Record ID: LANCUM-C796E2
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable casting waste of an unknown period with a noticeable copper content. The discovery of the four pieces of material in close proximity suggests they probably were associated with working something copper alloy with heat. Their distribution would suggest a date of deposition later in the suggested date range which is c1600 BC to c1970 AD (mid Bronze Age to Modern).  1 - Length 55mm, width 30mm, thickness 10mm, weight 33.57g. 2 - Length 47mm, width 35mm, thickness 8mm, weight 24.54g. 3 - Length 40mm, width 35mm, thickness 17mm, weight 56.81g. 4 - Length 31mm, width 26mm,…
Created on: Monday 9th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Barrow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-32ACE9
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified copper alloy object, possibly a Romano British brooch fragment or a Post Medieval firearm trigger element. The object is mis-shapen due to being heat effected or concreted or miscast. Overall form and dimensions are suggestive of a Romano British brooch though the lower projection is possibly a little thick for a brooch bow or catchplate. There is also a resemblance to basic firearm triggers and the orientation is correct though the section above could be seen to be too 'chunky'. If it is a firearm trigger it is likely to predate the common usage of percussion ammunition.…
Created on: Monday 3rd January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 4th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Fulwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1EAA8E
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age to Early Medieval copper alloy bead or mount. It is undecorated, circular in plan with a central perforation, and oval in section. The diameter of the perforation is 9mm. Without doing a comparative analysis of the alloy used in their manufacture, dating of this sort of bead is problematic as they crop in the archaelogical record associated with sites dating from the Bronze Age to the Early Medieval. Other objects of all these periods have been found within the local area so the dating can't be tightened by association. Similar objects from the archaeological record are bot…
Created on: Friday 16th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 19th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-D8F548
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undateable gold or yellow metal object, probably metal working waste, possibly Early Medieval bullion. It is sub-circular in plan and oval in cross-section. The globular form is undiagnostic, and it is therefore not possible to date with any degree of certainty. The weight is quite close to that of a half-ertog or eyrir (4 or 4.26g), but not sufficiently close to justify a firm date, especially since the object does not appear to be a finished item, which means the weight may not be significant on any weight standard. Metal working melts are known from the Viking Age, but the artefact…
Created on: Tuesday 13th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Lancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5C36A3
Object type: BUCKET
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of eleven copper alloy band or strap fragments, possibly from a stave built bucket. From the fragments it has been possible to adduce that at least some of the straps were originally 66mm wide, attached by rivets of pegs through perforations approximately 3mm in diameter, and probably originally reactangular in plan. There are no diagnostic features that can allow a reliable dating. The fragments could date to anytime from the Bronze Age to the Post Medieval. Suggested date range c2350 BC to c1850 AD Total weight of fragments is 68.23g.
Created on: Thursday 13th February 2020
Last updated: Sunday 7th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B422AF
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman to Post Medieval lead or lead alloy weight studded with iron nails. The weight is circular in plan and a slightly curved rounded rectangle in section. There is a raised circumferal ridge on one face. At least twelve rectangular section nails have been driven into and through the weight from this face. The finder says that when first found, the heads of these nails were more complete. The other face is plain and the ends of many of the nails are visible. There also appears to be two nails driven in from this side. Unlike the other face, all the iron is flush with the surface. Thi…
Created on: Wednesday 5th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 16th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Headington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-3375A5
Object type: CHAIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Roman to Late Post Medieval copper alloy chain links. The links are hand made and sub oval in plan and curved in profile. They are undiagnostic and could date to anytime between c43 and c1800 AD. The length is 20mm, width 14mm, thickness 12mm, and the weight is 9.22g. Similar examples on the database include NLM-6963C5
Created on: Thursday 30th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Seascale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-32E658
Object type: WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small piece of silver waste. The date it was created and its original purpose are no longer discernable. One side is flat and the other has a series of raised ridges. Could date from anytime between the Bronze Age and the Modern period. The length is 18mm, width 9mm, thickness 2mm, and the weight is 1.58g.
