Record ID: LANCUM-3C3C0A
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An ingot of probable gold and silver. It is broken, at the break is a 'nick' which extends into the ingot for approx. 2mm and then the break occurs under this. The other end, which is an original terminal, is slightly bulbous. It is a pale gold colour and may be an alloy rather then a pure metal. Some flow marks are apparent as a result of casting, and the surfaces are all pitted, reminiscent of being cast in sand. Ingots such as these can be dated to the late Bronze Age (see Treasure Annual Report 1998-9, Item 11 and 12), although they are also found in the early medieva…
Created on: Friday 27th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wormington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-325FD9
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy probable mount or possible button. It is square in plan, and 'T' shaped in section and profile. The inner face is undecorated with a roughly central projecting shank. The tip of the shank may be lost and could once have had a perforation. The outer face is decorated with a single central square flanked on each corner with L-shaped cells. This decorative motif can be closely paralleled in Wales with two examples of lead alloy weights with copper alloy insets from Anglesey, one of which was found on the Early Medieval enclosed settlement near Llanbedrg…
Created on: Friday 9th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Hull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-40C861
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval copper-alloy Northumbrian penny (styca) of Osberht of Northumbria (848/9-62/3), moneyer: Monne, mint: Northumbria. Ref: North 1994: 72 (no. 191); Naismith 2017: 111-27 outlines the coinage and difficulties regarding dating and historical sources. Diameter 12.5mm, thickness 1.5mm, weight 1.15g Obverse inscription: +OSBERHT REX (some letters inverted) Reverse inscription: +.MON.NE (retrograde, some letters inverted) Stycas are not common finds outside of the core area of Deira (southern Northumbria), North Lincolnshire and the northern half of Lincolnshire. 
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0D79AD
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval lead alloy weight with copper alloy inset. The weight is square in plan, and rectangular in section and profile. There is some damage to the lead alloy and is possible that the inset may have had some form of surface embellishment like gilding or enamelling. The square copper alloy inset is decorated with a single central square, flanked on each corner with L-shaped cells. This decorative motif on the mount set into the weight can be closely paralleled in Wales with two examples from Anglesey, one of which was found on the Early Medieval enclosed settlement near Llanbedr…
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EEFB87
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A section of an early medieval strap end. It is the pointed terminal. At the end are two eyes moulded in either side of the point. Above this is a line delineating the head. The body is decorated with mirror images formed of hemispherical shapes. There are faint traces of possible enamel in the relief. The back is plain, the whole has a brown patina. It is Thomas Class A Type 2, with non representational curvilinear patterns and a zoomorphic terminal, and is dated accordingly Dimensions: 23mm long and 18mm wide, it weighs 1.95g
Created on: Tuesday 19th October 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-078EF0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy ansate brooch, a Thörle Group XII A1 (Domburg type and variants). The spring and pin are missing. The decorated outer face of brooch is more or less symmetrical. At the highest point of the bow there are three transverse ribs. The wings are moulded into a tri-lobed shape with three incised lineses radiating from the rise in the bow. They divide the wings into four sub-trianglular panels. The central line extends to the tip of the central lobe. On the ends of the inner face are the longitudinally set catchplate and pin lug. Dates to between c720 and c900 A…
Created on: Tuesday 27th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 29th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Bellingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-884FD2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval copper alloy strap end. It is sub rectangular, curving towards the top to form a point. There is a plain frame around the edge, and inside this there is a design comprised of two elements. At the bottom is a circle enclosing a saltire, the two upper arms of the saltire extend beyond the circle to form an interlocked knot design. This is all surrounded by a border which emanates from the upper design. There is a raised dot at the point, which may have represented an eye. There are two holes, one above the saltire and one in the border on the right hand side.&…
Created on: Wednesday 21st July 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-98F8EB
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early Medieval to early Medieval copper alloy strap end, possibly a form of Thomas Class E Type 3. It is undecorated on one face. On the other it is decorated with two central parallel ridges along its length. There are four annulets in line either side of these ridges. Dates to between c850 and c1100 AD. The length is 31mm, width 15mm, thickness 3mm, and the weight is 3.40g. Objects with some similarity on the database include YORYM-F353E7, GLO-C1A050, and CAM-7F732C.
