Record ID: NLM-E7DED1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. A cast rectangular plate which has been bent to penannular form. A series of incised chevrons appear on the outer side, though with a zone along one edge of the series undecorated. Probably originally of annular form with a butted seam, now partly flattened. Abraded. A function as a binding might be implied by the annular form. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1400 Length (as found): 19.5mm, Width: 7.4mm, Thickness: 1.5mm, Weight: 2.35gms
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-E72EA6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unidentified object. A rectangular sheet metal plate with a series of closely spaced [8 per cm] fine grooves of length 15mm extending from one straight edge, and with faint traces of grooves and a split in the opposite side. Probably for a craft usage. Marks of this form on bones have been associated with the making of pins, on ‘pinner’s bones’, though at a larger scale. Similar close spacing is also seen on comb teeth, so this object might have figured in the cutting of comb teeth – small one-piece bone combs for beards and moustaches are known fro…
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-E3ED4E
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy dagger. Cast dagger hilt incorporating short opposed quillons angled in a shallow S-shape when viewed in plan springing from a rounded central block with a central trapezoid slot for a narrow thick V-section blade [7.3mm by 12.7mm], and with a shell or fan-shaped projection from one other side of the central block and a moulded rib on the last side opposite the latter. The block and quillons are decorated by deeply incised chevrons with a field of angled cuts on both sides; three deep cuts also confer texture on the upper surface of the fan-shaped element. Suggested date: …
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-2C874B
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unidentified object. A plate of sheet metal of lobed form with one straight edge and with three stamped intersecting swags with floral motifs between them on its front. A U-shaped drawn wire fitting lay flat on the back – detached during examination – as well as a thicker [diameter 1.7mm] wire fragment which is curled at either end presented along with the larger object. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Width (plate): 38.6mm, Height: 29mm, Thickness: 0.5mm, Combined Weight: 4.71gms
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-19AF0E
Object type: OFFCUT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead offcut. A thin scrap of cast lead sheet of thickness 3.1mm, with cut edges, a deep knife cut on one side, and an open crosshatch of similarly deeply incised lines on the other. Patinated. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Medieval, 43-1500 Length: 32.4mm, Width: 8.8mm, Thickness: 3.1mm, Weight: 6.22gms
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-14497C
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy purse fragment. Cast cylindrical bar with a constricted end with expanded drum-shaped terminal, and with a flange with two drilled attachment holes. The bar bears incised saltires rendered with finely incised doubled lines, more worn on one side than on the other. Williams Class A1. Suggested date: Late Medieval to Early Post-Medieval, 1450-1550 Length: 57mm, Diameter (bar): 8.3mm, Height (at flange): 12.6mm, Weight: 23.21gms
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AA63E0
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle whorl. Cast cylindrical whorl with a central moulded aperture of diameter 11.2mm, either miscast or more probably part-melted, Walton Rogers form B. Eight wide radial cuts or grooves appear on one side of the whorl: this texture or decoration has recently been noted as a most unusual feature of another whorl reported recently from the immediate vicinity. The spindle hole size could admit an Anglo-Scandinavian date. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 1000-1100 Diameter: 27.6mm, Thickness: 9.4mm, Weight: 27.99gms
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-EE1227
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy clasp. Folding clasp. A small sub-rectangular frame with an integrally cast and probably forked spacer plate retaining two separate rectangular plates with slightly indented ends at one end of the frame, and a short engrailed tab of thickness 0.7mm with a supplementary rectangular plate attached to confer rigidity [the overall thickness of the tab is 2.3mm], together acting to lock the clasp. A cross is neatly incised on the supplementary plate. Opposed casting ridges appear at the outer edge of the frame on its sides. As no rivets appear the union of the frame and larger …
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B249A6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount fragment. A cast rhomboid plate with a pair of knops projecting from its ends, with an integrally cast and tapered fixing spike of length 18mm angled downwards or inwards; a lower extent of the mount is lost and an originally symmetrical form might be posited. Possibly incised curls on the display side. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1550-1650 Length: 19.8mm, Width: 17.9mm, Thickness (clear of prong): 2.1mm, Weight: 4.29gms
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5E5838
Object type: DECANTER
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White metal decanter label. A milled oval plate of lightweight white metal with stamped details as follow: a blank oval panel appears at the centre of a plain cross with florets on it viewed against a finely lined background, and with a cabled ring appearing as an outer order between the beams of the cross. Part of a loop appears at the top [as viewed here]. Lightly crumpled. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1875-1925 Width: 69mm, Height: 49.1mm, Thickness (plate): 0.8mm, Weight: 4.62gms
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-5CD5D6
