Record ID: NLM-277965
Object type: HECKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron heckle comb. A ferrous metal bar with a central part of width 26mm, thickness 4.7mm and of V-section with narrowed and thickened [to 5mm] projections of length 55mm at either end with a step on their upper edges; and a serrated ‘blade’ with three points per cm extending for 109mm along the lower edge, clasped within a thin [1.8mm] ferrous metal case with a curved upper edge, of which some is probably lost. There is an E-shaped attachment secured at the end of each bar of its E on top of the case, both probably having been attached to a handle [lost]. Either for fibre p…
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Low Burnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6175BA
Object type: HECKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron possible heckle comb tooth. Tapered cast square-section shank, lightly curved. The material was identified by testing with a magnet. A wooden comb handle mounted with rows of teeth would be used to separate the fibres of flax or hemp, or to card wool. The good condition and regular curvature of this object prompts an identification other than as a nail fragment. It may arise from the use of a high quality steel to make comb teeth. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1800 Length: 30.7mm, Width: 3.9mm, Thickness: 3.2mm, Weight: 1.39gms
Created on: Thursday 18th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-B6C9FD
Object type: HECKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron possible heckle comb tooth. Wrought iron spike of square section, flat at its broad end and wedge-ended at its tip. Heckle teeth would be mounted in rows in a wooden block in which the broader end would be embedded to make a hefty comb through which animal or vegetable fibre would be drawn at an early stage in the manufacture of fabric. Excavated examples up to 123mm long were reported from 11th to 13th-century contexts at Lurk Lane and Eastgate, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire (Goodall, I., in Armstrong et al 1991, page 132, fig. 137 nos 303-312; Goodall, I in Evans and Tomli…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B6BF39
Object type: HECKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron heckle comb tooth. Wrought iron spike of rectangular section, flat at its broad end and pointed at its tip. Heckle teeth would be mounted in rows in a wooden block in which the broader end would be embedded to make a hefty comb through which animal or vegetable fibre would be drawn at an early stage in the manufacture of fabric. Excavated examples up to 123mm long were reported from 11th to 13th-century contexts at Lurk Lane and Eastgate, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire (Goodall, I., in Armstrong et al 1991, page 132, fig. 137 nos 303-312; Goodall, I in Evans and Tomlinson 199…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B6B2F4
Object type: HECKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron heckle comb tooth. Wrought iron spike of rectangular section, flat at its broad end and pointed at its tip; bent towards the tip. Heckle teeth would be mounted in rows in a wooden block in which the broader end would be embedded to make a hefty comb through which animal or vegetable fibre would be drawn at an early stage in the manufacture of fabric. Excavated examples up to 123mm long were reported from 11th to 13th-century contexts at Lurk Lane and Eastgate, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire (Goodall, I., in Armstrong et al 1991, page 132, fig. 137 nos 303-312; Goodall, I in E…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northorpe', grid reference and parish protected.