Record ID: LANCUM-695745
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete rectangular flat-cylindrical cast lead-alloy object with rounded copper alloy insertion possibly for a loop. This object is possibly a home made weight probably relatively modern in date, 19th-20th century. The lead weight is flat in cross-section with a flat base and flattish top. Lead weights are common finds, but only rarely from excavated contexts which is why date and origin are difficult to pinpoint. The length is 40mm, width 22mm, thickness 12mm and weight is 158.80g.
Created on: Friday 22nd May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BRAMPTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5BD1F2
Object type: DRESS AND PERSONAL ACCESSORIES
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pewter/white metal cockerel probably associated either with fancy pipe smoking or a toy bubble pipe. Based on parallels between the shape of the bowl and clay pipes it is probably 19th century. The length is 41mm, the width is 34mm, thickness 11mm and the weight is 9.87g. There is an oval shaped hole at the base which is 13mm in length and 9mm wide and a similar hole at the cockerel's tail which is 9mm in length and 5mm wide which is has been crumpled.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HELSINGTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-3ED6A9
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Promotional token from Shell Garages early 1970s. One side shows a picture of a 1970 Lamborghini Miura, the other side has the Shell Petroleum logo and some details of the car. This was one of a set of 20 'coins' and dates from 1970. The diameter is 22mm and the weight 1.71g.
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 24th October 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-BA4019
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy post-Medieval to Modern double-looped harness breeching dee (or 'D') fitting (c. 1800-c. 1950). The object has a rectangular head attached to a 'D' shaped ring. This is part of a harness used to join a strap at right angles such that it can control the braking of a carriage or cart. The flat section is sewn into a strap and the D shaped loop used to take a strap off at right angles. Still used today albeit this example has some age.. The object has a mostly brown-red patina, with approximately 15% dark brown patina. The length is 37mm, the width is 44mm and the…
Created on: Monday 13th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 24th February 2021
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Record ID: LANCUM-BA4EE7
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy early Modern chemical fertiliser bag seal post dating 1881. The left hand image seems to read PHOSPHATFABRIK HOYERMANN HANNOVER. The numerals and letters across the centre probably represent the quantity in the bag. The other face incorporates the firms logo with a monogram for PH. The diameter is 20mm and the weight 17.05g. For a description of the founder of the firm Gerhard Hoyermann see Gerhard Hoyermann, Wikipedia. The following is an extract: "he developed from phosphorus slag a blast furnace plant fertiliser 'basic slag' for agriculture. In 1881 he founded the…
Created on: Monday 13th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2015
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Record ID: LANCUM-9DCE56
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Scottish bawbee of Charles II the faint remains of the L facing bust can still be seen, date illegible but will be from 1677-9AD. The diameter is 25mm and the weight 7.05g.
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 12th May 2015
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Record ID: LANCUM-C56AAB
Object type: MEDAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy commemorative medal of the Modern period probably dating to the reign of Queen Victoria (AD 1837 - AD 1901). The medal is very corroded and the detail is difficult to make out. The diameter is 32mm and the weight 10.61g.
Created on: Monday 1st June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
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Record ID: LANCUM-6C59B7
Object type: CROSS PENDANT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy 'celtic-style' cross. The cross has a pierced ring design surrounding the cross' intersection, joining each of the four arms. The ring and the cross share a common centre. It has knot-work type decoration on the upper surface and mottled hammered finish on the back. There is the remains of a fitting attachment on the back. It has a greenish patina. Possibly medieval but more likely a modern 'Celtic Revival' piece. The length is 45mm, the width is 43mm thickness 3mm and the weight 13.53g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2015
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Record ID: LANCUM-1DD88D
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Modern millefiori button. Circular in plan and D shaped in section it is made primarily from glass and the obverse has a millefiori design in mostly blue, white and orange. The reverse has a wire loop inserted into the blue glass which forms the reverse of the button. No parallels can be found, making accurate dating very difficult. However, by the eighteenth century, the technical knowledge for the manufacture of millefiori was lost. It was not until the nineteenth century that a revival of the technique appeared. The diameter is 11mm and the weight 1.28g. Therefore this but…
Created on: Wednesday 5th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thames foreshore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-161DA4
Object type: BULLET
