Record ID: NLM-475F5A
Object type: SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible surgical implement. A cast square section tapered shank, bent sharply [?by plough strike?] at its broader end, and expanded very slightly at its flattened tip, which forms a round-ended spatulate blade. This resembles a post-medieval nail fragment, but the terminal would not have survived use as such and is so neatly formed as to suggest deliberate manufacture in this form; there is also a fine dark patina overall - except at the broken end. Suggested date: possibly Roman, 43-410 Length: 56.5mm, Width: 4.7mm, Thickness: 4.7mm, Weight: 8.18gms
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4D2D72
Object type: SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver medical probe. Dual purpose instrument, spoon and hollowed handle for drainage (?), silver. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410 Length: 115.9mm, Width: 6.2mm, Thickness: 2.6mm, Weight: 4.11gms
Created on: Monday 28th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-AB7443
Object type: SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy surgical implement. A short cast and barley-sugar twisted rod, expanded at its ends: one is a small triangular spatula, and the other the relict of a probably smaller ear scoop. Now bent in the middle. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410 Length (as found): 32.5mm, Width: 7.5mm, Thickness (stem): 1.9mm, Weight: 2.63gms
Created on: Tuesday 10th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 11th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Low Burnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-F4917A
Object type: SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible surgical implement. A flat shank expanded to spatulate straight-ended form at one end, and with a lesser rounded expansion at the other. Robustly cleaned by the finder. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410 Length: 70.2mm, Width: 9.3mm, Thickness: 1.3mm, Weight: 2.65gms
Created on: Monday 16th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarning', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-CAE88C
Object type: SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible surgical implement. A thin tube made by rolling sheet metal of thickness 1mm, tapered to form a wedge-shaped point at one end, perhaps functioning as a probe. At the other end, a neat rectangular flap protrudes, integral to the sheet metal. A longitudinal butted seam is aligned with this flap, and its course can be traced nearly as far as the putative point. The imaginative use of rolled sheet metal is probably a Roman rather than a later method of construction. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410 Length: 74.8mm, Diameter: 4.8mm, Width (at flap): 11.6mm, Weight: 5.94gms
Created on: Friday 21st June 2019
Last updated: Friday 21st June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hibaldstow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-225C45
Object type: SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible surgical implement fragment. Cast oval section rod with a facetted rhomboid terminal at one end, separated from the rest by a doubled collar moulding. A further double moulding limits a plain zone, with a zone of elongated triangular facets beyond it; the object is broken at a further double collar moulding, where its section approaches a flat-sided sub-rectangular form. The mouldings may be cut using a lathe, as that at the widest part of the object appears to have 'slipped', which could not occur with moulded decoration. An alternative identification as a stylu…
Created on: Wednesday 19th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 19th September 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-2441D7
Object type: SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible surgical implement. A narrow gently curved cast strip, flattened towards one rounded end, and thicker as it narrows towards a short sharp kinked point. Fiercely abraded. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410. Length: 58.4mm, Width: 5.8mm, Thickness: 2.3mm, Weight: 2.35gms
Created on: Tuesday 27th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thonock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-7DF8BB
Object type: SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible surgical instrument. Cast shank of round section with a short [14mm] flattened or expanded section towards its midpoint. Now bent into a loop. There is the suspicion of a graduated thickness to the shank, though this may be the result of corrosion and flaking of a patinated surface. As the object now survives, there appears to be one pointed end and one broken end, the two now adjacent. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410. Length (as found): 50.5mm, Diameter: 3.1mm, Width (expanded part): 5.3mm, Weight: 4.24gms
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 5th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0562FB
Object type: SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy surgical implement. Cast rectangular section rod, expanding in its width towards a probably hammered narrow blade approaching a V-section, though with a slight longitudinal concavity at the blade, probably serving as a surgical knife or fleam. The unbeaten part of the object probably served as a whittle tang inserted into a handle [now lost] of a different material. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410. Length: 53.5mm, Width: 6.8mm, Thickness: 2.4mm, Weight: 2.94gms.
Created on: Monday 7th November 2016
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Torksey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-45FE04
Object type: SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible surgical implement. Cast elongated scoop, of flattened concavo-convex U profile with a tang or stem of sub-rectangular section, probably rounded by wear. Bent at the middle part of the scoop, possibly the result of post-depositional damage. This may be for either medical or veterinary purposes; the latter would perhaps commend a more recent date in the rural context of the find spot. Suggested date: possibly Roman, 43-410. Length: 129mm, Width: 19.4mm, Thickness (scoop): 2.8mm, Weight: 49.10gms.
Created on: Thursday 14th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A69C34
Object type: SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible surgical implement fragment. Tiny cast circular spoon bowl with a notched rib below it. Heavily corroded and now pale bright green. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410. Diameter (bowl): circa 13mm, Length: 19.1mm, Thickness (stem): 2.6mm, Weight: 0.86gms.
Created on: Friday 28th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scawby', grid reference and parish protected.