Record ID: NLM-876743
Object type: BOLT (FASTENING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron bolt fragment. A thick possibly round-section shank with a thickened and expanded head of width 28.5mm, now broken, and lacking its tip. The mass suggests good survival of the metal core, and hence a probably relatively recent date. Possibly from a burnt or decayed structural timber. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1850 Length: 57.2mm, Thickness (shank): 13.8mm, Weight: 46.99gms
Created on: Friday 25th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-874832
Object type: PUNCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron possible punch. A rectangular-section tapered bar with a thin wedge-shaped end and a probably flat top at the other thicker end. The mass suggests good survival of the metal core, and hence a probably relatively recent date. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1850 Length: 75mm, Width: 21.6mm, Thickness: 12.6mm, Weight: 46.26gms
Created on: Friday 25th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-603136
Object type: HOB NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron nail, probably a hob nail of Roman date (c. AD 43-410). The object would have had a domed head and a shank with a sub-square cross section that terminates in a point. Dimensions. Length (head): 6.06mm. Width (head): 4.86mm. Height: 12.13mm. Weight: 0.53g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd August 2023
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2023
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Record ID: WAW-5FF90E
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron nail of possible Post Medieval date (c. AD 1500-1800). The nail is handmade from wrought iron and has a sub-oval head (13.28mm long, 10.38mm wide) and a shank that has a rectangular cross section that tapers from 8.89mm long and 6.12mm wide at the top to a wedge shaped end. Dimensions. Length (head): 13.28mm. Width (head): 10.38mm. Height: 17.27mm. Weight: 2.73g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd August 2023
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2023
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Record ID: WMID-5CC8B0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron fragment of an axe-shaped mount, dating to the Early Medieval period, circa AD 580-650.  The object consists of an axe-shaped fragment from a mount terminal. The obverse is decorated with an axe shaped border made from a copper-alloy strip. Within the border is a decorative pattern in light relief, consisting of style II, animal art. The pattern has been gilded. The reverse and sides of the object are undecorated and covered in orange corrosive material. No attachements are on the reverse.  The object measures 28.1mm in length and 43.5mm in width…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2023
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Record ID: NLM-49C44B
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron unidentified object fragment. A small tapered wrought iron bar with pointed tip, curved through nearly 90 degrees, possibly to serve as an item of structural ironwork such as a hinge pivot or similar – a wide range of uses might be invoked. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410 Length: 49.8mm, Height: 22.3mm, Thickness: 8.5mm, Weight: 14.30gms
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-49682C
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron nails. Eight wrought iron nail fragments, two retaining flat oval heads and with shanks of possibly square tapered section, though the flaking of corrosion may confer an inauthentically square section entailing the loss of the actual metal surface. The form of the more complete nails corresponds to Manning’s very common Type 1b/Inchtuthil Type E, which made up 87.3% of the nails from a hoard of 800,000 nails recorded from Inchtuthil fort on Hadrian’s Wall. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410. Length (largest example): 98.5mm, Head Diameter [long axis]: 26mm, Combined Weight…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-33BC10
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large cast iron key of post medieval date. The bit is rectangular with two clefts on each end. The stem has a circular cross section and is hollow. The bow is openwork and comprises a pair of circular openings with a rearward projecting rectangular terminal at the centre, which has small flanking ridges and a flat ridged bar at the end. There is a collar at the junction between bow and stem.
