Record ID: NLM-78D3B5
Object type: BEATER (TOOL)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bone pin beater. Naturally formed large mammal limb bone, trimmed to a rounded point and smoothed and glossed by wear and handling. The gloss of the shaft towards its tip in particular suggests use as a textile working tool. Single ended simple weaving tools are a class linked to the Anglo-Scandinavian use of the vertical loom. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1000. Length: 103.6mm, Width: 20.1mm, Thickness: 16.4mm, Weight: 9.59gms
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 21st April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melton Ross', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-C3E7AA
Object type: BEATER (TOOL)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) - Medieval bone pin-beater dating AD720 - 1100. This pin-beater is cigar-shaped with two working tapered ends; both ends are damaged and the tips are broken and missing. The surface of the pin-beater is highly polished from wear against the hand and against the threads of the loom. There are several longitudinal scratches across all the surfaces and at one end there are also several small transverse sratches. A similar example is recorded on the PAS database, LON-1A16F3, found in the same area of the foreshore. Dimensions: length: 124.66mm; width:…
Created on: Tuesday 25th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-1A16F3
Object type: BEATER (TOOL)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) - Medieval bone pin-beater dating AD720 - 1100. This pin-beater is cigar-shaped with two working tapered ends; it has an oval cross-section with one flattened surface. There are two shallow depressions one on the upper edge near one end and one on the lower edge near the opposite end. The surface of the pin-beater is highly polished from wear against the hand and against the threads of the loom. There are some longitudinal scratches across all the surfaces and there is a little damage to one end.9 Dimensions: length: 111.94mm; width: 9.21mm; thicknes…
Created on: Tuesday 9th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 5th July 2018
Spatial data recorded.