Record ID: NLM-B793C8
Object type: SLAG
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Metalworking debris or slag. Four small fragments of a vesicular and lightweight material, resembling a solidified ‘skim’ from metalworking. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval Combined Weight: 7.54gms
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4AA333
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Coal. Three square-section lumps of unburnt coal. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 100-1900. Combined Weight: 71.30gms
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-50AB8C
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey oyster shell fragment. A small chip from the bottom half of a bivalve oyster. Oysters were introduced to the British diet by the Romans and remained a popular food, especially for the poor or abstinent, until post-medieval times. The cachet of oysters as a luxury food is of relatively recent origin. If not archaeological, this fragment may be an ancient fossil fragment of Geological date – a possible inference from its grey tint and hardness. Suggested date: Unknown, possibly Roman to Medieval, 43-1500 Length: 28.7mm, Weight: 3.06gms
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-C4D96B
Object type: SLAG
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblege of eight pieces of slag. Seven of these pieces are undiagnostic slag (metal working waste). See Historic England: Archaeometallurgy, Guidelines for Best Practice 2015, p.23. Pieces A, F & G (see image) have a strong magnetic reaction and will jump off of a table top to attach to a strong magnet held near-by. Pieces C & E have a weaker magnetic reaction, moving slightly if a strong magnet is held near-by but not moving to attach themselves to the magnet. All of the above have a mid to dark grey colour, dull and roughened texture. Pieces B & D (see image) …
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-3FBCC1
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of shell, possible oyster shell of unknown date.  Objects dating from the Late Iron Age to Modern period were deposited with this find from the same field therefore the other associated finds do not help narrow down the date. The shell is evidence of food waste and diet. Shell is difficult to date, therefore a broad date range is offered from the Roman period to modern, circa AD 43 to 1900. The shell measures 43.4 mm in length, 36 mm in width, 9 mm in thickness and weighs 12.7 grams. 
Created on: Wednesday 9th February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-9DB4FA
Object type: SLAG
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of possible slag or other industrial by-product such as dross, clinker, fuel ash, of unknown date, possibly Bronze Age to Modern, 2200 BC - AD 1900. It is a shiny light grey material, light in weight for its size, very soft (can be scratched with a finger nail), and it has a soapy feel. One face is irregular with many rounded particles, some of which are magnetic, and small holes. The other faces are smooth and fine grained, with conchoidal fractures. The piece is 41.3mm long, 33.3mm wide and 16.2mm thick. 14.5g.
Created on: Thursday 28th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-9D75AC
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable rock crystal artefact which has multiple conchoidal fractures. It is formed on a flake of perfectly clear rock crystal, is roughly circular and has bifacial, invasive, scaled working. Some edges have low angle retouch while others are vertical. It is 15.4mm long, 16.1mm wide and 7.3mm thick. 1.5g. The rock crystal is hard enough to scratch glass. Rock crystal was used rarely throughout prehistory; this example comes from a multi-period site of mainly Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date (4000 BC - 1000 BC). The finder reports that evidence of platform crystal glass has p…
Created on: Thursday 28th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-9B734D
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Plano-convex possible ingot. Sub-rectangular cast strip (69.5mm x 17.5mm x 3mm) with asymmetrical half round ends; flat on the reverse with a curved wedge-shaped cross-section. The underlying metal is quite hard and has a silvery colour with a dark brown patina. It is very dense and is slightly magnetic. Date unknown, but see note below.
Created on: Monday 28th December 2020
Last updated: Friday 29th April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-F5BEA3
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible chalk or stone bead of uncertain date. The bead is broadly oval in form with a centrally drilled circular hole. The bead is a cream colour and has a porous pitted surface.  Beads of this type are hard to date outside of excavated contexts as they are known from the Iron Age through to the Post Medieval period. The bead measures 13.2 mm in length, 11.5 mm in width, 9.8 mm in thickness and weighs 1.7 g. The perforation measures 3.6 mm in diameter.
Created on: Saturday 26th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-5B63C9
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A struck chert flake of uncertain use and likely prehistoric date. The flake is likely debitage from tool manufacture as there is no evidence of retouch. One edge demonstrates ‘hinging’ so likely not used as a tool. The object is 34mm in length, 17.4mm width, 6.3mm thick and weighs 2.9g.
