Record ID: LIN-3A51AA
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy mount or stud of uncertain date, possibly Roman or medieval. The mount is square in plan and pyramidal in form with four sloping edges delineated by four lines radiating from the rounded knop at the apex. It has a concave reverse with a central rivet that is T-shaped with concave sides and a straight outside edge. Reddish brown patina with areas of bright green. Weight is 22.49g, Height: 21 mm; Width: 22 mm. Roman mounts of different designs but with similar T-shaped attachment points and central holes include GLO-61A87A, OXON-A6C0ED, KEN…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkby in Ashfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-FAC720
Object type: PIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable pin head of uncertain date, possibly medieval (c. AD 1350-1400) Cast copper-alloy biconical faceted head with four triangular sides on the upper and lower half. Each face carries an amorphous design of ridges and stamps. Shaft is missing. Length: 8.70 mm; Width: 9.35 mm; Weight: 0.86g A similar copper-alloy pin with biconical faceted head is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (2001, 300; no. 1476), though this is pentagonal rather than lozenge shaped. Egan and Pritchard (2001, 302) date the period of use specifically of pins with pentagonal heads to Lon…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: LIN-67CEE6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A mount of uncertain age, possibly post-medieval to modern. The mount is circular and domed comprising six circular layers with a rounded knop at the apex. The reverse is concave with two integrally cast circular-sectioned rivets (8.30 mm in diameter). Reddish-brown patina with patches of dark green. Diameter: 61.64 mm; Weight: 93.05g Possibly a horse mount or furniture fitting dating from AD 1700-1900.
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-520DD6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass bead of uncertain type, Roman to post-medieval in date. The bead is opaque, wound, medium-globular with a pale/mother of pearl sheen on dark blue. Central circular perforation. Diameter: 8.87 mm Height: 6.81 mm; Weight: 0.65g
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
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Record ID: LIN-51FC54
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass bead of uncertain type, Roman to post-medieval in date. The bead is opaque, wound, medium-globular and dark blue. Diameter: 8.97 mm Height: 6.83 mm; Weight: 0.65g
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 25th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-F84817
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pot mend of uncertain Roman to Post-Medieval date c. AD 43-1900.  The mend is is now mostly an uneven domed shape with a flat base from which it contracts and then slightly expands to a convex terminal. It has an white/cream colour. The object is 19.23 mm in length, 8.65 mm high and weighs 11.77g Pot mends of this form are found in both Roman and Medieval periods, as a common way to repair broken pottery vessels.
Created on: Friday 18th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mavis Enderby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-A422C0
Object type: DIE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead die of uncertain dating from the Roman to post medieval, AD 43 -1900. It is cuboid in shape, and has circular dots drilled into the surface of the die. The arrangement of the numbers is as follows: 6, 3, 2, 1 with 4 and 5 on the opposite sides. The surface of the die is worn and irregular. Mid-grey pale patina Length: 13.27 mm; Width:13.12;  weight: 21.35g
Created on: Monday 14th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 18th August 2023
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Record ID: LIN-828F86
Object type: DIE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead die of uncertain date, Roman to post medieval, AD 43 -1900. It is cuboid in shape, and has circular dots drilled into the surface of the die. The arrangement of the numbers is as follows: 1, blank, 2, blank, and top surface has 3, and the below surface has a blundered 4. The blank sides are crudely incised with X marks. The surface of the die is worn and irregular, and parts have been broken. The die is an mid-grey pale patina, and measures 11.44 mm by 11.80 mm by 9.15 mm. and weighs 10.58g. 
Created on: Friday 7th July 2023
Last updated: Friday 18th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-8209FD
Object type: NET SINKER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead net sinker, probably dating from the early medieval to medieval period (c.AD 700-1500). It is tubular with narrowed ends and a central circular hole.  Length: 32.73 mm; Thickness: 16.27 mm; Weight: 32.46g See LIN-B52D8C for discussion on the dating of net sinkers.