Created on: Saturday 10th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 16th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-344E99
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a copper alloy spur goad, possibly Early Medieval to Medieval. It is also possible that it may be a Roman or later conical weight (like YORYM-BF10DD). Only the conical goad and a short length of the neck are present. The neck is flaring suggesting it was very short. Assuming it is a goad then the conical goad and short neck suggest an Early Medieval date. Possibly dates to between c700 and c1100 AD. Length 22mm, diameter 13mm, weight 8.46g
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Aspatria', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0F34F3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval to Medieval copper alloy ringed loop headed pin. The shank is circular in section. It starts with a basic loop holding a ring. From this loop, the shank tapers down to a sharp point. The trapped ring is also undecorated and has a small suspension loop projecting from its outer edge. The trapped ring's diameter is 19mm and the pin shank is 91mm long. They are both undecorated. Dates from c800 to c1200 AD, probably c885 to c1025 AD. The length is 115mm, width 21mm, thickness 5mm, and the weight is 10.34g. Similar examples on the database, without the small suspe…
Created on: Monday 21st June 2021
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-6A52CE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy Borre-style zoomorphic buckle plate. It is sub rectangular in plan and slightly curved in profile. There is a twin loop hinge pivot at one end and another at right angle to the main body at the other end for the pin and buckle loop. The central part has a D-section. The outer face is decorated in high relief with a pair of confronting Borre-style animal heads with a now empty socket in which a gem may originally have been mounted. The inner face is flat and undecorated with the exception of a transverse ridge with an incised line on it, at the buckle frame e…
Created on: Monday 26th April 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Wigton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-957AC7
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy polyhedral pin. The head is sub-cuboid and has angled facets at each corner. Each facet, has a single punched ring-and-dot motif. There is a plain transverse collar beneath the head. The head's height including collar is 12mm, and it is up to 8.5mm thick. The shaft is circular in cross-section and tapers from a diameter of 3mm down to the point where it has broken. Dates to between c700 and c900 AD. Length 28mm, width 8.5mm, thickness 8mm, and weight 3.33g.
Created on: Friday 16th April 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-75FE5B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy buckle with integral plate. In plan the buckle is a D with attached triangular plate. The outer face is inscribed with three parallel transverse lines below the pin hole, a set of five parallel transverse lines at the constriction above the terminal knop. Between the two sets of transverse lines is an inscribed saltire. One of the saltire's diagonals consists of two parallel lines, the other is made up of three parallel lines. The inner face has the remnants of two pierced lugs, one at the terminal end and one towards the frame end, just before the perforat…
Created on: Wednesday 14th April 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 12th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-009562
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early Medieval to early Medieval copper alloy top guard element from a sword, probably relating to something like a Petersen L pommel, for example DENO-F08A65, or a late Medieval to early Post Medieval dagger guard. It is oval in plan, curved in profile, and square in section. There is a rectangular central perforation (12 x 6mm) to accomadate the blade's tang. The object is undecorated but there is what appears to be remnant sooting, or possibly a coating of some sort, inside the inner side of the curve's concave area. If the object was part of a sword cross guard one would expe…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Bamber Bridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-29DC84
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy pin head. It is circular in plan, and biconical with a wide collar below in profile. The stump of the shaft projects below the collar. The dome of the pin head has 18 or so semispherical impressions varying in diameter from 1mm to 2mm. They probably originally contained some form of enamel or glass or stone mounts. The pin collar's diameter is approximately 5mm, and the shaft's diameter is approximately 2mm. The overall profile resembles the domed top and conical lower half of the bi-conical median band type (Haldenby 2012, p.6, fig. 9) typical of the middl…
Created on: Monday 18th May 2020
Last updated: Thursday 10th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-76F6F3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval to Medieval copper alloy ringed pin of the polyhedral-headed type. The lozenge section ring passes through through the width of a facetted head at the end of a round sectioned shank. The point of the pin appears to have been lost but the 66 x 7mm shank was probably about twice as long it now is. The head and the top of the shank are decorated. The minor facets of the head each have a centrally punched dot or pellet. The decoration on the main faces is more involved. One consists of and inscribed cross which has arms terminating in punched pellets. There is also a punched…
