Record ID: NLM-47B437
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron possible dividers fragment. The broader end of a square section bar, expanded at its proximal end where it is rounded, drilled, slotted and attached to the inserted stub of a narrower bar and secured by a ferrous metal [probably steel] pin. If not part of a pair of dividers, then perhaps a part from some related item of drawing or surveying equipment. It is unclear when Roxby cum Risby parish was enclosed, though nearly half of Manley Wapentake had been enclosed by 1600; such an episode could provide a context for such a loss. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-E191AF
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy dividers, missing virtually all of one arm and approximately half of the other. They have a globular handle, octagonal in cross-section, which forms a hinge between the two arms, with a pin passing through the handle serving as the pivot.  There is a narrow circumferential collar between the base of the handle and the octagonally cross-sectioned shaft of the more compete arm. This latter extends a short distance before reducing width by half in order to make room for the mostly missing arm. Thus it becomes trapezoidal in cross-section from her…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-85D813
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete set of Roman copper-alloy dividers dating from AD 43 - 410. The dividers have two nearly intact arms with just the end points missing. The top half of the arms are rectangular and flat. They step narrower about half way down, and the lower ars are D shaped in cross-section. The decoration is restricted to two incised chevrons above, and two below a pair of incised transverse lines just above the reduction in width. The lower section one arm is quite corroded and the original pointed ends are missing. AT the pivit point, both arms have a rounded terminal throu…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Sunday 26th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-1A5493
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pointed copper alloy object of post medieval date; possibly one arm of a pair of dividers or perhaps a pin from a large harness buckle. The object is 99.4mm in length and has a long shaft, at the mid point of which is a step with a decorative moulding and which then tapers in a long curve to a sharp point. Behind this mid point the shaft is rectangular in cross section and terminates in an oval hinge or articulation block with an iron spindle.
Created on: Thursday 8th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-F0F211
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete pair of mathematical or surveyors’ dividers dating to the Post Medieval period, likely 17th-18th centuries. The globular 12.1mm wide, 11.9mm deep head of the dividers forms the hinge fulcrum, below the head the trapezoidal sectioned arms descend 20mm before they curve out and back down to form a circular aperture in the dividers. Below the expanded section there are curled lip mouldings on the arms as they taper to a point. The dividers have a rough brown patina with small sections of green patinated original surface. Similar dividers have been recorded on the PAS d…
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Record ID: DOR-71A45E
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a pair of copper alloy dividers dated c.1600-1700. The object consists of two incomplete arms with a hinged terminal. The terminal is a four-faceted dome with a thin transverse collar at the base.The better preserved arm is trapezoidal in cross-section, with three facets on their outer face. The arm curves outwards in the middle forming a hollow  Both arms terminate in old breaks. Date: Post Medieval - 1600 - 1700 Dimensions: 47.67 mm x 10.76 mm Weight: 13.25 g A similar object is recorded in database record LVPL-98E99D where the author note…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4A9D4F
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single arm from pair of cast copper-alloy dividers dated to the post-medieval period (c.AD1600-1700). Description: The arm is trapezoidal in cross-section, with three facets on its outer face forming a hexagon when closed with the missing arm. The arm bulges outwards in the middle and would have formed a  hollow circle when complete and closed.There is a small, moulded projection below this on the outer face. The arm then tapers to a point. The upper terminal has a narrow slot on the underside where the other arm was secured forming a pivot point to open and…
Created on: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skidbrooke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-7AE87A
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single arm from pair of cast copper-alloy instrument probably Post-Medieval navigational dividers dating c. AD1600-1700. The bar has a globular knob at one end which extends into an octagonal sectioned bar. The bar is recessed on one side becoming trapezoidal in section; extending into a hemispherical curve before straightening again and tapering to the terminal end with a rectangular transverse collar set 22.55mm from the end. There are two narrow adjacent slots in the knob; extending along the bar to where it is recessed on the undersid…
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-E67C17
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fragment, possibly of a pair of dividers dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. AD 1500-1700. The remaining element comprises a roughly circular sectioned pin attached to a sub-circular head with a sub-circular aperture. The head of the object is broken with the some areas of the head missing. In the area of the head which features the most damage, the remaining loop is broken. Below the head is a collar followed by two grooves which were unevenly incised around the pin. The pin projects downwards until it bends gradually to almost 90°. Shortly after …
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2023
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Record ID: KENT-818E2A
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy pair of dividers of post-medieval date (c.1550-1700). Description: Only one arm of the dividers remains which is sub-triangular in section. One end tapers (and has broken along its length), the other end is broader and is irregular at the end, probably indicating another break. The middle of the arm has been raised to create an almost semicircular loop. The arm rests on a flat surface with the loop perpendicular to this plane.  Measurements: Length 85.52mm , Width 9.13mm , Thickness 12.34mm , Weight 16.86g
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2023
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Record ID: NLM-DD97E1
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron dividers fragment, as kindly identified by the finder. A pair of cast copper alloy arms of thickness 3mm and width which are joined at their expanded round ends by an iron spindle or pin, now expanded by its corrosion on one side. Both the arms are of shallow plano-convex section, arranged flat face to flat face, with a washer or thinner plate between them. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1850 Length: 30mm, Width: 17mm, Thickness (overall): 10.8mm, Weight: 15.38gms
