Record ID: WAW-BAA488
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron hammer head of probable Early Medieval or Medieval date. Rectangular section 14.8 x 12.8 thinning to form a flat sectioned (16.0 x 7.7mm) pane, the transition being marked by a tight curve behind the eye. The eye is oval, 13.0 x 7.2mm, The iron is exfoliating. Length 76.0mm, Mass 57.02g. Iron tools are difficult to date but this hammer can be compared to examples from Old Saram, Wiltshire, dated to the 11th century and Wintringham, Cambridgeshire, early 14th century (Goodall 2011, Fig. 2.5, Nos 32 and 33). It can also be compared to hammers from the Tattershall Thorpe, Lincoln…
Created on: Friday 15th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2019
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Record ID: WAW-FD17F9
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval iron arrowhead, kite-shaped blade with a flat, lozenge section. It appears to have been tanged, the tang separated from the blade by a transverse collar. Length 53.0mm, Width 15.0mm, Thickness 2.6mm, Collar 6.9mm wide, Mass 5.42g. This arrowhead does not fit comfortably into Jessop's 1996 classification but might be best accommodated in his Type T3 although the collar is difficult to parallel. This type was in use in 12th and 13th century.
Created on: Friday 22nd February 2019
Last updated: Friday 22nd February 2019
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Record ID: FAKL-CBF5F0
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval iron horseshoe of Clark's type 3, dated in London to c.1200-1380 (Clark 2004, 96, Fig. 83). Broad (27.4mm) web, each branch ending in a turned calkin, holes rectangular with angled ends. Length 89.6mm, Width 84.6mm, Thickness 9.0mm, Mass 135.03g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2020
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Record ID: FAKL-89BAD4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron bar on the end of which is a conical, copper alloy, finial. Corrosion makes it impossible to determine the original section of the bar which may have been circurlar or square, it now measures 8.5mm, The finial has a maximum diameter of 6.4mm. Where the finial meets the iron bar is a low, 2.5mm wide collar. Next to this is 1.0 mm wide, plain band which appears to be of a different alloy to the rest of the terminal, copper rather than brass coloured. Two circumferential grooves surround the finial, giving the effect of three rings. The finial narrows towards its tip on which is an …
Created on: Monday 6th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2017
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Record ID: FAKL-C686D5
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval cannon ball, or ball from ball mill. Cast iron with a diameter ranging between 83.6mm and 80.5mm (c. 3.3 inches. The ball weighs 1997.1g (4.4 pounds) and fails to fit into any of the accepted calibres for Civil War, or later ordnance hence the suggestion that it may have come from a ball mill. This might be supported by its lack of symmetry. A ball mill consisted of a horizontal, revolving drum which contained iron balls. As the cylinder turned the constantly falling balls pulverised material placed in the drum. Ball mills were used in the preparated of powders for makin…
Created on: Monday 28th November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2017
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Record ID: FAKL-4ED16D
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval whittle tanged iron knife, the back of the blade is straight and the cutting edge curved allowing it to be placed in Drinkall and Foreman's Type F1 which both they and Evison date to the sevent century. Length 69.0mm, Width 11.7mm, Thickness 2.7mm, Mass 6.07g.
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2016
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Record ID: FAKL-9027F3
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval blade from a whittle tanged knife. Iron with the tang set in line with the back of the wedge-sectioned blade. Tip missing, back of blade curved down towards the point, cutting edge slightly concave due to sharpening. The blade belongs in Drinkall and Foreman's Type D1 which, at Castledyke, came from seventh century graves (Drinkall and Foreman, 1998, 279-282). Length 93.0mm, Width 13.6mm, Thickness 4.1mm, Mass 13.85g
Created on: Monday 28th March 2016
Last updated: Monday 28th March 2016
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Record ID: FAKL-E81837
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of an Early Medieval, Anglo-Saxon iron spearhead consisting of the socket only. The fragment cannot be classified or dated but an Early Medieval date is certain. Length 93.7, Socket diameter 16.7mm, maximum tapering to 13.3mm, Mass 32.47g
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Kesteven', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-E808DB
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of an Early Medieval, Anglo-Saxon iron spearhead consisting of the upper part of the socket and the base of the blade, linked by a short iron bar. The surviving part cannot be classified or dated but an Early Medieval date is certain. Length 77.3, Socket diameter 14.0mm, blade 13.7mm wide x 4.5mm thick, Mass 30.36g
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Kesteven', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-E7E464
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron blade from an Early Medieval, Anglo-Saxon, whittle tanged knife. The blade has a wedge-shaped section on which the tang is missing. The blade is broken, corroded and damaged but the presence of an angled point allows it to be placed in Drinkall and Foreman's Type E, a type that had a long period of use (Drinkall and Foreman, 1998, 279-81). Length 102.5mm (projected from bent), Width 17.8mm, Thickness 3.2mm, Mass 18.37g
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Kesteven', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-E7D378
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron blade from an Early Medieval, Anglo-Saxon, whittle tanged knife. The blade has a wedge-shaped section on which the tang is missing. The blade is broken, corroded and damaged but it is possible to place it in Drinkall and Foreman's Type A1, a type that had a long period of use (Drinkall and Foreman, 1998, 279-81). Length 80.8mm (surviving), Width 12.8mm, Thickness 3.9mm, Mass 10.92g
