Record ID: LIN-28B8C6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy object, probably of medieval to post-medieval date. Possible mount.  The object has a flat circular plate with a central slightly raised pellet, and a U-shaped projection with triangular shaped terminals that are worn and damaged. The circular disc has traces of a punched circular motif around the perimeter on one side. Light green patina with well-developed brown patches. Width: 24.42 mm; Length: 29.02 mm; Weight: 2.42g
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-D88896
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead and iron Roman steelyard weight dating to c.AD 43-410. A bi-convex lead weight with evidence of iron at one terminal. Originally an iron rod would have passed through it and the uppermost would have housed a separate iron loop. Patinated.  Height: 37.98 mm, Width (waist): 22.99 mm, Weight: 72.32g
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-D86CD4
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead pendant or mount, probably medieval to post-medieval in date. The object is drop-shaped, plano-convex with a piercing at the narrow end. It is decorated on both sides with radiating oblique grooves around the perimeter. Mid-grey patina. Length: 15.92mm; Width: 11.67 mm; Thickness: 3.26 mm; Weight: 3.91g
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-D83FCF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver cut farthing of William I of Scotland (1165-1214) or posthumous, Short Cross and Stars phase B dating to c.AD1205-30 (Spink S5029), moneyer: Hue Walter, mint: uncertain. Ref: Spink 2020: p.14. The inscriptions are inevitably very partial but the obverse appear to read [  ]E W[  ], probably [  ]E WA[  ] which suggests it may be paralleled by a coin in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Bateman and Mayhew 1987 no.74) which reads hVE WALPO on both sides.   Length: 14.5 mm; Width: 9 mm; Weight: 0.47g
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-D56BC4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative hinged brooch dating to c. AD 43-120.  The brooch has tubular wings enclosing an axis bar, with a slot in the centre for the pin. Only remnants of the pin has survived inside the slot. The bow springs out from the wings, it is D-shaped in cross-section, tapering to a broken point. The brooch is very corroded and worn, no traces of decoration are visible. The pin and catchplate are missing. Length: 28.51 mm; Width: 22.03 mm; Weight: 6.05g
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-D51371
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast copper alloy rotary key dating from the Medieval or Post Medieval periods, AD 1250 - 1500. Only the quatrefoil bow or four separate loops handle has survived. Length: 36.36 mm; Width: 32.29 mm;  Thickness: 4.98 mm; Weight: 13.64g
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-D4C018
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead medieval spindle whorl dating to c.AD 1150-1450. It is triangular with a circular flat base and top with a circular hole running through the object. Pale-cream patina. Diameter: 23.9 mm; Height: 24.72 mm; Weight: 32.92g
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-D479A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval voided long cross cut halfpenny, probably of Henry III (1216-1272). Illegible inscription on reverse. Unclear type. Obverse: Bust facing / hE[..] Reverse: Voided long cross / illegible inscription possibly [..]N[..] Diameter: 18.29 mm; Thickness: 0.64 mm; Weight: 0.65g
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-C56C03
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead plaque of probable Georgian/Victorian date c. AD 1700-1900. The piece is the form of arcading with a small cherub figure lounging over the top and holding onto a textile piece. The archading is decorated with foliate motif and is triple banded around the curved and longitudinal sides. There are two circule indenatations on the reverse, probably to fix it to another piece. The reverse is flat and it has a lozenge shape with illegible shape/writing. Max Length (diagonal from broken curved frame): 70.09 mm; Thickness: 13.83 mm; Weight: 85.79g
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-9AB8C9
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern cast iron object in the form of Tattershall castle. It is concavo-convex with the decorated side probably depicting Tattershall castle. The reverse has a rectangular cross-section lug with an iron circular cross-sectioned loop probably one of a series of loops forming a chain. There is illegible and very worn writing along the bottom edge. Length:  80.74 mm; Width: 54.52 mm; Thickness: 8.34 mm; Weight: 78.42g Kevin Leahy (per. comm. 6th March 2024) notes that it probably dates from the time when Lord Curzon prevented the castle from being shipped to the USA, …
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Withern with Stain', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-89785A
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast Roman copper-alloy knife handle with a lion's head terminal dating to c. AD 43-410 Only the length of the handle has survived with a lion's head at the terminal and a rectangular break at the opposite end. The handle is circular in cross-section. The lion's head is very worn and corroded and only a rough outline of the zoomorphic head can be discerned. Where the lion's neck meets the handle shaft is a worn double collar. The handle shaft has traces of decoration, with circumferential incised lines and ringed dots, along the l…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Coningsby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F5DD7A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy late early medieval buckle dating from the 9th-11th centuries. The object is broadly rectangular with a central raised triangular projection surrounded by a globular platform, the sides slope down to form symmetrical integral zoomorphic plates with two parallel rivet hole, one of which has been torn. The animals have a projecting long snout and a rounded head with the rivet hole for an eye. Behind the head is semi-circular projection. Part of the zoomorphic heads and the semi-circular lobe have four curved grooves. Between the animals and unde…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-F520B5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy arm from a Victorian or Edwarian "skirt lifter" comprising a curved rod, of circular cross section, which terminates in a 5.73 mm wide bowl at one end and a asymmetrically flattened terminal at the other, which is broken across the site of a rounded hole of diameter 2.92 mm. There is a deep nick on the underside near the bowl end. The arm is bent. Length: 81.25 mm; Width: 5.73 mm; Weight: 5.90g See NLM-1BDE73, NLM-1F4B55, SUR-DB3645 and NLM-68BA88 for direct parallels. This type of object is frequently mis-identified as a Roman ear scoop.
