Curators Choice – The Unassuming Plough Pebble

Pebbles with patches of wear on one side are common finds from the fields of North Lincolnshire. Though they look like normal pebbles, the worn patches are clues to another story. These unassuming pebbles were part of Medieval ploughs.

Pebbles attached to wooden ploughs helped protect the plough tip from wearing out. The worn areas on the pebbles came from contact with sand and stones in the soil.

In this video, Collections Assistant Archaeology, Catherine Knight takes a closer look at plough pebbles.

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Curators Choice – A Venetian Soldino in Lincolnshire

A closer look at Venetian soldino in the Museums collection.

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Curators Choice – Fowler’s Mosaics

A closer look at William Fowler of Winterton’s engravings of mosaics.

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Curators Choice – Stukeley’s Itinerarium Curiosum

A closer look at William Stukeley’s book, the Itinerarium Curiosum.

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Curators Choice – The Flintlock Flint

A closer look at gunflints.

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Curators Choice – Samian Pottery

A closer look at Roman Samian pottery.

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Curators Choice – Ulceby Bronze Age Beaker

A closer look at the interesting history of the Ulceby Bronze Age Beaker.

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Curators Choice – The Wroot Axe

A closer look at the Neolithic Wroot Axe.

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