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead probable spindle whorl. Cast cylindrical whorl with a central moulded aperture of diameter 9mm, Walton Rogers form B. Eight deep symmetrically distributed cuts radiate from the hole on the lower side [as cast – perhaps the upper side as used]. Though tidy enough to be deemed decoration, such features are actually rare on whorls of this simple form, and so many such cuts are perhaps an unparalleled feature. They might serve as tying notches, though a primary use as a whorl or a secondary use as a fishing line would usually require only one tying notch. Patinated. The spindle …
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-5ACC65
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy signet ring. A thin cast D-section band of width 4.2mm and thickness 2mm with an oval matrix brazed to it. The matrix bears a deeply incised field leaving a curvilinear initial letter – possibly G or T – with a possible bifoliate crown above it, all reserved to form an imprint (Bryony Pateman 2008; An illustrated guide to Collecting Seals, Whitehall Press, London, page 127). About two thirds of the band are lost. This letter form also appears amongst either mason’s marks or graffiti noted on columns in Carlisle Cathedral by this reporter, and doubtless wi…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winteringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4BBC65
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. Cast hinged Colchester derivative brooch, Mackreth type CD H 4.b. A cylindrical case with a single moulding at its ends is clenched behind to retain an axis bar for a hinged pin [now lost]. The wings are clasped by a D-section bow with a longitudinal ridge or step along either side. The front of the bow is decorated with angled and crossing cuts framed by incised horizontal lines; this might be deemed apt to key enamel though no trace of colorant appears. The bow tapers towards the foot, which is lost along with any trace of a catch plate. Suggested date: Early Rom…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-48D1C4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead pot mend. A large cast plug to mend a hole in a vessel wall of thickness 4mm. The inner side of the plug [as poured] bears a scratched graffito resembling a kite, with a central cross for struts. The finder kindly suggests this may represent a mitred face, though there are no features to suggest eyes, mouth or nose.. Patinated. The neat finish might commend a Roman date. Suggested date: possibly Roman, 43-410 Length: 40mm, Width: 38.9mm, Thickness: 8.5mm, Weight: 93.25gms
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton Night Soil Field', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-48A2D8
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unidentified objects. Two similar cylindrical objects of sheet metal (a and b), apparently rolled with butted seams, and both bearing groups of two or four neatly circumferentially incised lines. The finder reports the objects were closely associated if not interleaved. Similar objects have been speculatively identified as needle cases of late medieval date or more authoritatively as ramrod pipes from muskets of early post-medieval date, albeit the construction seems rather light for the latter usage. The tubes have both been opened by light squashing. Suggested date: Unkn…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4B00E9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Green patinated copper alloy buckle. Large rectangular double looped buckle with central integral bar, rocked tracer decoration, slight butterfly[?]. Suggested date: Late Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1450-1600 Length: 48.2mm, Height: 63.8mm, Thickness: 2.6mm
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-0F2787
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Cast hinged Colchester derivative brooch, Mackreth type CD H 3.b. Cylindrical wings with a horizontal step or groove behind retain an axis bar which itself retains a cast pin with expanded proximal end. The front of the wings bears three bands of vertically billeted ornament with a single diagonal incision passing across them on either side. They are clasped by a D-section bow with a moulded groove down either side and a central narrow ridge which is cross-cut like the patterns on the wings. Most of the bow is lost. Suggested date: Early Roman, 75-125 Len…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wroot', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1232EB
Object type: DISC
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver disc. A small coin-sized disc – quite possibly a demonetised coin -  with both sides bearing  groups of parallel and individually incised lines, some lines and groups crossing others - possibly cross-hatched zones flank a plain central zone of lines running in one direction. This at least is the appearance of the outer side of a curled-up object; the inner surface appears similarly treated though lines become gouges here in a less tidy treatment. A detached chip was presented along with the main part of the object, though it does not entirely complete it. The pre…
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Low Burnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-68E3E3
Object type: BOTTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ceramic bottle. Salt-glazed German earthenware cylindrical bottle with a short slightly tapered neck with a groove below its rim and a small D-section handle attached to the top of the vessel wall. Notation in a curvilinear script incised before firing below the handle reads: N-15/D and a larger ringed numeral 4 appears on the opposite side, also incised before firing. Diameter: 71.5mm, Height: 245mm
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-CC3704
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron possible strap end, as kindly identified by the finder. A tiny cast oval plate with bowed sides and a split inner end, with crudely incised sub-triangular panels outlined on its inner end, and with an iron rivet passing through its middle, where it is sharply bent. A single attachment hole appears at the inner end, cf. Thomas Class A Type 2. A function with a spur buckle might be suggested. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 800-850 Length (as found): 16.6mm, Width: 7.0mm, Thickness: 2mm, Weight: 1.05gms
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Spatial data recorded.