1300-1700. Length (as found): 41mm, Width: 26mm, Thickness: 8mm, Weight: 18.85gms
Created on: Friday 7th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-1C22D3
Object type: STAPLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron staple. Wrought Iron U-shaped staple, corroded and delaminated. Suggested date: Possibly Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1300-1700. Length: 32.3mm, Width: 21mm, Thickness: 9mm, Weight: 7.22gms.
Created on: Friday 7th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2020
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Record ID: BERK-4C07C8
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron stirrup; triangular with rectangular suspension strap loop. Probably late Medieval in date.
Created on: Tuesday 27th November 2012
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2016
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Record ID: NLM-48F004
Object type: HINGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron hinge pivot. Wrought Iron L shaped object, comprising a tapered spike to be driven horizontally into a wooden frame or beam, and a pivot of probable originally round section (where not delaminated) on which a hinge would turn. These were used to hang doors and shutters. Suggested date: Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1300-1600. Height: 68mm, Width: 85mm, Diameter (pivot): 21mm, Weight: 62.17gms
Created on: Tuesday 27th November 2012
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-48E2B3
Object type: PUNCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron possible punch. Wrought Iron tapered shank of rectangular section with a rounded and burred head. The object is wider than it is thick, and the head is neither light nor separate, casting doubt on an initial identification as a nail. Suggested date: Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1300-1600. Length: 65mm, Diameter (at head): 34mm, Width: 25mm, Thickness: 19mm, Weight: 52.99gms.
Created on: Tuesday 27th November 2012
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-48D418
Object type: STUD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron stud. Short wrought iron stud with a convex head of uncertain shape (due to damage) and a rectangular section shank tapering from 21mm to 16mm width, a further uncertain extent is lost. This might strengthen a door: a defensible door at Hull Citadel (work of 1685 - Foreman, M. and Goodhand, S. 1996, The Construction of Hull Citadel, Post-Medieval Archaeology volume 30, 1996, pages 143-185, page 169) comprised a studded double thickness of 25mm thick oak planks whose union was reinforced by nails passing through both planks. There is little to distinguish late medieval and post-me…
Created on: Tuesday 27th November 2012
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-48C6A7
Object type: BILL HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron billhook. Wrought iron blade of a heavy V section, between 12mm and 9.5mm thick at the back of the blade, with a tapering tubular socket of which one side is lost. The blade is now angled eccentrically to the socket, which given its robust construction must be the result of heavy sharpening which has worn the cutting edge to its current short and curving form. The blade is probably near complete though over one third of the socket is lost. A billhook might be mounted on either a short handle or a longer staff, and was an essential tool for hedge laying and coppicing. Suggested da…
Created on: Tuesday 27th November 2012
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-385A71
Object type: TUNING PEG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron and lead possible tuning peg. A wrought iron spike circa 30mm long, now corroded, with a flat sided oval handle of lead. The iron is corroded, though retaining a thickness of circa 6mm where it emerges from the handle; the handle is patinated overall. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1700. Length: 63.0mm, Width: 37.6mm, Thickness: 12.2mm, Weight: 117.69gms.
Created on: Monday 26th November 2012
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2020
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Record ID: LANCUM-FBB2A4
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable late Iron Age to early Roman iron and copper alloy linch pin head that is heavily corroded and concreted. It is angled correctly and the disc visible on the object is where it would be expected to be for a linch pin of the period (for example see LANCUM-E78098). Dates to between c100BC and cAD100. The object measures 27 x 17 x 13mm and weighs 6.4g.
Created on: Friday 23rd November 2012
Last updated: Monday 3rd May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sabden Fold', grid reference and parish protected.