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Kesteven', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-E7C007
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron blade from an Early Medieval, Anglo-Saxon, whittle tanged knife. The blade has a wedge-shaped section on which the tang is centrally placed. The blade is broken, corroded and damaged making it impossible to classify it and suggest a date range. Length 80.8mm (projected), Width 12.8mm, Thickness 3.9mm, Mass 10.92g
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2015
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Record ID: FAKL-E7ADEA
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron blade from an Early Medieval, Anglo-Saxon, whittle tanged knife. The blade has a wedge-shaped section on which the tang is centrally placed. The blade appears to have a curved back but its cutting edge has been modified by sharpening making it impossible to classify it and suggest a date range. The blade suffered some damage in the ground and is now bent. Length 111.6 (projected), Width 16.5, Thickness 3.8mm, Mass 17.08g
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Kesteven', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-E7968B
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron blade from an Early Medieval, Anglo-Saxon, whittle tanged knife. The blade has a wedge-shaped section on which the tang is centrally placed. The blade appears to have both a curved and a curved cutting edge which allow it to be placed in Drinkall and Foreman's Type A3 a form that had a long period of use. (Drinkall and Foreman, 1998, 280-81, Fig. 136). The blade suffered some damage in the ground and is now exfoliating. Length 151.5, Width 20.0, Thickness 4.4mm, Mass 30.46g
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2015
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Record ID: FAKL-D3BEBA
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron pin, probable Early Medieval, Anglo-Saxon. Now corroded and damaged the pin had an original length of 60.0mm and a diameter of around 3.6mm. One end appears to have been pointed while the other is bent back to form an 8.3mm wide, oval loop. While of a very simple form this pin can be parallel by, for example the copper alloy pin in Grave 134 at Castledyke South Barton on Humber (Drinkall and Foreman, 1998, 181, Fig. 95)
Created on: Tuesday 14th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 14th April 2015
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Record ID: FAKL-D349F1
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval, Anglo-Saxon, iron spearhead. Blade lozenge-sectioned and angular, with shoulders where it joins the split socket. While corroded the weapon is in good condition although the blade is slightly bent and the socket has suffered some recent damage being found separately and re-attached. An attempt was made to classify and date this weapon using the system defined in Bayliss and Hines (2013, 163-170) which uses ratios between spearhead's various elements. These allowed the spearhead the spearhead to be placed in Type SP2a2b1, and sequenced to Periods AS-M A - before AD 5…
Created on: Tuesday 14th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 14th April 2015
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Record ID: FAKL-D31828
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of an Early Medieval, Anglo-Saxon, iron shield boss. Low, conical body, straight sided and surmounted by an apex button set on a short rod. The absence of the flange makes classification difficult but the side wall had an over-hanging carination. In Bayliss and Hines classification (2013, 148-62) this boss can be placed in SB1a and was seen to date to before AD 565. In Dickinson and Härke's earlier classification of shield bosses (1992, 11) this find can be fitted into Group 1.1 for which a late fifth-mid-sixth century date was suggested. Diameter 130.0mm, Surviving Heigh…
Created on: Tuesday 14th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 14th April 2015
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Record ID: FAKL-D2B3B7
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval, Anglo-Saxon, iron spearhead. Blade long,with a gradual taper, the socket is split, with an open joint down its length. The blade has a lozenge-shaped section and has angled shoulders where it meets the socket. While corroded, the weapon is in generally good condition. An attempt was made to classify and date this weapon using the system defined in Bayliss and Hines (2013, 163-170) which uses ratios between spearhead's various elements. These allowed the spearhead the spearhead to be placed in Type SP3a, and sequenced to Periods AS-M C, D, E and F - AD 545-660. In Sw…
Created on: Tuesday 14th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 14th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Kesteven', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-3C36A5
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron spearhead of Early Anglo-Saxon date. Kevin Leahy comments: "With its open socket and an angled blade which is disproportionally longer than the socket this spear fits into Swanton (1973) Group E1. Swanton feels this Group is early and didn't find any that could be dated as late as the sixth century. I would be more cautious and say fifth-early sixth century." The spear, which is now in poor condition, measures 210mm long and 46mm wide. In cross section the socket has two almost straight sides, the others being rounded. The spear is bent slightly form the base of the blade. …
Created on: Friday 1st November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 5th November 2013
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Record ID: FAKL-9C2F32
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or post Medieval iron key, of Type 8, made for use on a mounted rotary lock, allowing the door to open from either side. Oval bow, round sectioned shank, bit consisted of two sections, the one surviving having two clefts. Narrowed pin extending beyond the shank.Length 156.2mm, Loop 58.2 x 42.0mm, Shank 7.7mm diameter, Mass 49.64. Type 8 keys were a long lasting type appearing in the twelfth century and remaining in use well into the post Medieval period (Saunders et al 2012, p.165, Fig. 17).
Created on: Monday 30th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Threshfield', grid reference and parish protected.