Record ID: NLM-7BA374
Object type: TROUGH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead trough. Cast open receptacle with one flat end and one thicker curved end. The base is flat and the sides near-vertical except at the curved end, which is both stepped and thickened with traces of either casting flash or a thinner upper part, now lost. The object bears a thin off-white powdery deposit within, but lacks any other trace of patination on its outer surfaces. Torn at its mid point, possibly in a single episode which gashed both sides. The object could have been intended to receive liquids, perhaps water for a birdcage or a painter's easel. The lack of surface patina a…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 24th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW351
Object type: TROUGH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Basin or trough - the small size of the basin suggests that it may have been used to collect water from a hand pump. Crudely carved out from a piece of local stone - possibly a Presili 'bluestone'. It contains a drainage hole on the side and has been truncated. Probably 18th or 19th century
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.