Record ID: NLM-6499AD
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible spoon fragment. A scrap of cast lead alloy with one flat face, one with a triangular chevroned ridge, and broken on all its edges. The ridged side is here interpreted as the reinforcement of the meeting of stem and bowl. A grey tint may suggest a relatively recent date for the object while a partly delaminated appearance is typical of homemade spoons. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1800 Length: 20mm, Width: 15.9mm, Thickness: 4.6mm, Weight: 3.80gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D5E6FE
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead and/or tin alloy button. Solid cast globular or biconvex button with a scar on the back from the loss of a separate [probably] copper alloy loop. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650 Diameter: 10.8mm, Thickness: 7.6mm, Weight: 3.83gms
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Owersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A0710E
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a post medieval lead alloy watch face from a toy watch or clock, dating to c. AD 1600 - 1700. The clock face is surrounded by a beaded border. Inside this border are the numbers VI VII [...] X XI XII. The clock hands show the time of 12:30. Length 22 mm, width 16 mm, thickness 1 mm and weight 1.96 g. 
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-60167E
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to early Post-Medieval lead alloy spindle whorl, dating to c.AD 1200 - 1600. The spindle whorl is of Walton Rogers form A1. It is plano-convex, D shaped in cross-section with some minor wear on the edges and round the central hole. The domed side is decorated with an irregular pattern of moulded pellets and ridges. The flat or underside is undecorated, Diameter: 30 mm Thickness: 16 mm Weight: 65.11 g
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-BB76F6
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy ampulla. Lead cast pilgrim ampulla, lower end rectangular, radial ridges on one side, I/H/S on other side. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1500 Height: 40.7mm, Width: 33.5mm, Thickness: 11.3mm, Weight: 38.69gms
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-A61EFB
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy bell. Small patterened lead cast bell. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1300 Height: 15.8mm, Width: 17.1mm, Thickness: 10.2mm, Weight: 6.45gms
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-A36366
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible toy. Plain ampulla or toy jug. Lead cast. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1500 Height: 33.0mm, Width: 26.3mm, Thickness: 20.3mm, Weight: 31.56gms
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
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Record ID: NLM-A33F94
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy ampulla. Lead cast ampulla, one side scallop shaped, other side with concentric rings and what must have been a chevron. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1500 Height: 42mm, Width: 38.9mm, Thickness: 8.6mm, Weight: 56.09gms
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-7BF9B2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy button dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1500-1600). The button has a solid, domed head that is undecorated. The base of the head is flat and in the centre is an integral, circular attachment loop. The object has a dark cream patina. Dimensions: Length 8.7mm; diameter 10.2mm; weight 2.04g Similar buttons are illustrated in Read (2010, 72-4) though these typically have decorated heads, they date from the 16th-17th century.
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-0E292C
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval non-heraldic personal lead seal matrix, dating to AD 1200 - 1400. The seal is a pointed oval or vessica shape it is decorated with a raised vertical line with an integral loop set close to the upper end on the reverse. The die face bears a cross design. A circumferential legend is present which reads: + S’: MABILIE: hOXF (Seal of Mabel Roxf) Length: 31.5 mm Width: 22.7 mm Weight: 11.28 g Many thanks are extended to George Whatley for his assistance in interpreting the inscription.
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: NLM-7D0AFD
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy toy fragment. Hollow-cast head and neck of a bridled horse modelled at a scale somewhat larger than 54mm/1:32, with a distinctively broad brow and protruding eyes and with a mane falling to one side. The metal retains a greyish tint. The scale and somewhat coarse modelling point to a product of one of the early 20th-century competitors of toymaker William Britains - Johillco made slightly larger figures - probably representing a mounted soldier or cowboy. Abraded. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1939 Height: 29.7mm, Width: 35.4mm, Thickness (wall of casting): 1.2mm, Weigh…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holton le Clay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-799CB3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy probable button. Cast discoid object with plain centre and textured rim; a hollow on the back may mark the site of a separate loop, now lost. If an orange tint here derives from it the loop may have been iron. Patinated. Suggested date: Post-Medival, 1600-1700 Diameter: 17.9mm, Thickness: 6mm, Weight: 6.32gms
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pilham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-C0B5FB
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy shot / ball of probable Post-Medieval or Early Modern date (1600-1800 AD) from a pistol. The shot is spherical, is irregular on its surface with some indents and is an even orange brown colour. it is 11.2mm in diameter and weighs 8.73 grams Due to the size and weight the ball is most likely to be from a pistol.  Musket balls are discussed in Courtney's "Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century" (1988) and on page 202 of "Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition" by Geoff Egan (2005).
Created on: Monday 8th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uffington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-C0A9C5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably lead weight probably dating from the Post-medieval period, about AD 1500 - 1900. The weight is cylindrical with an irregular base that might have been flat barring a casting error and slightly domed top. It has almost fluted sides created by vertically inside lines running up its sides so that it is almost hexagonal rather than circular. It carries no further marks marks and does not have a weight matching any regular weight system. It is a creamy off white colour. The weight is 12.3mm high, 13.7mm in diameter and weighs 13.14 grams …
Created on: Monday 8th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uffington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-F21676
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy toy basket of fish. Lead cast toy, a basket with fish. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800 Length: 40.7mm, Width: 18.6mm, Thickness: 4.3mm, Weight: 8.95gms
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2023
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Record ID: NLM-787D31
Object type: KEY (WINDING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy key. Cast T-shaped winding key, perhaps from a clockwork toy, with a hollow end to its stepped and chipped stem. Suggested date: Modern, 1950-1975 Length: 31.6mm, Width: 20.8mm, Diameter (stem): 6.6mm, Weight: 4.20gms
Created on: Friday 17th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-33663B
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy button. Cast plano-convex button with an integrally cast and undrilled shank; the front bears a seven-armed radial right-hand spiral with a central knop or nipple; patinated. The loop now bent against the back. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600 Diameter: 14.9mm, Thickness (front): 4.3mm, Weight: 6.28gms
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Springthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-8E6DE9
Object type: TOY
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy toy. Lead toy jug, possibly Georgian [from database accompanying source record]. Parallels from London are of 15th-century date: Forsyth and Egan 2005, pages 285-287, if the small feature between spout and body had formerly been more extensive. Suggested date: Unknown, Late Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1400-1800 Height: 46.5mm, Width: 38.4mm, Thickness: 13.8mm, Weight: 58.58gms
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-25C2F4
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy button fragment. Cast concavo-convex half of a discoid button of composite construction, with an irregular central hole, either damage or to admit a separate loop, and a flat flanged edge. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800 Diameter: 20.9mm, Height (i.e. protrusion): 5.7mm, Weight: 3.85gms
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wyham cum Cadeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-209663
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval lead alloy boy bishop (or 'St Nicholas') penny token dating to c.AD1470-1539 belonging to Rigold's Inscribed Bury Series (possibly Type E 'Sancto Nicholae' although inscription difficult to read) made in Bury St Edmunds (Suffolk). Ref: Rigold 1978. Obverse: mitre within plain inner circle; possibly ORA (PRO NOB) BEAT[  ] Reverse: Long cross dividing the inscription, three pellets in each quarter; illegible   Diameter: 14.9mm, Weight: 1.82gms
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.