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A wooden bullet shaped object. It is smooth all over and brown in colour. probably used for practice firing. Rather than simply firing blank cartridges, some automatic weapons, particularly machine guns required a projectile in order to produce the necessary reverse pressure to re-cock the firing mechanism. Probably 20th century. The length is 32mm, the width is 7mm
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-1653E9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy coin of Pedro II of Brazil (1831-89), countermarked 1835 AD. on a coin of the Bahia mint, dated 1829 AD. 40 Reis was countermarked over coins previously showing 80 reis. Obv.: IN + HOC + SIGNO + VINCES + , crowned coat of arms in a 3/4 wreath. Rev.: 40 // PET[RUS.] I. D. G. CONST. IM[P. ET. P]ERP. BRAS. DEF. / 1829 B , value number within wreath of floral decorations, circular countermark with new value 40 on a shaded background. The diameter is 40mm.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-166EFC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy coin, British West Africa one penny of George 6th. From the 20th century of a type that circulated in the British colonies of Gambia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and the Gold Coast (Ghana). Obverse description: An imperial crown above a central circular hole with a scroll ornament to right and left; below crown, ONE PENNY; around, outside the scroll ornaments, GEORGIVS SEXTVS REX; below hole in Arabic, the denomination. Reverse description: Around circular central hole, Solomon's seal, consisting of two equilateral triangles interlaced; around, BRITISH WEST AFRICA. There …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Last updated: Monday 25th April 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-848493
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button probably livery nineteenth-century, cast and machine pressed. The front would have been decorated. The button has small cast stud on the reverse. The diameter is 17mm and the weight 3.39g.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-D2FC98
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button probably livery nineteenth-century cast and machine pressed. The obverse would have been decorated with a family crest. The button is silvered on the front and there is a small cast stud on the reverse. Probably made in London. The diameter is 16mm and the weight 2.39g.
Created on: Monday 3rd September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-904ACC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Aluminium ring of the 14th Waffen SS Grenadiers Galizian Division depicting an eagle. The length is 26mm, the width is 23mm and the weight 2.47g.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-AF0903
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Preston Guardian newspaper token probably dating from 1872 when the office opened in Fishergate and probably no later than 1914. The inscription on the obverse: THE MOST ELIGIBLE [] FOR ADVERTISEMENT IN NORTH & EAST LANCASHIRE and on the reverse: PRESTON GUARDIAN OFFICE IN FISHERGATE PRESTON. The diameter is 24mm and the weight 4.20g. The Preston Guardian still exists but it now called the Farmers Guardian which is a weekly newspaper aimed at the British farming industry. It provides comprehensive and topical news with Livestock, Arable and Machinery sections; as well as business in…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WESHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-55C5F6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Silver knot-ring, formed of a triple strand of square sectioned wire, knotted around itself to form a bezel. The diameter is 22mm, thickness 8mm and the weight is 2.20g. This basic style of slip-knotted wire ring had a long life (there are Roman examples) but was perhaps most popular in the 7th century AD, when it was most commonly used on necklaces. Finger rings of a similar knotted design, but of either round section or strip, have been commonly found in Viking graves and hoards of the later 9th and earlier 10th centuries (Graham-Campbell 1980). An example was found at Coppergate…
Created on: Monday 22nd October 2012
Last updated: Monday 22nd September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ORTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-77D9B2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy farthing of Victoria dating to 1843AD of the young head copper coinage VICTORIA DEI GRATIA is the ob legend and BRITANNIAR REG FID DEF is the rev legend. The diameter is 23mm and the weight 4.58g.
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-CDC93E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy object probably a coin. There are a number of coins that have been produced in the world with holes in the centre. There is not a lot of detail remaining but it is reminiscent of a British West Africa coin with the scrollwork and hint of arabic legend from the 20th century of a type that circulated in the British colonies of Gambia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and the Gold Coast (Ghana). The diameter is 27mm and the weight 5.50g.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 25th April 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-B33971
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy bag-seal G&T Earle Hull Limited, Pelican brand cement bag seal.dating to the Early Modern period c.19th century AD. The seal is circular, folded and the lower tab is missing. The obverse surface depicts a pelican in her piety, within a plain border. The outer plain border encloses the inscription,' +GAJ TARLJ TOP?.' The length is 23mm, the width is 19mm. G & T Earle, a major cement manufacturer established in the early 19th century, recorded the trade name 'Pelican' cement in September 1897" (UKDFD Ref. No. - 15416). Egan, G., 1994 Lead cloth seals and related ite…
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2016
Last updated: Sunday 5th April 2020
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