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Barrow In Furness', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-6B9143
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete early medieval copper-alloy strap end of Thomas Class E5 (Carolingian) dating to the dating from the late 9th - 11th century. Ref: Thomas 2004: 4. The strap-end is incomplete missing both its top and bottom ends. The surviving part of the strap end has a split attachment end with the remains of one rivet hole visible on right-hand side. The front of the strap end is decorated with punched ring-and-dot across its face. This is divided into two groups, one at the split attachment end in two rows of decoration, and below this on the main body of the strap end, decorati…
Created on: Wednesday 26th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Ulverston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-6B7592
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy polyhedral pin. The head is sub-square and has angled facets at each corner. Each facet, has a single punched ring-and-dot motif, except the two main faces which have four each and the top which has none. The head's height and width are approximately 7mm and it is 4mm thick.. The shaft is circular in cross-section and tapers from a diameter of 2mm down to a sharp pointed tip and if straight, would be 46mm long. There is a plain transverse collar beneath the head 1mm high and diameter 3mm. Dates to between c700 and c900 AD. Length 50mm, width 7mm, thick…
Created on: Wednesday 26th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 29th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Ulverston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2C5124
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval hoard of 35 base silver and copper alloy hammered coins. The preliminary assessment of the material by Eden Heritage has identified the coins as mainly comprising Anglo-Saxon styca, which were small coins minted in pre-Viking Northumbria. Several coins bear +EDILRED on the obverse, with a cross in the centre relating to the Anglo-Saxon Kings of Northumbria, namely Aethelred (841 to 850 AD). Dimensions: Individual coins diameters range from 12mm to 15mm, weights up to 1g each, total weight 20g. Conclusion: Coins appear to be part of a hoard which has been dist…
Created on: Wednesday 6th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Kirkby Stephen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1767DA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval silver plated copper alloy brooch or possibly a buckle. It is circular in plan and domed in section. It could be seen as a local form of annular brooch but no parallel has been found yet. The sheet of copper alloy that the brooch is formed from is approximately 1mm thick. The outer face is convex with a thick silver plating. The inner face is concave and unplated. There is a sub rectangular perforation 11mm x 6mm in one half. A narrowing in the frame on the edge of this perforation is where the pin is mounted. This pin is 17mm x 3.5mm and formed from a sheet of copper a…
Created on: Tuesday 5th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 1st February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Ulverston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B1A69A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval lead alloy suspended 'bun' weight. The use of weights of this form with inserted objects is considered typical of Anglo-Scandinavian practice. It is circular in plan and sub oval in section. It is undecorated apart from central depressions (each approximately 20mm across) on both faces that may have once held inserted material. It retains the remnants of its iron wire suspension loop, but this may be a later addition. Probably dates to between c700 and c1000 AD. The diameter is 60mm, thickness 35mm, and the weight is 867.9g. The distribution of weights of this des…
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Keswick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-A1754C
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy pin head. It is circular in plan and biconical in section. It is undecorated but there is a flattening where the two spheres join and the possible remnants of a knop at the apex of the head. Only the head survives, the rest of the pin has been lost, with the exception of the first millimetre or so of the shaft. There is no evidence of a collar. Dates to between c800 and c870 AD. This is the date range for pins of this form according to the FRG Datasheet No. 44. The diameter is 10mm, length 14mm, and the weight is 4.51g. Similar examples on the dat…
Created on: Wednesday 30th October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 31st December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Keswick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-A11230
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable early to middle Early Medieval copper alloy strap end. It is sub rectangular in plan and sub triangular in section. The lower end terminates withtwohorns forming a 'U'. The gap inside the 'U' is 7mm wide and 8mm deep. It appears to be decorated with a raised sub rectangular feature 14mm by 7mm. A copper alloy rivet has been retained. The object is weakly magnetic. It probably dates to between c410 and c850 AD. The length is 45mm, width 18mm, thickness 8mm, and the weight is 19.84g. No similar examples could be found by the recorder.