Created on: Monday 21st August 2023
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2023
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Record ID: BH-F8ACD4
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast white metal coated iron ingot of uncertain function and date, possibly the Early Medieval to Medieval periods. The object is an obliquely truncated cylinder in plan and an obliquely truncated rectangle in cross-section.  The base of the ingot has rounded edges and is slightly concave.  The surfaces are light grey in colour, this being an applied white metal coating. In areas this has corroded there is iron corrosion product.   Dimensions (mm):  length 18.57, diameter 10.82. Weight: 9.19g
Created on: Friday 18th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-F38E76
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete spur rowel dating to the medieval to post medieval period (c.AD 1300-1600). The rowel is in the form of a 7-pointed star and each projection is flattened. In the centre is a separate iron rivet which is surrounded on both faces of the rowel by heavy corrosion products. The main object has a dark green patina, and the iron corrosion is a rusted orange / brown. Similar examples are illustrated in Read (2001: 41 & 66; refs. 347, 505-507). Similar examples can be found in the database e.g. WILT-433916 
Created on: Friday 18th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-9FA1C6
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hand-forged Medieval to Post Medieval wrought iron Axehead dating from about AD 1250 - 1800. The axehead has a near straight top-edge with slight curve to the end of the blade, and a slight bulge at the socket. The underside angles from the heel of the blade to the handle to form a tapering triangular shape. It starts to curve down at the socket, but damage here makes it impossible to suggest the extent of any possible "beard". The socket is triangulat in plan with a thickened butt-end and an overlapping wrought joint. The material appears to be wrought …
Created on: Monday 14th August 2023
Last updated: Sunday 20th August 2023
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Record ID: NLM-9DC9E9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron buckle. Rectangular wrought iron buckle frame, with corrosion flaking from areas along with the original metal surface. Suggested date: Late Medieval to Early Post-Medieval, 1350-1650 Length: 42.6mm, Height: 37.8mm, Thickness (includes corrosion): 9.1mm, Weight: 16.73gms
Created on: Monday 14th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-243DB2
Object type: JEWS HARP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron jew's harp dating to the Post Medieval period (c. AD 1500-1800). The harp has a pen-annular head from the base of which extend the straight arms, are extremely worn and corroded but are broadly lozenge-shaped in cross-section. On one side of the head is a small depression; the rabbet which held the iron tongue, now missing.   Measurements: length: 52.2mm; width at head: 30.02mm; thickness at head: 8.13mm and weight: 13.48g.  Jews harps or jews trumps have been around for many centuries,with a wide geographical distributi…
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 8th August 2023
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Record ID: NLM-22C969
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron nail. A probably rectangular-section shank, tip lost, with an enlarged head of possibly lozenge form. Expanded overall by corrosion, though the mass indicates good survival of a metal core. Accompanying material is mainly Roman in date, though with traces of later material also present. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 43-1750 Length: 50.4mm, Thickness/Width (shank): 9.6mm, Width (at head): 17mm, Weight: 11.58gms
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 8th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-210A30
Object type: VEHICLE FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Rochdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron object. The pot is round and the sides curve inwards slightly at the top, although there is no lip on it. It has a moulded in square base, and this square is seen inside the bottom of the pot. Thanks are extended to Bill, Volunteer at Shropshire and Herefordshire, for identifying this as a hub cap from a vintage tractor, the square shape was for tightening and untighening it. Dimensions: 66mm diameter and 55mm high, and weights 52g
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 8th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Smithy Bridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0FA626
Object type: STAPLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron staple. Wrought iron strip, sharply tapered to a point at either end and expanded in the middle, bent to U-shape. Enlarged by rusting. The pointed ends would be driven into timber to anchor a bracket, hinge or pipe in the hollow of the U. The mass indicates good survival of the metal core, and hence a probably relatively recent date, while the preservation of the pointed ends may suggest a structural timber has burnt to release the object in such good condition. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1800 Length: 48.7mm, Width: 28.9mm, Thickness (undoubtedly with corrosion): 10.3mm,…
Created on: Monday 7th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-BAA288
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sheathing an iron core, unidentified object fragment. Source record suggests Late Bronze Age to Late Iron Age date; the accompanying database gives this as Late Iron Agel. Suggested date: Late Iron Age 100BC-AD100. Length: 41.2mm, Width: 30.9mm, Thickness: 8.6mm, Weight: 21.69gms
Created on: Thursday 3rd August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2023
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Record ID: KENT-2741C3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily corroded iron object of unidentified form and function. Description: The object is a long iron implement. The top third of the object is a quadrilateral cuboid of around 12.67mm in width, whilst the lower two thirds is cylindrical tapering to a poorly defined point. The object is heavily corroded resulting in bulbous protrusions and concretions (one of which has a piece of flint in). This has warped the orignal form of the object and obsured its function. Measurements: Length: 85.54mm; Width: 5.21 - 12.67mm and Weight: 23.84g. Discussion: It is difficul…
Created on: Thursday 27th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 27th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Northbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A36ECC
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron unidentified object fragment. A cast concavo-convex conical object, with an indication of a square feature, perhaps lost from this site, and with a conical hollow 23mm deepwithin. Chipped at top and bottom. The finder kindly notes this comes from an area of Roman finds. However, Dr Kevin Leahy considers almost all cast iron objects are likely to date to the later medieval or early post-medieval periods at the earliest. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1900 Diameter: 43.2mm, Height: 37mm, Weight: 156.12gms
Created on: Friday 21st July 2023
Last updated: Friday 21st July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-50F594
Object type: LATCHLIFTER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron latchlifter dating from the Iron Age to the Early Medieval period, c. 100 BC - AD 800. Wrought iron stem with a projecting suspension hook at one end, and a plain bit formed by a projecting bar at a right-angle to the stem. The ferrous material is very corroded and damaged. The iron has a brown patina. The latchlifter is 126.16mm in length, 29.66mm at its widest with a stem diameter of 6.58mm. It weighs 17.69g. The bit is not of a complex form for use with a barrel padlock, so a use as a latch-lifter is suggested. The term ‘latchli…
Created on: Monday 17th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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