Record ID: NLM-A1C850
Object type: WATCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold and gemstone watch winder. A cast rectangular frame with ornate vegetal moulded decoration and opposed projecting spherical knops: one for a narrow winding key [lost], and the other for a loop, similarly decoratively moulded, retaining a single chain link. The frame retains a square translucent stone of a greenish tint with the appearance of internal clouding or inclusions. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1775-1825 Length (excluding chain link): 30.9mm, Width: 14mm, Thickness: 4.5mm, Weight: 5.80gms
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2018
Last updated: Monday 2nd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-AECC98
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2006 T430 Description Fragment of gold strip, embossed with four horizontal lines. In one corner there is a piercing, probably deliberate. The long edges have been folded back such that the folded edge appears on the ‘reverse’ side, from which the embossing has been carried out. Maximum length 30mm; maximum width 17mm; thickness less than 0.5mm; weight 1.21 grams. Identification In all likelihood the piece is more than 300 years old. However it is not possible to assign this fragment to a firm cultural or chronological context. Consequently, in terms o…
Created on: Tuesday 21st August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wragby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-966624
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure number- 2008-T657 Small bead-like lump of gold with no diagnostic features. L.: 7.5mm W.: 6.1mm Wt.: 2.4g Note: Comment: this is probably casting waste from metalworking. The item is probably more than 300 years old but is impossible to date more closely. Dr Richard Hobbs Curator, Romano-British Collections, Prehistory & Europe, The British Museum 22nd December 2008
Created on: Tuesday 11th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-946F12
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete strip of sheet gold. The sheet is rectangular in plan, around 0.5mm in thickness and decorated with eleven grooves. Treasure reference number 2011 T459. Similar multi-grooved strips of a Bronze Age date are known from throughout Britain including in the British Museum collection from Flixton, Yorkshire (2004,0904.1a-b, Treasure Annual Report 2003, 16. no. 2) and Ravencliff Cave, Derbyshire (British Museum 1906,1224.1-2) as well as recent finds such as Ansley, Warwickshire and West Acre Norfolk (Treasure Annual Report 2007, 47-48). A very similar strip from Sproxton, N…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-425D85
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of decorated gold sheet. The fragment is flat and tapers from 9mm to 8mm in width. The tapering edges are original; either end is broken. The broken edges are rough and do not look as if they have been intentionally cut to size. One side is decorated with stamped reversed 'S'-shaped motifs. Each 'S'-shaped motif is made from six or seven tapering or sub-triangular punchmarks. The fragment is of uncertain age and function, but is of a style that would suggest it is over 300 years old. The field on which the gold fragment was found has also produced large quantities of Roman …
Created on: Friday 7th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Keelby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-7CDDF5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gold sheet panel decorated with filigree wire. The wire is laid out into two tapering fields with heavier beaded wire as a border. The two fields are filled with a balanced herringbone design made up of fine grade wires. These are set out in groups of four and six which are parallel to the beaded border. The lower edge of the panel is cut and the upper edge of the fragment is torn. The surviving length of the fragment is 25mm and the maximum width is 18mm.
Created on: Friday 16th July 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middle Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-7A35E3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure reference no. 2013 T706: two fragments of folded sheet gold, found together and presumably once part of the same object. Fragment A is sub-rectangular and appears to have one original edge. Fragment B is also sub-rectangular and has been clearly folded at least four times. The longer edge is original, as appears to be the outer edge, indicating that this was once a flat, rectangular sheet. The surface is difficult to see owing to the poor state of preservation, but it appears to have had some kind of pressed decoration. In some ways this item resembles Roman lamella.