Created on: Wednesday 30th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 29th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Keswick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-A0B88D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval to Post Medieval unidentified copper alloy object. It is sub triangular in plan and section. It appears to be decorated with raised diagonally angled lentoids in projections that form 'horns' at the top with a semi-circle gap between. Halfway down one edge is a raised pellet. The combined effect is to give the object a zoomorphic appearance akin to early Medieval strap ends. The object may be a zoomorphic fragment of an unidentified Early Medieval to Medieval object or it may be something more prosaic like a Post Medieval buckle frame fragment. If the latter it would be…
Created on: Wednesday 30th October 2019
Last updated: Sunday 10th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-A05D58
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval lead 'bun' weight. It is circular in plan and sub rectangular/sub oval in section. On one face there is an impressed mark, bearing a resemblance to a truncated '7', that may have once held inserted material. Both faces are concave. The impressed face has the remains of a circumferal ridge approximately 10mm wide. On the undecorated side this circumferal ridge is almost complete. The use of weights of this form with inserted objects is considered typical of Anglo-Scandinavian practice. Probably dates to between c700 and c1000 AD. The diameter is 49mm, thickness 25mm, …
Created on: Wednesday 30th October 2019
Last updated: Sunday 17th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B85919
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early to early Medieval copper alloy object, probably a strap mount. It is an even armed cruciform in plan. One of arm terminals is now missing. The object has a central circular perforation surrounded by four other circular perforations. There are further circular perforations at the base of the arms. Each arm ends in a perforated rounded terminal. These terminal perforations are quite a bit smaller than the others and were probably used for attaching the object to a strap or harness. It is uniface. The decorated side consists of an interlacing knotwork design with impressed dot…
Created on: Monday 7th October 2019
Last updated: Sunday 7th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Ulverston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-883AFA
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early Medieval to early Medieval copper alloy stirrup mount, a Williams's Class A, Type 11A. It is sub tiangular in plan and L shaped in section. It has gently outcurving sides, with 3mm wide raised borders on the outer face, leading to a trefoil terminal with a pierced central upper lobe which holds a retained fragment of iron rivet. The outer face has a central panel with raised decoration in the form of a stylised lion. The beast is in profile facing left, with a foreleg raised and a comma shaped tail rising from the back just in front of the hindquarters. The neck is arched u…
Created on: Saturday 5th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 9th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Doncaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-787C17
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman to Medieval copper alloy mount. It is square in plan and sub rectangular in section. It is decorated in relief with a flower that consists of four lentoid petals extending to each corner from a central boss. The central pellet retains the original black finish. On one edge there is a raised border but this is either absent or lost from the other three edges. The reverse face is still fully coated in black but is otherwise undecorated although there are remnants of a lip, up to 1.5mm high, on three edges. Dates to between c43 and c1500 AD, probably Early Medieval. The length i…
Created on: Friday 4th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 4th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Skelmersdale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-ED8B0D
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman to Medieval stone weight, probably a spindle-whorl or loom weight. It is rather heavy for a spindle whorl unless it was used to produce a very strong thread or cord. The stone it is made from is a fine grained micaeous sandstone. The artefact is of sub-rectangular section with flat faces, with incised decoration on both faces and around side wall. The side wall is decorated with a continuous incised line around its centre. Both main faces are decorated with a series of nine incised lines radiating out from the central perforation and terminating at an incised border parallel wit…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
Last updated: Friday 16th April 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-AB7E52
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval to Medieval copper alloy single loop buckle. It is a D shape, with an indented bow, in plan, and is sub triangular in section with the thickest part being the bow. The outer face is undecorated but has a pin rest at the indented centre of the bow The pin has been lost. The strap bar has been intentionally reduced in thickness. It shares similarities with Whitehead's No 48 and 118 but they are not close matches. Dates from c410 to c1500 AD, but the size and shape suggest it is most likely to be Early Medieval.. The length is 18mm, width 12.5mm, thickness 2mm, and the…
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Friday 27th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Drayton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-72535A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle to late Early Medieval copper alloy kite headed pin. The incomplete pin comprises a lozenge shaped flat head atop the remnant stump of the shaft. Both faces of the head are decorated with four impressed dots towards the angles and one central dot. The depressions of the dots hold remnants of a finish. There is a similar dot on each of the four sides of the head. Several similar pins have been recorded during excavations at Brandon, Suffolk (unpublished nos 2265, 2088 and 2089) and at Hamwic, Southampton (catalogue pages 31-32 FB1:ii - Hinton 1996). All of these examples ha…
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 16th March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: LANCUM-27F15A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly an Early Medieval to Medieval copper alloy mount or vessel rim sherd or handle. The concave, probably inner, face is undecorated. The convex face has decorated with an incised repeating pattern of a cross within lozenge shaped interlace bounded by the remains of straight borders. The lower border is broken by the bottoms of the interlace. Dates to between c600 & c1500 AD, most likely seventh to ninth century. The length is 46mm, width 11mm, thickness 1.5mm, and the weight 4g.