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F4FC7B
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval  to medieval copper-alloy bridle bit harness link/strap distributor dating from the 11th to the 12th century (c.AD 1000-1200). Only one terminal has survived. It has a D-shaped cross-section and a rounded knobbed loop with three equidistant knobs formed around an oval aperture. The object has a mid-reddish brown patina.  Length: 35.39 mm; Width: 28.55 mm; Thickness: 5.76 mm; Weight: 11.30g
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Welton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F2565E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An cast lead weight probably dating from the medieval period c.AD 1150-1450. The object is shield-shaped in form with a flat top and curved sides that reach a blunt point at the bottom. Both sides are flat, with one side decorated with a raised septfoil with six recessed triangles in a circle with their points facing inwards. Length: 42.06 mm; Width: 37.30 mm; Thickness: 19.87 mm; Weight: over 200g
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Swayfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F2424A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch dating to c.AD 40-70. Mackreth 2011 CD RH. The C-shaped wings are completely moulded with bead and reel decoration; each of the beads is moulded with oblique grooves and a wavy line on both sides of the bow. The wing retains traces of the coiled spring. The rearhook projects from the centre of the head. The bow arches back from the head and tapers to the foot. It exhibits a central element consisting of a longtidunal sunken column containing a pair of wavy-line ridges. To either side is a undeco…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Barrowby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F19C2C
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead medieval personal seal matrix dating to c.AD 1200-1300. The object is in the form of a vesica/pointed drop shape with a central design of a flamboyant incised fleur de lis device, surrounding the design is the inscription: MATILDIS VX [...] / Matilda wife of [...]. Traces of a lug on the reverse reverse. Mid-grey patina. Length: 26.95 mm; Width:16.40 mm; Thickness: 2.59 mm; Weight: 6.68g
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Barrowby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F17BFC
Object type: LAMP HANGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval copper alloy lamp hanger or suspender probably dating from AD 1300 - 1400. It has a conical waisted shaft (11.73 mm length and 6.74 in maximum diameter) which sits on a circular platform, the shaft terminates with a pointed top, missing its suspension loop.  At the base of the shaft are four evenly spaced arms, D-shaped in cross-section, that branch out at 90 degrees from the plane of the shaft. One of the arms has broken in antiquity and is missing. Each arm terminates with a zoomorphic head with large oval ears, a rounded tap…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Harlaxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-EEEDB7
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval (1000 - 1100 AD), cast, copper alloy stirrup strap mount of Anglo-Scandinavian style and Williams Class B, Type 1, Group 3. The mount is broadly pentagonal with three projecting very worn zoomorphic heads and symmetrically arranged circular apertures.The animal heads are stylised and very worn, depicted with Y-shape faces for ears and head, with two smaller heads above a central larger head. The central larger head has been damaged. Between the two smaller heads are three circular holes, with two holes above, and there are two further holes, now r…
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Leadenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-35ABBF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative, rearhook brooch, dating from AD 40-70. The humped bow tapers to a narrow point and is simply decorated with a raised narrow, longitudinal band with a central groove, lightly incised, beginning on the head and running down the centre to the point. The wings are semi-circular, concave on the underside to accept a spring and pin mechanism which is now missing. In the centre of the forward edge of the wings is the remains of a hook which would have originally projected backwards to retain the external chord. Part …
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Moulton', grid reference and parish protected.