Record ID: NLM-A03839
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Light brown flint gunflint. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800 Length: 20.3mm, Width: 17.5mm, Thickness: 6.8mm, Weight: 3.06gms
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2022
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-1901D7
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark grey flint, gun flint fragment. A flat-sided rectangular flake with three bevelled sides, the other broken. Impact damage appears on one of the remaining bevelled edges. The fresh condition may point to a relatively recent date. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800 Length: 20.6mm, Width: 16.2mm, Thickness: 5.7mm, Weight: 3.02gms
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A826F3
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped gun-flint from a flintlock musket of the Post Medieval period, dating from c. AD 1500 - c. AD 1750. The flint is rectangular in shape with a notch removed at one corner and triangular in cross-section at one end and rectangular in cross section at the other end.. The flint is dark blackish-grey in colour with some lighter inclusions. Length: 30.9mm, width 28.3mm, thickness: 8.5mm, weight :10.5g See BERK-736C0C for a discussion of gunflints.
Created on: Friday 8th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2018
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Record ID: NLM-F1FF96
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Black flint, possibly collected from the East Coast, possible gunflint, as kindly suggested by the finder. A sub-rectangular flake with broad flakes struck from its dorsal surface and with a bulbar ventral surface which is now chipped with a particularly battered zone in the base of the large shallow hollow which resulted. In view of the suggested identification, much of the damage to the flint may have arisen in the course of its use. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800. Length: 24.3mm, Width: 21.2mm, Thickness: 7mm, Weight: 4.13gms
Created on: Monday 29th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E6DD6F
Object type: GEMSTONE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Glass gemstone. An oval translucent glass stone of biconvex lentoid section, with rhomboid facets on both sides, now smoothed by wear, and with recent chipping along the aris where the sides meet. The tint resembles that of an amethyst, which this is not; the glass is, however, without discernible bubbles, and so may be of fairly recent date. The bifacial working suggests pendant use, presumably framed, and possibly as a necklace or ear ring component. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1750-1850. Length: 21.6mm, Width: 12.1mm, Thickness: 6.8mm, Weight: 2.51gms
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2017
Last updated: Thursday 13th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-91787B
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark blue grey flint gunflint. A square flake, flat on its dorsal side and with a prominent bulb on the ventral. Short scalar retouch executed from the ventral aspect follows three thicker edges, with indications of battering from light use along their arises. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1850. Length: 24.4mm, Width: 24.3mm, Thickness: 8.7mm, Weight: 7.22gms.
Created on: Friday 17th July 2015
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-2CCDA9
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Black flint with cortex, probably collected from the East Coast, gunflint. Sub-rectangular flint with cortex trimmed by multi-directional hard hammer working from the dorsal aspect, and with abrupt scalar retouch along its thicker side also executed from the dorsal aspect. The thinner side is battered by impact from use, and also by light post-depositional damage. The finder suggests this could be a French gunflint. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1850. Length: 24.4mm, Width: 22.4mm, Thickness: 10mm, Weight: 7.32gms.
Created on: Thursday 18th June 2015
Last updated: Monday 22nd June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-FE20E7
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Dark grey flint gun flint. Rectangular flint with broad flakes removed from the dorsal side by multidirectional hard hammer strike, and with short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect trimming its edges. Impact from use has left scars and battering along the thinnest edge. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1850. Length: 30.1mm, Width: 30.4mm, Thickness: 11.9mm, Weight: 15.65gms.
Created on: Tuesday 16th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 16th June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-5C5593
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval/modern gun-flint from a flintlock musket. The flint is rectangular in plan and cross-section with sloping edges to give it a trapezoidal side view. The flint is mid-grey in colour. The flintlock was introduced in the middle of the 16th century but it was not until the reign of William III that the flintlock became the main regulation firearm for the British Army. The knapped flint was used within the musket mechanism to produce a spark and would last between 20-25 shots before it had to be replaced, ' Clive Bond, 0. PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Re…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boothby Graffoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-71A643
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark grey flint gunflint. The finder kindly cites WAW-DAC006 as a parallel. Knapped rectangular plano-convex flint with bevelled edges on its convex side, and with impact scars from use at both its ends. For earlier periods this would be used with a firelock musket or wheel lock pistol, for which ignition of the propellant charge was by sparks from a struck flint gripped in the jaws of a holder, rather than the slow match or impregnated cord which was used with most larger weapons such as muskets and hand guns until the later 17th century. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1850. …
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 15th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.