Created on: Tuesday 14th April 2020
Last updated: Friday 19th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-F9B5F4
Object type: SLAG
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron slag. Two small lumps of ferrous metalworking debris, both vesicular, possibly joining, and possibly with fragmentary traces of a relatively smooth and rounded base (cf. NLM-F9AB44); and with angular lumps apparent on their uneven upper surfaces. Suggested date: Unknown, Late Iron Age to Early Medieval, 100 BC - AD1000 Weight: 119.38gms
Created on: Monday 16th September 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 17th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-F9AB44
Object type: SLAG
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron slag. A lump of ferrous metalworking debris with a rounded base, of vesicular composition and including small angular lumps or facets on its uneven upper surface; probably broken on all its side edges. Possibly from the bowl-shaped base of a small iron smelting furnace. Too heavy to weigh with the available equipment: in excess of 500gms. Suggested date: Unknown, Late Iron Age to Early Medieval, 100 BC - AD1000 Length: 96mm, Width: 83.5mm, Thickness: 55mm, Weight: not measured
Created on: Monday 16th September 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 17th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-D2A883
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified object of unidentified material, possibly amber. The object is a long tube which is open at one end, the other is rounded with a shallow point. The inside of the object seems to have been drilled. There are cracks at both the open end and the closed point. It is unclear what the object is, and when it dates to. The surface is pitted and irregular, the inside is a white orange colour. It is a orange translucent colour, and measures 40.6mm in length, 11.9mm in width and 9.15g in weight. A similar object on the database is SUR-5E27BC.
Created on: Monday 2nd September 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-E7D1B4
Object type: ANIMAL REMAINS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a worked antler of unknown date. It has a cylindrical shape, which tapers slightly towards one broken end. The wider end has traces of parallel and irregular incomplete cuts while its face has a drilled oval hole (8.69 mm in diameter), which is blocked possibly by soil. Max diameter: 23.01 mm Length: 80.92 mm Weight: 28.60 g
Created on: Monday 10th December 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roudham and Larling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-5FDAFF
Object type: SLAG
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of Slag, Clinker or other similar industrial by-product of uncertain date (800 BC - AD 1800). The object is rough and irregular, with bubbles and cavities, and it has low density. The object is a grey green colour with obvious metallic particles. Length: 24.73mm, Width: 17.58mm, Thickness: 6.79mm, Weight: 9.1g.
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-6F8457
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of fired clay, perhaps daub, kiln furniture, ceramic building material, mortar or plaster or similar object of unknown date, probably AD 43 - 1800. It is soft, irregular in texture and a reddish brown colour. One face is curved, and the other is broken. It is 47.6mm long, 39mm wide and 30.4mm thick. 45.9g.
Created on: Friday 17th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ASHM-87E947
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an unidentified object of modern date. The metal is very light and appears cast and may be aluminium. The object has a cylindrical neck with bulbous terminal while another bulbous element is retained to one side of the neck. It is reminiscent of crossbow brooches, several of which have been found at this site. It may be a miscast brooch, however the metal is very light and this observation is made only on form.
Created on: Wednesday 25th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 28th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Childrey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-3732AE
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete inscribed possibly graphite object, possibly a gaming piece of an uncertain date. The object is circular with a flat top and bottom. Its top is inscribed with VIII set within two border striations. The sides of the object also contain inscribed lines though it is difficult to determine whether they are deliberate or the result of damage. If deliberate the inscription is indiscernible. Diameter: 28.8mm; Thickness: 13.3mm; Weight: 12.65g
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th April 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-EBA54C
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two irregularly shaped objects. Possibly by-products from an earlier manufacturing process. White in colour, with numerous small bubble holes in the surface, as well as a number of large inclusions. Heavy in weight for their size. Found in a ploughed field with an assorted assemblage of pottery.
Created on: Tuesday 6th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-015E0E
Object type: MANUFACTURING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The left valve of an oyster shell with a central perforation. Description: The perforation has been made from the inside of the shell to the outside and is 14mm x 15mm with three staight sides and one outwardly-curved side. The perforation has been made carefully with minimal damage to the shell and, along with the precise shape, suggests it was made deliberately rather than through accidental damage. Measurements: 79.52mm in length, 75.06mm in width and 46.07g in weight. Discussion: Perforated oyster shells are found in many archaeologicaly-secure contexts dating from the Ro…
Created on: Monday 6th November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 17th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Somercotes', grid reference and parish protected.