Created on: Thursday 30th January 2020
Last updated: Friday 31st January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EBEC22
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age to Post Medieval copper alloy object, possibly reused as a toggle. It is roughly 'T' shape in plan, a shallow curve in profile and sub rectangular in section. It is undecorated and has a central perforation. The perforation's diameter is 4mm. The ends of the T have break scars, implying it was once part of a larger object. The perforation has not been subjected to the same wear as the rest of the object suggesting it was made in order to give the fragment a new purpose, possibly as a toggle. Impossible to ascribe a close dating. Dates to anytime from c1000 BC to c1660 AD. …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
Last updated: Sunday 6th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-68BC9C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman to Post Medieval bell shaped lead-alloy or lead suspended weight. At the apex of the 'bell' are the remnants of the trapped iron suspension loop. Hard to date with any precision but it probably dates to between c43 and c1750 AD. The height is 39mm, diameter is 26mm and the weight is 104.52g. Similar records on the database include SUSS-A5CAE4 and LEIC-074C28.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-0E8161
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified copper alloy object, of unknown age, with a remnant white metal coating. It consists of a flat round head with three circular piercings (one above, two below) with a flat shank projecting from below. This shank is rectangular in section & tapers slightly inward along its length & has two circular piercings, possibly for rivets or some form of attachment. The object has a curved profile with the apex of the curve at the junction of the head & the shaft. It recurves and tapers slightly near the bottom of the shaft. No convincing parallels have been found for the object thou…
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2015
Last updated: Monday 3rd August 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-A32634
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead or lead alloy fragment of an unknown date, possibly casting waste or a partially melted or miscast object. It does appears to have deliberately cast holes, similar to the openwork style, and possible ring and dot decoration. Its original intended purpose is unknown but if it isn't casting waste it could be part of a Late Early Medieval to early Medieval strap-end of Thomas's Class E, similar to LANCUM-2409F1 but cast in lead. Other lead alloy strap ends of the period on the database include NMS-82ED04, NLM-890976, and NMS-45E545. It may have been be a failed lead mold former asso…
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Saturday 2nd January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lytham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-93E2D1
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy, or lead, perforated circular weight or spindle whorl of unknown age. The weight has a circular perforation. It has an external diameter of 21mm, and the central perforation has a maximum diameter of 6mm. The weight has seen a lot of use and has suffered damage and wear. In the "Finds Recording Guide", Geake (2001, p66) points out that: "The function of lead weights would have varied, from spindle-whorls to fishing weights to trade weights." She adds that spindle whorls should ideally be circular and must have a central perforation (ibid.). It is possible, therefore, tha…
Created on: Thursday 24th April 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dinckley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4F8B52
Object type: LAMP
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly lamp formed on an axe shaped stone. The shape of the stone may be fortuitous but has then had a recess pecked into it, and a shallower channel pecked in a rough curve coming out of it. These features are outlined on the second photo. The purpose of these modifications is unknown but it would have made a functional oil/fat lamp. When placed with the pecked feature uppermost, the object is stable. There are depressions on either side of the objects 'waist' that may be artificial, but these are so worn that it is now impossible to know if they are or not. It is possible that the…
Created on: Monday 21st April 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langdale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-456425
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Heavily constructed copper alloy lobed plate with two piercings through which domed rivets pass. Its date and function are yet to be determined with any confidence. At first glance it appears to be a fixing plate for a hinge. However this is unlikely, but not impossible, as both rivets appear complete and there doesn't seem to be a large enough gap for the plate to have been attached to anything wooden. It may have been originally mounted on a book, or been a form of strap end/weight, or some form of mount or fitting. Dates to anytime between c43 and c1900 AD. The length is 60mm, w…
Created on: Thursday 27th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 31st March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clitheroe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5A2753
Object type: DISC
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped sandstone disc, of unknown use and unknown date. Unlike many of the other stone discs in the locale, a great deal of care has gone into the creation of this object and it differs from them in that respect. It is a more accurate circle and has been knapped in a very precise fashion that produces a consistently angled chamfer around its edge. It is also a lot thinner than the other discs. A number of uses have been posited for these objects. One is pot lids, but they show few signs of burning or sooting or any effects of heat, and pot sherds would make better lids. However th…
Created on: Monday 9th December 2013
Last updated: Monday 10th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Widdop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-E375B8
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead or lead alloy sphere of unknown purpose and unknown age. It is highly unlikely to be cannon shot for a couple of reasons. Firstly it does not conform to any known bore of the seventeenth century or later. Secondly, it is not solid lead as it is too light for its size. This latter fact also excludes a lot of the other usual uses for lead balls. The comparatively low weight may be due to the construction of the sphere or it may be manufactured from a lighter alloy. It may be part of larger object. If it is shot it is more likely to be for use in a pre seventeenth century firearm,…
Created on: Thursday 21st November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wrea Green', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-D53456
Object type: DISC
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Crudely knapped sandstone disc, of unknown use and date, probably mid 19th century or earlier. A number of uses have been posited for these objects. One is pot lids, but they show few signs of burning or sooting or any effects of heat, and pot sherds would make better lids. However they all show a degree of wear. This particular artifact is the only one that lends support to the pot lid theory. On one face there is what appears to be a circular mark resulting from exposure to the effects of fire. It may be that this is the exception that proves the rule. Without analysis, the cause of …
Created on: Sunday 27th October 2013
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Burnley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DCBBF5
Object type: DISC
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Crudely knapped stone disc, of unknown use mid nineteenth century or earlier. Possibly associated with hand loom use. A number of uses have been posited for these objects. One is pot lids, but they show few signs of burning or sooting or any effects of heat, and pot sherds would make better lids. However they all show a degree of wear. Anthony Pilling has posited a possible use, related to hand looms, as a weighted core for winding balls of yarn around them as part of a crude creel for making a warp. See notes below. Diameter 52 to 60mm, thickness 15mm. There are images of other ston…
Created on: Monday 9th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Widdop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-84D3E2
Object type: BLOOM
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bloom or casting waste. The length is 67mm, the width is 46mm, the thickness is 15mm and the weight is 156.92g.
Created on: Friday 12th April 2013
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nantwich', grid reference and parish protected.