Record ID: PAS-56385F
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold reliquary pendant containing a rock crystal, now cracked. The frame is rectangular, slightly damaged at the base on the reverse side. The backing plate is intact with some scratches. A projecting loop at the top holds the suspension ring. Four further projecting loops survive at each corner, with one remaining gold spangle suspended from the loop at the bottom left. The other spangles do not survive. Five small gold posts project from the frame, two on each side and one at the base. Originally these posts would have held pearls, but these do not survive. Rock crysta…
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-D077FE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold finger-ring of the type known as iconographic due to the representations of saints or religious scenes that characterise them. The hoop of this ring is engraved with five different scenes, each contained within an oval bezel and set against a black enamel ground. The scenes are the Annunciation, the Nativity, the Resurrection, the Assumption of the Virgin and the Ascension of the Lord. The ring dates from the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century. Examination at the British Museum has established the precious metal content to be in excess of the required ten per ce…
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: PAS-B8C216
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold sheet pommel composed of two highly stylised animals with a shared body. The pommel, which is high profiled and thin in cross-section, is made of five pieces of thick gold sheet. Two make up a double-skinned core into which the end of the tang fitted. Onto this core are soldered three smaller sheets. Two are moulded to form stylised heads with punched holes for the eyes, while a third arches over the underlying core and forms a shared body. The five sheets were originally soldered to each other and the joins between them are covered with a variety of beaded, twisted and…
Created on: Monday 13th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 13th October 2014
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Record ID: PAS-2AD817
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A large gold finger ring inscribed on the inside and engraved with foliate decoration alternating with geometric design to the exterior. The inscription (with very slight traces of black enamel) to the inside may read 'Suis de partyer', thus translating to 'I am to leave', in which case this could be a momento mori. The floral designs to the outside face are keyed, in preparation for enamelling. This ring appears to be 18th or 19th century and is therefore not classed as Treasure.
Created on: Monday 24th August 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GAINSBOROUGH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-1917F7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger-ring with a d-shaped band. The complex bezel holds out a colourless cut stone and it is backed by a heart with pale blue enamel covering most of it, although much is chipped. Two tapered grooves run along the top and bottom of each shoulder, and within these, futther pale-blue enamel is evident; there are also very slight traces of black enamel.
Created on: Sunday 23rd August 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MARKET RASEN', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-E01F14
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A plain gold, wire ring, much distorted and abraded and of indeterminate date. Due to the undiagnostic nature of the find it can not be securely dated to pre-1705 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Sunday 4th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-E00782
Object type: FERRULE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2006 T223 Gold Band Dimensions: 20mm x 15mm x 1mm x 0.7mm Date: Indeterminate date Description: Plain gold band now oval in shape although the band is damaged and distorted. The band is 1mm in width and 0.7mm thick, having a flat underneath and inner perimeter, with a curved face, giving the band a wedge-shaped cross-section. There are no signs of there being a suspension loop or any other broken method of attachment, suggesting that the band is a ferrule or fitting from an object such as a pendant or a knife. The band is of indeterminate date but in the balance of proba…
Created on: Sunday 4th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 2nd March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Branston and Mere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-B622E7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small gold posy ring inscribed inside in italic lower case vertue makes love eternall. The ring has a D-shaped hoop in cross-section and the exterior bears a pattern of recurring plant motifs with white enamel in the surrounding cells. Joan Evans records this inscription in an undated compilation of mottoes (English Posy and Posy Rings, Oxford 1931, p. 105), while the enamel floral decoration on the exterior is more likely to date from the 18th century. In such circumstances there is not enough evidence to date this ring pre-1706 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Tr…
Created on: Sunday 20th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barkston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-2C69D6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold late medieval finger ring, stirrup shaped with a high bezel in the form of a cusped quatrefoil set with a turquoise stone. Each quatrefoil is decorated with a double crescent. The hoop, which is slightly bent, is of oval section. A very similar example was discovered at Newball, Lincoln (2003 T262). Dimensions: Diam: 19mm, L: 24mm, W: 8mm The object fulfils the Treasure Act (1996) in that it is more than 300 years old and has a precious metal content exceeding 10%.
Created on: Monday 14th April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Irnham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-2B3B31
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger-ring with a black letter inscription in French which may read EN UN MARIE. Sprigs of foliage and pellets divide the three words. The ring was probably intended as a marriage ring. Period: Late Medieval, 15th century Dimensions: Max Diam: 20.00mm; Thickness: 0.88mm Max width: 5.00mm Weight: 2.05g
Created on: Monday 14th April 2008
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Folkingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-381372
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Tiny gold posy ring with a chequerboard pattern on the exterior. Traces of white enamel remain. The inscription inside, in French, reads `La Fidelite courone ma vie' (Faithfulness crowns my life). Dimensions: maximum diameter: 175mm. Note: A similar example in the British Museum has black and white enamel and this one would have been two-colour as well. It is likely to date from the 16th or early 17th century. French was often used as the language of sentiment in the late Middle Ages and beyond, so this does not mean that the ring is French rather than English.
Created on: Friday 8th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barkston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-8E04C7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger-ring set with an irregular blue stone (possibly a sapphire). The shoulders are decorated with an incised, cross-hatched triangle.
Created on: Thursday 31st July 2003
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.