Created on: Monday 4th November 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 9th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wragby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-DCD80F
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A rectanglular fragment of possible hack gold, probably of Early Medieval date, AD 450 - 1066. The fragment is broken at both ends and perhaps along one long edge. The remaining side is complete and is slightly wavy but essentially has square corners. The piece is slightly curved in cross-section. The convex face is marked with deep longitudinal scratches. The concave reverse is smooth except for some scratches and cracks near the broken long edge. It is a deep golden colour and is 11.8mm long, 7.1mm wide and 1.4mm thick. 0.74g. Normally a fragment of this nature would be considere…
Created on: Wednesday 25th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
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Record ID: LIN-9B953D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified gold object, probably modern in date. The object comprises an annular hoop, rectangular in cross-section, with three rows of beaded decoration applied to three hoops. There is some damage to the beaded ornamentation and is worn in places. It is miniature, measuring 6.62 mm in diameter and 1.81 thick and is likely to represent a decorative element from a bracelet or necklace. Diameter: 6.62 mm; Thickness: 1.81 mm; Weight: 0.36g
Created on: Wednesday 16th June 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 27th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Bennington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-1CFFF1
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE ITEM 2012 T628: Fragment of a gold strip with the longest edge deliberately and neatly folded. The other edges are damaged and are most likely not deliberate. 8mm up from the longest edge is a line of small punched dots such that the folded edge appears on the same side from which the punching has been carried out. There is a small hole in the top right of the piece that is probably not deliberate. A similar gold strip was found in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire PAS ID YORYM-AECC98. Date: In all likelihood the piece is more than 300 years old. However it is not possible to ass…
Created on: Thursday 13th September 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C74077
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A bent strip of gold wire. The wire ranges from 1.2mm to 1.7mm in diameter and is sub-circular in cross-section with many flat facets, suggesting that the wire was hand-made by hammering. The ends are both half cut on an angle, and half broken. The wire is wider at one end and gradually tapers along the whole length. Dimensions: The wire is currently bent and twisted, now being 30.9mm long, but if straight would be about 45mm long. It weighs 1.13g. Discussion: The treatment of the ends (chisel-cut and then broken) is characteristic of Viking-age cutting of metal to …
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-82286A
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of sheet gold from an unidentified artefact of unknown date. This fragment has a weight of 2.29g, it is bent and broken though to what extent is uncertain. The sheet metal has a thickness of 0.4mm, maximum incomplete length of 54.4mm and maximum width of c.15.9mm. The strip of metal varies in width along its length and appears to probably have had a partially curved orientation on the single plane. The metal is bent in all directions and this appears to be the result of damage rather than design. Both ends of the strip have irregular terminals indicative of a break rather t…
Created on: Monday 4th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-709481
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure reference number 2015 T204: a fragment of a Middle Bronze Age gold torc Potential Treasure Report for H M Coroner 2015 T204: Near Grimsby, Lincolnshire: Gold torc fragment of Middle Bronze Age date Circumstances: On the 12th of March 2015 a fragment of Middle Bronze Age gold torc was found by [ ] whilst searching with a metal detector on cultivated land with the permission of the land owner. Description: A fragment consisting of a length of the body and one terminal of a gold torc of Middle Bronze Age date. The fragment has an uneven break and the terminal is trum…
Created on: Monday 16th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Grimsby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-76B150
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
2011 T890 Circumstances of Discovery On 10th December 2011, while metal detecting on cultivated land in Ancaster, three gold rods fused together were found, the probable remains of a broken and melted down twisted wire torc of Middle Bronze Age date (c.1300-1150BC). One is made from twisted gold, one is a round, smooth rod with a pitted surface, the last is also round but the feint hint of of a twisted surface survives on one side. The hoard was found in the parish of Ancaster, Lincolnshire. Description 1. Three gold rods fused together. All three rods may once have been…
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-605352
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Curatorial report by Jody Joy, British Museum 1. Gold-alloy torc fragment Weight: 35.72g Length: 81.2mm Width: 32.8mm Diameter of neckring: 4.0-4.5mm Diameter of terminal: 11.5mm Surface metal content: 71-73% gold; 24-26% silver; 3% copper 400 - 300 BC Gold-alloy torc fragment with one surviving buffer-shaped terminal. The neckring is circular in cross-section and is comprised of solid metal between 4.0 - 4.5mm in diameter. One end is broken. The break is not old but it is partially abraded. The neckring has two bends. The first, more a kink, is approximately 40mm from the bre…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caistor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-871CD5
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold and copper alloy sword pommel. The pommel consists of a copper alloy matrix covered with heavy gold sheet. Both faces are decorated with beaded filigree wire, as are the rectangular panels on the left and right hand sides of the upper pommel surface. One face shows fair amounts of damage caused before it was discovered. A pair of copper alloy rivets remains in position at either end of the pommel. The pommel, of so called 'cocked-hat' form is of a type that can be dated to the first half of the seventh century. It belongs to Menghin's Group E high status pommels of the early 7t…
Created on: Thursday 10th June 2004
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellingore Area', grid reference and parish protected.

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: BM-5FCB75
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon hilt fittings: pommel, upper and lower hilt fittings, part of upper guard, part of lower guard Gold sheet, gold filigree wire, cabochon garnets, copper-alloy, lead Early seventh century The pommel is of ‘cocked hat’ form and is made of gold sheet, decorated with filigree wire, over a lead forma.   The two faces of the pommel are filled with zoomorphic interlace in triple strand interlace, made with one broad band of beaded wire flanked by borders of a very fine beaded wire.   Each face is filled with a balanced design of interlacing zoomor…
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: LIN-CE6A7B
Object type: SHEET
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of gold sheet, which has been folded, crushed and heavily damaged. In the centre of one side is an oval opening.
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mumby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A8D5FE
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold and gemstone scabbard mount fragment. Cast gold ‘sword pyramid’ comprising two conjoined trapezoidal sides and a square framed top, now flattened in the manner of a flat-pack and perhaps originally formed as a flat sheet cut and folded to shape – if so, the mount would have been both hollow and fragile. The back appears plain. The lower edges are frayed as it they had formerly continued. The larger and more complete side [with longest edge of 18.3mm] has a triple border of cabled or twisted gold wire. The edge of the outermost strand is also visible from the bac…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Holton le Clay', grid reference and parish protected.