Record ID: NLM-E4660E
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible anti-aircraft shell fragment. A shard from the slightly everted rim of a cylindrical object vessel of estimated diameter 80mm with iron staining at the top; shattered at either side and along its lower edge. The pattern of catastrophic damage might point to a shard from an exploded anti-aircraft shell, which would be consistent with its suspected diameter. The iron staining may alternatively indicate this object had a place in an assembly of iron or steel parts intimately associated with or enclosed by a thick [5.5mm] copper alloy casing – a definition which…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5FB7A0
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy anti-aircraft shrapnel fragment. Cast fragment of the casing of an anti-aircraft shell with grooves on either side running in opposite directions so as to maximise fragmentation; torn by explosive force. This shell will have been fired by one of the numerous heavy anti-aircraft batteries tasked with the defence of the Humber region. Suggested date: Modern, 1939-1945 Width: 50.3mm, Height: 23.2mm, Thickness: 4.9mm, Weight: 22.18gms
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holton le Clay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-923B97
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible shell fragment. A curved dentiform cast fragment broken on all sides but one, which bears a circumferential groove of estimated diameter 80mm. The catastrophic nature of damage may suggest explosive force, and hence an identification as a shard from a heavy anti-aircraft shell is advanced. Suggested date: Modern, 1939-1945 Length: 40.7mm, Width: 15.4mm, Thickness: 5.4mm, Weight: 10.19gms
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 25th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-920AF5
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern fragment of a copper alloy anti-aircraft shell, AD 1939-1945. Two shards from the screw-threaded driving bands of anti-aircraft shells, both with external screw thread and both broken at either end by explosive force.
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-5AA92B
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four Fragments of Modern Anti aircraft shell dating from AD1940-1945.  A fragment of the casing from a anti aircraft shell. The fragment is ribbed. Dimensions: length: 35.44mm; width: 19.79mm; thickness: 3.27mm; weight: 12.89g A fragment of an anti aircraft shell calibrated driving band. The remaining fragment has only the numbers 21 22 23 24 remaining. Dimensions: length: 36.32mm; width: 23.12mm; thickness: 10.54mm; weight: 31.16g A fragment of an anti aircraft shell calibrated driving band. The remaining fragment has only the numbers 25 26 27 remaining. Dimensions: length:…
Created on: Tuesday 30th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-C8347A
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and lead anti-aircraft shell fragment. Cast solid lead nose cone and three-part calibrated driving band from a large explosive shell, retaining a screw-threaded part of the wall offset below the lowest of the stages of the driving band. The internal features include a central hollow lug, lightly flared, and part of the rounded wall of the main part of the shell. The copper alloy components are distorted by the catastrophic force of an explosion while the nose cone is dented, abraded and stained white in patches. From the defence of the Humber region by heavy anti-aircraft …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ulceby Cross', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D69F22
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy anti-aircraft shell splinter. A fragment of shell casing from a heavy anti-aircraft shell, bearing broad grooves across both its sides, set at right angles to each other so as to maximise its fragmentation. All the edges of the object have been torn by catastrophic explosive force. The Humber was defended by numerous fixed anti-aircraft batteries, and splinters from the shells they fired at attacking aircraft are widely reported. Suggested date: Modern, 1939-1945 Length: 48.8mm, Width: 23.2mm, Thickness: 3.8mm, Weight: 20.37gms
Created on: Wednesday 5th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 5th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Halton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-86F9BD
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy anti-aircraft shell fragment. A concavo-convex fragment of a cast cylindrical shell casing, torn on all sides with catastrophic force; the function is also suggested by two grooves running at right angles to each other across the outer surface which were features intended to maximise fragmentation. Fired from a heavy anti-aircraft battery. Suggested date: Modern, 1939-1945 Length: 21.2mm, Width: 18.7mm, Thickness: 4.1mm, Weight: 4.28gms
Created on: Monday 20th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-432865
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy anti-aircraft shell shrapnel. Two fragments of the casings of heavy anti-aircraft shells, of length 38.5mm and 49.5mm. Both fragments bear broad grooves on both sides running at right angles to each other to maximise their fragmentation, and both have opposed edges which have torn raggedly and cleanly at the instant the shells exploded. These fragments attest to the defence of the Humber region by heavy anti-aircraft batteries during the Second World War, of which one remains as a Scheduled Ancient Monument in the vicinity of the [admittedly broad] find-spot for these spl…
Created on: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-DDA2F8
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible shell splinter. A distorted fragment of a flat-sided cast object with a ridge and groove along one edge, possibly with the edge of a series of rounded apertures. Blackened. The distortion of a thick [2.8mm] casting may arise from an explosion, though this shard lacks the bilateral grooving intended to maximise the fragmentation of the casing of a heavy anti-aircraft shell. It may come from the edge of a grooved zone or from another part of a shell. If not from a shell, this is possibly a machine part which has experienced sudden and catastrophic failure. Suggeste…
Created on: Friday 25th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 29th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ulceby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-57C51A