Created on: Friday 7th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-C281EB
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead object of uncertain date and function Coin-shaped lead disc, plano-convex, with the convex sided decorated with a struck design of a Roman emperor bust facing right, diademed. The bust is crudely depicted with the mouth appearing to have a duck-like beak. Possibly a modern touch piece or attempt at using a coin to stamp a motif into heated lead. The reverse is undecorated. Pale cream patina. Diameter: 16.56 mm; Thickness: 1.55 mm; Weight: 2.48g
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-C26F62
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy token or cloth or alnage seal probably post medieval date c.1700 – 1800. The object consists of two remaining sections, most likely from a four-part seal. The front design is of a Trident, that occupies the whole of the diameter of the seal. The prongs come out of a triangular base, with the outer prongs each curving outward to the rim of the seal The reverse is undecorated, and there is the remnant of the linking appendage. The surface has a mid-grey patina, with pale cream corrosion. Diameter: 23.17 mm; Thickness: 3.33 mm; Weight: 9.20g For token wi…
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-C25B7D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy ring or finger-ring of uncertain date, possibly medieval to post-medieval. The object is circular and rectangular in cross-section. It is made from two sheets: the backsheet and the decorative openwork sheet. The decorative sheet carries a repeated design rendered in openwork in the form of a cross or quatrefoil, followed by an hourglass-shaped recess, and a quatrefoil/cross. It is possible that the recesses once contained enamel or glass. The design is framed by raised circumferential borders. There is a visible longitudinal seam (see middle image). The inner surface i…
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 14th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-850795
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast, copper-alloy object, possibly a nail or rivet. Uncertain date. The object is broadly R-shaped in form comprising of a curved and a straight element. A design reminiscent of a trumpet with a flaring sub-rectangular terminal, with one end tapering into a blunted point. The body is sub-circular in cross-section. Dark greenish-brown patina. Length: 53.32 mm; Width: 34.50 mm; Thickness: 4.73 mm; Weight: 14.98g
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th October 2023
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Record ID: LIN-82D704
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead figurine, probably of Mars. Uncertain date, possibly Roman or post-medieval. The object is in the form of a three-dimensional moulded male figure. The figure wears a cuirass with moulded breastplate and a long belted tunic, probably with short sleeves, terminating just above the knee. The back and front of the hem is depicted naturalistically with moulded folds in the fabric. Only a stub of the right lower leg remains, protruding from the hem of the tunic, although sufficient has remained to indicate that his&nb…
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2023
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Record ID: LIN-33F5BD
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy object of uncertain date and function, possibly late medieval to post-medieval in date. The object is rectangular in form and cross-section with two rectangular flanges at the shortest widths. The central rectangular block has a central oval aperture, with one opening having a concave or low v-shaped mouth, and the opposite having a damaged opening, which is now a wide v-shape. Both faces are flat. Mid-green patina. Length: 35.28 mm; Width: 20.96 mm; Thickness: 7.42 mm; Weight: 20.64g. 
Created on: Friday 9th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Ashby De La Launde and Bloxholm', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-33E142
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy object of uncertain date and function The object is rectangular in form and cross-section and was originally hollow. It is partially broken and missing 50% of one side. The broken face is decorated with a central panel of lozenges with rectilinear recess at each side; only one and half of the lozenges have survived. The other face is undecorated. Mid-green patina. Possibly a miscast piece. Length: 41.51 mm; Width: 14.21 mm; Thickness: 7.85 mm; Weight: 14.46g. 
Created on: Friday 9th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Ashby De La Launde and Bloxholm', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-33CA16
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy object of uncertain date and function, possibly post-medeival in date. The object is oval and plano-convex in cross-section with a central square aperture. The convex side is undecorated and the flat reverse has signs of filing. Length: 32.53 mm; Width: 31.14 mm; Thickness: 3.89 mm; Weight: 12.62g. The aperture is 17.52 x 17.78 mm in size. This object may have been a ferrule for a tool that has a square-sectioned shank or similar. 
Created on: Friday 9th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Digby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-B6AB38
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead off cut or weight probable early medieval to medieval date (c.AD 800-1500). The object is irregular, broadly lozenge-shaped with six sides. Pale cream patina. Undecorated. Length: 19.51 mm, Height: 12.46 mm; Weight: 18.10g
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2023
Last updated: Friday 26th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chapel St Leonards', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-B6A114
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead gaming piece, counter or small weight probable early medieval to medieval date (c.AD 800-1500). The object is plano-convex with a circular flat base and a domed top. Undecorated. Cream colour patina. Diameter: 11.56 mm, Height: 7.34 mm; Weight: 6.04g
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2023
Last updated: Friday 26th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chapel St Leonards', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-B64DB2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead weight or gaming piece of probable early medieval to medieval date (c.AD 800-1500). The object is pyramidical, triangular with four facetted sides and a square-base. There is a subrectangular hole at the base. Height: 33.27 mm; Width: 16.33 mm; Weight: 38.33g
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bolingbroke', grid reference and parish protected.