Created on: Saturday 14th October 2017
Last updated: Sunday 4th March 2018
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: LANCUM-27E0D2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably an Early Medieval to Post Medieval lead alloy wieght or possibly a gaming piece or token. It is circular in plan and half round in section. One face is flat and undecorated. The domed face is decorated with seven raised pellets surrounding a central larger pellet, This central pellet appears to be decorated with an impressed saltire. There is a small sub-triangular projection extending out from the base. Difficult to date accurately but likely to date between c410 and c1750 AD. The diameter is 14mm, thickness 4mm, and weight 3.4g. Similar, but larger,…
Created on: Saturday 14th October 2017
Last updated: Sunday 4th March 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-918ABA
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early Medieval to Medieval ceramic vessel body sherd with some abrasion. The gritty oxidised orange buff fabric can be scratched with a thumbnail. The fabric has a number of inclusions and occasional voids, both mostly less than 1mm in size. It has a remnant green grey slip on both interior and exterior faces. Probably dates from c1000 to c1500 AD, most likely 13th or 14th century. The length is 22mm, width 13mm, thickness 7mm, and the weight 1.72g.
Created on: Monday 26th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 3rd March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lazonby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1E4BB7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hammered silver 'Bull & Horse' coin of the Gandhāra kingdom in northern India, probably Early Medieval. It depicts a mounted Hun warrior advancing right on one side and a seated Brahmin bull or cow facing left on the other. No legible insciption. Variations on the initial design were used by both Muslim and Hindu rulers of the kingdom of Gandhāra (modern northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan). Dates to between c750 and c1300 AD. The coins silver content dropped to nearly zero in later issues so it is assumed this one dates to c1050 or earlier, but more research would be required…
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 25th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1D7604
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early-medieval barrel-shaped weight perhaps related to weighing of bullion and Islamic silver coinage (Dirhams) in Viking period exchanges for which these weights are often associated. (cf. SWYOR-E16C55). It is suggested that the weight may be part of a series based on the Viking ora or ortugar weighing systems, used for measuring bullion. This might indicate a date range in the 9th-11th centuries for the current object. It is biconical in form with flattened top and bottom surfaces. The weight has an iron core surrounded by a largely copper alloy casing. There are only 5 other …
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chatburn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2409F1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Early Medieval to Early Medieval copper-alloy strap-end of Thomas's Class E, now corroded and incomplete. It is roughly sub-rectangular, with one end terminating in an incurved edge to either side, meeting at a rounded point. The other end (the attachment end) is flat and now broken across two small rivet holes. A transverse ridge decorated with four drilled dots (perhaps originally ring-and-dot motifs) separates the attachment end from the main body of the strap-end. The main plate is decorated with eight circular perforations set in a rough circle. When held with the attachment…
Created on: Monday 17th February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 21st April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lytham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-E0A193
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval silver hammered coin of Cnut. Short cross type of c1029 to c1035/36 AD. Mint  Exeter, moneyer probably Aelfwine.  Obverse legend reads as CNVT REC X. The coin is damaged. The diameter is 18mm and the weight 0.75g.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2013
Last updated: Sunday 24th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LINCOLN', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-E09413
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval silver hammered coin of Edward the Confessor, an expanding cross type. Date is 1050 to 1053 AD. Mint is possibly Lincoln. Obverse legend reads as EDPERD REX. Coin is B.M.C V The diameter is 19mm and the weight 1.03g.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LINCOLN', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-FBBF30
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early Medieval to early Medieval copper alloy stirrup strap mount (Williams class A, Type 1) dating to the period between 1000 and 1100 AD. The mount is house-shaped in plan terminating at the apex in a pointed pendant lobe around the upper rivet hole, 3 mm in diameter, and at the base of the mount below there are two more rivet holes. The incised decoration is in the form of two beasts and with two heads upwardly curling and overlapping. From the heads issues a connecting sequence of loops, intending to form the animals' bodies, which are joined together in different position…
Created on: Friday 22nd November 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5C59E1
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early Medieval to early Medieval stirrup mount. It is similar to Williams Class A type 2A or 8 mounts. The mount is sub-triangular in shape with a pointed triangular apex possibly in the shape of a zoomorphic wolf's head. There is a central rivet hole. Probably dates to between c1000 and c1100 AD. Similar artefacts on the database include PUBLIC-ECFA03, IOW-B9C883, NMS-6809C4, NLM-798302, and DOR-41F233. The length is 26mm, the width is 23mm, thickness 6mm, and the weight 5.87g.
