Record ID: NLM-6770AA
Object type: SLING SHOT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead slingshot, as kindly identified by the finder. Cast oval pellet of rounded section, patinated overall. The form is comparable to, if not so acutely pointed as, Republican Roman and later Roman slingshot, which also appeared in 4th-century contexts at Vindolanda fort on Hadrian’s Wall. It is certainly of a mass to constitute an effective projectile weapon. Suggested date: possibly Roman, 43-410 Length: 31.5mm, Width: 21.3mm, Thickness: 17.5mm, Weight: 69.30gms
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Faxfleet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-3543A9
Object type: SLING SHOT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible slingshot. Cast oval round-ended pear-shaped shot. A deep diagonal groove and an adjacent mark resembling an uneven saltire might be either deliberate markings or fortuitous surface damage; the latter probably more likely, as is the case with other small gouges. Patinated. The lead slingshot was the mark of a professional user; the Mediterranean islanders of the Balearics and Rhodes were especially noted as mercenary slingers, while the use of the sling in Britain is also attested. Lead slingshot seems to be associated with Roman military activity up to the end of the se…
Created on: Wednesday 9th November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Torksey', grid reference and parish protected.