Record ID: NLM-B0BB83
Object type: JESS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible jess swivel loop. A cast loop with an expanded base with a waisted lug which has the appearance of being screw-threaded at its end; this perhaps a tiny separate terminal washer of diameter3.4mm, as inferred from what follows. A second, D-shaped, loop, expanded on its straight side with a central aperture, receives the lug which passed through the hole. This arrangement became clear when the object broke in the course of its examination by MF, when a small part of the second loop described became detached. A function with hawking equipment is probable. Suggested d…
Created on: Thursday 3rd November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 3rd November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Torksey', grid reference and parish protected.