Record ID: NLM-C0ACD1
Object type: BALL (GAME)
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Limestone fossil ball. Probably a naturally occurring fossil, possibly a sponge. The regularity of the object which prompted its recovery might equally have encouraged its use as an objet trouve in antiquity. There is, however, no evidence for rtificial working. The probability that this object mighty have been worn by use as a toy in antiquity would probably best be gauged by reference to the detailed record of other archaeological discoveries in the immediate vicinity of its find spot. Suggested date (of putative reuse): Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 43-1800. Diameter: 25.1mm,…
Created on: Friday 18th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winteringham', grid reference and parish protected.