Created on: Wednesday 9th October 2013
Last updated: Sunday 27th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2AD712
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval slightly bent Hiberno-Norse copper alloy strap end dating 875 to 950AD. It is decorated on both sides. On one face the main body is decorated in counter-relief with a sub rectangular panel of knotwork. Between this and the zoomorphic head terminal an engraved circle encloses a circlet of alternating raised lines and circles with a small round aperture at the centre. This is the same on both sides. On either side the 'strap' end terminates in a square panel containing a triangular knot, point to the end, and engraved linear fill below the two rivet holes either side of t…
Created on: Friday 26th July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burton in Kendal', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-18B906
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early Medieval to early Medieval vessel body sherd of an unglazed oxidised light grey sandy/gritty ware. It has been fired at a very high temperature and this has produced a very hard fabric. The fabric appears to be a York type ware. Dates from c900 to c1175 AD. Length 45mm, width 41mm, thickness 7mm, and mass 25.6g.
Created on: Wednesday 19th June 2013
Last updated: Saturday 11th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Widdop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C625C4
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval (Viking) hollow cast copper alloy top guard from a Viking sword. It is gently curved in profile and canoe shaped in plan. There are remains of tinned or silvered decoration on one face and on the other there are scars that probably relate to a pommel. There is also what appears to be remnant coating of some sort, possibly gilding, tinning or silver. The longer sides exhibit what may be the remains of some interlace decoration.The hole for the oval profile blade or tang measures 11mm by 7mm. It bears similarities to LIN-7FE604. The length is 62mm, width 14mm, thickness…
Created on: Sunday 20th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 4th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crayke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-F29ED1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval silver sceatta of Series E ("Porcupine"); Secondary phase type; c. 720-50. Weight: 1.12g.
Created on: Saturday 29th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B21942
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cast strap end of ninth century date. Nearly complete, it is only missing the two retaining rivets. The length is 37mm, 8mm wide, 5mm in thickness and the weight is 3.75g
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTHLEACH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-62AD97
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable mid Saxon (AD c700 to c850), or may be late Iron Age, rim sherd. External black burnishing, with an external groove halving the thickness of the rim, and a broken off rib or flange immediately below that. Red brown body fabric with grey black reduced core, slightly hackly, with fine well sorted inclusions, it appears to have been tempered with sand. It may have been wheel thrown. Measures 35 x 29 x 10mm, weight 11.8g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th February 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-AFFF48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy foot of an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch of Aberg Group II or III, with a zoomorphic horsehead terminal. The length is 39mm, and the width is 15mm. It dates from between c450 AD and c600 AD. The PAS database has other Aberg Group II and III brooches, but none with that closely match this one. There are a number of records that have a similar zoomorphic horsehead as a part of their design.
Created on: Friday 3rd August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 7th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thirsk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-6A17C5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval Anglo-Saxon cast copper alloy strap end dating probably 9th century AD probably Thomas Class A type 2. The strap end is sub-rectangular, decorated with 2 circles formed by raised pellets with radiating pellets and one central pellet. There are two circular rivet holes for attachment, but the copper alloy rivets are missing. The terminal is sub-rounded and maybe zoomorphic. The mottling on the surface indicates that it was probably originally gilded. Length 42mm, width 10mm. Shares similarities with ESS-339C67, NMS-44E085, YORYM-F8E644 and ESS-D4C2F5 on the database. Exa…
Created on: Monday 30th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BROUGHTON', grid reference and parish protected.