Record ID: NLM-5F2F61
Object type: CHAIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron chain links. Two oval chain links of wrought iron, of apparently rectangular section. Each link is narrowed by wear at its ends. The links are also slightly bowed, apparently in alternating directions which suggests this is a deliberate aspect of construction rather than damage arising from wear. Suggested date: Unknown, Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1200-1800. Length (both links): 107.61mm, Width: 33.4mm, Thickness: 5.6mm, Weight: 30.87gms
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 19th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0A6433
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Object, function unknown. Flat sub-triangular fragment; this object lacks the V-section which would indicate it to be part of a blade. In relatively uncorroded condition so possibly steel rather than iron. Suggested date: Roman to Post-Medieval, 40-1800. Length: 33.1mm, Width: 24.2mm, Thickness: 4.2mm, Weight: 11.57gms.
Created on: Friday 4th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 4th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0AB307
Object type: ROD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Object, unknown. Square section rod both expanding in width and diminishing in thickness from a sub-rectangular lug at one end to an oval-ended and upturned terminal. In relatively uncorroded condition so possibly of steel rather than iron. Suggested date: Roman to Post-Medieval, 40-1800. Length: 59.8mm, Width: 9.5mm, Thickness: 11.2mm, Weight: 8.06gms.
Created on: Friday 4th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 4th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-656E90
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron and Mortar Possible Metal Working Debris. A small lump of dense vesicular material, identified by the finder as a mortar, with a pellet and bubbled trail of iron slag trapped within it. This reporter suggests the object may derive from ironworking, though whether from a smithy or an iron making furnace is uncertain. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 40-1800. Weight: 9.22gms.
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2011
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-2061A3
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Wrought Iron. Nail. Square headed nail with a tapering shank of rectangular section; the tip is lost. As a hand-made blacksmith's product, it is uncertain whether this object should be ascribed to Roman, Medieval or later activity. The condition of the object is good for a field find, and may suggest local conditions favouring the preservation of ferrous materials. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 40-1800. Length: 10mm, Width (head): 30mm, Thickness (shank - maximum): 15mm, Weight: 86.46gms.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2011
Last updated: Friday 9th September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brookenby', grid reference and parish protected.

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
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-154F08
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron ring. Wrought iron ring; it is uncertain whether this is a finger ring with bezel or, more likely, a simple ring with more corrosion on one part of its circumference. Suggested date: Unknown, 40-1800. Diameter: 25.5mm, Band Width: 4.8mm, Band thickness: 5mm, Weight: 4.42gms.
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4C1C47
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron hammer head. Wrought iron hammer head with an oval shaft hole of length 23mm and width 15mm between a slightly waisted and markedly flattened peen or striking surface and a triangular profile blade. The striking surface is heavily burred. The surface of the object has begun to delaminate, to a degree which may argue some antiquity, but in itself a process which may deceptively exaggerate the angularity of its appearance. The present stepped profile of the object is reminiscent of an 11th-century illustration depicting a smith at work (Leahy 2003, Anglo-Saxon Crafts, Tempus, …
Created on: Monday 4th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spridlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6C51DF
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron axehead. Wrought iron axehead with flat back, rounded cheeks and a flared blade with a crescentic cutting edge. The blade is constructed with layers of iron beaten together in a union which has failed, perhaps at a chip on one corner of the blade, resulting in a leaf of metal curling back from the edge. This flaw must place the object in a pre-industrial craft setting, though the longevity of the forms of hand tools must leave a broad date range open. Suggested date: Unknown, Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1200-1800. Length: 155mm, Width: 86mm, Thickness: 30mm.
Created on: Monday 16th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-2776DB
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron possible mount fragment. Strip of wrought iron sheet, possibly of doubled thickness or folded with an iron rivet of diameter 2.4mm protruding. An undated fragment from a wide range of possible settings; the earliest might include bucket mounts, while the later might embrace strap mounts and fittings. Suggested date: Unknown, 500-1500. Length: 20.9mm, Width: 14.3mm, Thickness: 2.7mm, Weight: 2.46gms.
Created on: Wednesday 25th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-C9EACC
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron possible knife fragment. Wrought iron blade, possibly from a small whittle tang knife (tang lost), with a curved cutting edge and a very slightly angled back. Alternatively this may be from a broken pair of scissors. The curvature of the cutting edge is presumably exaggerated by sharpening in antiquity. The V-section to be expected of a knife blade is not particularly marked. More perplexing, the metal is in good condition, as if sealed or protected from corrosion, perhaps by a sympathetic burial environment; the finder indicates the object has not been treated. Suggested date: U…
Created on: Friday 8th May 2015
Last updated: Friday 8th May 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-C9FD7B
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron possible knife fragment. Tip of a wrought iron blade, of oval section at a break, with a straight back and a curved end to its cutting edge, which is narrowed towards its broken end, possibly by sharpening and use. Alternatively this may be from a broken pair of scissors. The V-section to be expected of a knife blade is not particularly marked. The metal is in good condition, as if sealed or protected from corrosion by a sympathetic burial environment; the finder indicates the object has not been treated. Suggested date: Unknown, Early Medieval to Medieval, 800-1350. Length: 2…
Created on: Friday 8th May 2015
Last updated: Friday 8th May 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-BC41C2
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron metalworking debris. A small bubbled fragment of possible tapping slag with a flat surface suggesting it has solidified on a flat surface; one end of the fragment is lifted, and may be where it was poured or spilled. This was reported together with broken iron objects, and may suggest ferrous metalworking in the vicinity. An early medieval or medieval date has tentatively been suggested for those objects reported together with this one, though there is no evidence for the quantities of waste material to be expected from a focus of industrial activity. Suggested date: Unknown, pos…
Created on: Wednesday 30th September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 30th September 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-8B26D4
Object type: AXE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron possible axe head fragment. A wrought iron object of longitudinal V-section with a rounded narrower end, possibly the cutting edge of its blade, and sides which converge towards a thicker back. Viewed in profile the object appears slightly bent. It is uncertain whether the full extent of the putative blade remains, in which case this would have been a small axe for carpentry. Alternatively, this may be the tip of a longer blade. The putative cutting edge is now of crescentic form. The mass may imply the extensive survival of metal below corrosion. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman t…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton upon Humber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4AA8E3
Object type: STUD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron stud. Wrought iron nail with a shank of rectangular section, length now 32mm, tip lost, and with a domed oval concavo-convex head of diameter (long axis) 44mm. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 43-1800. Height: 41.5mm, Weight: 54.34gms.
Created on: Thursday 12th November 2015
Last updated: Monday 16th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Faldingworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-80C2CB
Object type: SPATULA
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron tanged spatulate implement. Wrought iron round ended spatulate blade of length 56mm with a tang of length 27mm, probably broken, aligned with the back edge of the blade. Though what might correspond to a cutting edge is angled, this could be a quirk of corrosion or cleaning and the blade as a whole lacks both the V section which would indicate a knife, and the further modification of the form of its blade from recurrent sharpening. A range of spatulate tools and implements are known from Early Medieval and Medieval contexts. Suggested date: Unknown, Early Medieval to Medieval, 60…
Created on: Wednesday 11th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 1st March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northorpe', grid reference and parish protected.