Curator’s 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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Curator’s Choice – A Venetian Soldino in Lincolnshire

A closer look at Venetian soldino in the Museums collection.

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Curator’s Choice – Atkinson’s Illustrations

A closer look at the drawings of Alfred Atkinson for the Brigg Court of Sewers.

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Curator’s Choice – Bill’s Letters to Home

A closer look at a series of letters sent by William ‘Bill’ Smith to his fiancé Evelyn Goodacre.

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Curator’s Choice – Boy’s Dresses

A closer look at the clothes worn by Rowland Winn, 1st Baron St Oswald as a small boy.

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Curator’s Choice – Fowler’s Mosaics

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

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Curator’s Choice – Magnificent Moths

A closer look at the Museum’s moth collection.

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Curator’s Choice – Of Mourning and Bonnets

A closer look at a selection of Victorian mourning bonnets.

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Curator’s Choice – Reverend Parkinson’s Waistcoat

A closer look at the Reverend Parkinson’s waistcoat.

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Curator’s Choice – Riley’s Crisp Factory

A closer look at Scunthorpe’s Riley’s Crisp Factory.

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Curator’s Choice – Stukeley’s Itinerarium Curiosum

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

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Curator’s Choice – The Flintlock Flint

A closer look at gunflints.

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Curator’s Choice – The Thresher

A closer look at the threshing machine.

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Curator’s Choice – The Wroot Axe

A closer look at the Neolithic Wroot Axe.

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