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-37D5EA
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a pair of copper-alloy post-medieval dividers. Only the hinge and two short lengths of the arms are extant, the latter terminating in worn breaks. The arms are sub-square in cross-section at the hinge end (i.e. square, except that the two inner corners of each are bevelled). The arms are closed shut. To form the hinge one of the arms bifurcates and expands to form two flat partially-circular plates with a gap between them to receive a similarly-shaped plate projecting from the end of the other arm. All three plates are pierced by a copper alloy pivot. Parallels o…
Created on: Friday 10th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 5th January 2022
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Record ID: NMS-F8C1C5
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a pair of post-medieval dividers. Only the hinge and two short lengths of the arms are extant, the latter terminating in worn breaks. The arms are sub-square in cross-section at the hinge end (i.e. square, except that the two inner corners of each are bevelled). About halfway along their extant length they become triangular in cross-section and remain that way until the break. To form the hinge one of the arms bifurcates and expands to form two flat partially-circular plates with a gap between them to receive a similarly-shaped plate projecting from the end of the ot…
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 20th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-E7B4F7
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Single arm of a pair of post-medieval copper-alloy dividers. At one end is the broken and worn stub of a loop, which is part of the hinge. Before this is an expanded collar-like moulding. More specifically it is a short (1-2mm) projection from one of the edges of the arm on the same plane as the loop. There seems to have been another on the opposite side, but it a has broken off and the break is worn. The arm itself is rectangular in cross-section, its short sides being parallel with the loop and its long sides perpendicular to it. Viewed with the loop edge-on. The arm gradually expand…
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
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Record ID: WILT-697416
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post-Medieval copper alloy pair of drawing dividers dating to c AD 1600-1800. The item has a pair of tapering legs, probably plano-convex in section, the flat face designed to allow the two legs to meet when closed. The head, from which the legs emanate, is a slightly flattened spherical shape, pierced at the centre to take a large rivet, domed on both sides. Below this head, the hinge, is what appears to be a collar. Below the hinge, on a flattened part of the top of the legs, and on both surfaces, are a set of transverse grooves surmounted by single oblique grooves, appa…
Created on: Monday 25th October 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd November 2021
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Record ID: LVPL-59FF39
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete pair of cast copper alloy dividers dated to the post medieval period (c.AD1600-1700). The object would have consisted of two arms with a hinge at the terminal. The terminal is decorated with concentric circles. The arms are triangular in cross-section. Only one arm remains, with the triangular shape of the arm twisting in the middle of the shaft as decoration. The terminal is cast as part of the remaining arm. The other arm is missing due to an old break. The object is worn and the surface is coated in a dark greenish patina and has some significant rusting at …
Created on: Thursday 30th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nantwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AB1CA2
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete pair of Post Medieval dividers dating to circa AD 1600-1800. It is rectangular in plan with square sides. a fragment of a pair of dividers (or possibly compasses). The upper leg is formed from a thin sheet of copper alloy containing two apertures, forming part of the hinge. The upper leg has broken around the upper aperture, survived now by two short stumps. The lower leg is thicker. It contains three raised panels, each of which contains incised decoration, possibly floral in nature. It would have been used as an adjustable drawing and measuring tool. Length:…
Created on: Thursday 29th April 2021
Last updated: Friday 21st May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-0CCE8F
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete pair of post-medieval copper alloy dividers dating 1700-1900AD. The dividers consist of two hinged arms joined together at a circular hinged section. The outer edges of the arms have been rounded. There is a small circular indentation on the inner edge of the arms, on both the front and the back. Each arm tapers to a fine point, one of which is approx. 3mm shorter than the other. The surface of the dividers is pitted with a pale green patina. There is no obvious sign of any decoration. Length: 87.6mm; width of hinge section: 8.7mm; thickness of hinge sec…
Created on: Tuesday 16th March 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 16th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Asaph', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-FC38ED
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a pair of post-medieval copper alloy dividers: a globular terminal at which the two arms are hinged . One arm survives for a very short length below the terminal but the other, trapezoidal in cross-section and forming the outer pivots of the hinge, extends downwards to become triangular-section as it curves outward to form the gap between the arms that was used to faciltiate their separation. Extant length 52mm. Diameter of terminal 12.5mm. 17th century. Finder's no. POD 10/48
Created on: Thursday 26th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2020
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Record ID: DEV-C6CC89
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete pair of post medieval mathematical or surveyor's dividers dating to c. AD 1600-1800. The tip of one of the dividers is missing but the remainder of the object is complete. It has a globular handle which has a series of incised lines across its diameter as decoration. These continue and extend along the sides of the dividers, which are broadly D-shaped in cross section, with the arc becoming more angular with bevelled edges as they flare outwards from one another, creating an inner circle as they narrow and join together once more.There is a small raised ridge on t…
Created on: Thursday 6th August 2020
Last updated: Thursday 2nd September 2021
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