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy shrapnel fragment. Cast shard from the casing of a heavy anti-aircraft shell, with grooves on either side running in opposite directions to maximise fragmentation at the detonation of the shell; jaggedly broken. This is evidence of the active defence of the Humber during the Second World War by numerous heavy batteries sited around the estuary. Suggested date: Modern, 1939-1945 Length: 36.6mm, Width: 22.7mm, Thickness: 3.2mm, Weight: 14.91gms
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 18th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Humberston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-BFBD08
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy shrapnel fragment. A splinter from a heavy anti-aircraft shell, with moulded grooves on either side, two two sides being oriented at right angles to each other, so as to promote fragmentation. From the defence of the Humber against aerial attack 1939-1945. Suggested date: Modern, 1939-1945 Length: 32.8mm, Width: 26.2mm, Thickness: 5.3mm, Weight: 13.47gms
Created on: Monday 12th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 12th July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DYFED-A2392A
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Group of copper alloy fragments which may be from the driving band of heavy anti-aircraft shells. The patinas vary with colours of red, green, grey, orange and brown. The pieces feature straight lines across them on both sides. Thought to date to the Second World War. Similar to PAS Records NLM-9679A3 and NLM-8D33A4
Created on: Thursday 10th September 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 29th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lamphey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9679A3
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy anti-aircraft shrapnel fragment. A sub-rectangular fragment of a cast casing, with wide shallow grooves oriented in opposite directions on its two sides, and with its edges torn by explosive force. This is from the casing of a heavy anti-aircraft shell. The grooved surfaces were intended to maximise the fragmentation of the shell, which would usually explode at a predetermined altitude, hopefully near enemy aircraft. This shard was probably deposited during the defence of Grimsby and the Humber against German attack during the Second World War. Suggested date: Modern, 193…
Created on: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Humberston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-8D33A4
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy shell fragment. A splinter from a heavy anti-aircraft shell, with straight grooves running in opposite directions on its two sides, and with opposed edges torn raggedly with explosive force. The grooved surfaces were intended to maximise the fragmentation of the shell as it burst at a pre-set altitude, thereby improving the chances of disabling its target. From the extensive air defence of the strategic Humber Estuary through the Second World War. Suggested date: Modern, 1939-1945 Length: 37.0mm, Width: 32mm, Thickness: 3.2mm, Weight: 15.65gms
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Humberston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-494047
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ammunition fragment. A cylindrical cartridge case for a 20mm cannon shell, with a basal indentation and stamped characters S L 43 on the base, possibly denoting manufacture in 1943; crimped towards the top to retain the projectile part of the round. A basal dot and incuse ring may indicate the shell has been fired. This might have come from the armament of a fighter plane, or from a light anti-aircraft gun on the ground, presumably from the Second World War. Suggested date: Modern, 1943 Diameter: 20.3mm, Height: 99.1mm, Weight: 50.40gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hatcliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-09B92D
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cartridge case. The cylindrical case from a 20mm cannon shell, a weapon which was deployed as the armament of aircraft, particularly German, and also used for light ant-aircraft guns. Notation appears on the flat base of the case: 4 / 3 / T / W. Burnt material including fine strands is retained within; these are the remnants of a propellant charge, and perhaps an indication that the shell was exploded in a fire rather than on active service; the upper edge is broken. Suggested date: Modern, 1939-1945 Length: 60.2mm, Diameter: 20.3mm, Weight (with contents prudently und…
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wyham cum Cadeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-242BF6
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy anti-aircraft shell fragments. Two shards from the screw-threaded driving bands of anti-aircraft shells, both with external screw thread and both broken at either end by explosive force. Suggested date: Modern, 1939-1945 Combined Weight: 17.90gms
Created on: Friday 7th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-242348
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible shell fragment. Cast concavo-convex disc with a screw-threaded edge and with two small [diameter 2.7mm] holes in opposite sides, and a third, larger hole occupied by a screw whose shank is broken flush with the underside of the object. A central hole is slightly distorted, as is the profile of the object. The finder kindly suggests this may come from the nose cone of an explosive shell. Suggested date: Modern, 1910-1945 Diameter: 41.9mm, Thickness: 6.0mm, Height: 8mm, Weight: 38.36gms
Created on: Friday 7th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4360F3
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible ammunition fragment. A fragment of a solid cast lightly concavo-convex object of estimated diameter 40mm with a central aperture, possibly of diameter 16.1mm, and with a circumferential groove on its convex face. The object has been fractured and distorted, probably with explosive force. This condition may suggest this to be a fragment from the nose or fuse of a light shell, possibly from an anti-aircraft gun, though the find spot could allow it to have been fired from either land or sea. Suggested date: Modern, 1910-1945. Diameter (as found): 39.4mm, Thicknes…
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Humberston', grid reference and parish protected.