Record ID: LANCUM-96E063
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval ceramic gritty ware vessel rim sherd, probably from a large storage vessel. Reduced orange/shed (dark grey core) gritty fabric. The majority of inclusions and voids are sub 1mm. The majority of inclusions are angular to sub-angular quartz or quartzite. It can be scratched with a firmly applied pin and is only lightly abraded. There is a splashed yellow/green glaze on the rim, some of which has dribbled onto the internal and external faces. Dates from c1150 to c1400 AD. Length 121mm, width 49mm, rim thickness 24mm and wall thickness 5mm.
Created on: Monday 11th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Burnley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-903431
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button of William Duke of Cumberland 1741 - 1757AD. The diameter is 26mm and the weight 5.89g.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rishworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-F2DFBE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable finger ring of medieval to post medieval date (c.AD 1400-1700). The ring is D shaped in cross section, and is formed into a simple hoop. Decoration is present in the form of small circular indentations. The inner side of the hoop is undecorated. A green patina is on the surface. The diameter is 26mm, the width is 11mm.
Created on: Monday 31st July 2017
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-FAD9D2
Object type: BURIN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age to Early Iron Age chert burin. It has been formed on a secondary piece of black chert streaked with grey chert, possibly a worked out core from an earlier period as there is a variation in patination. The retained limestone cortex on the proximal end exhibits a high degree of wear, and there is wear gloss on most of the facial ridges. There are fresher removals to the tool's mesals, three long thin ones defining the longer edge, and the shoulder of the shorter shaped with a single removal on the shorter mesal at its distal end. The longer mesal has very fine, short, …
Created on: Sunday 25th December 2016
Last updated: Friday 10th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-8DDFA8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval vessel body sherd of a glazed ware. The fabric is oxidised, mid grey, slightly gritty, & scratchable with a thumbnail. Glazed internally & externally. The glaze has been affected by some action, probably heat, causing it to blister & crater. The outer skin of this glaze is a dark olive while less effected glaze is typical medieval yellow green. Dates to between c1250 to c1400 AD. Length 32mm, width 21mm, thickness 6.5mm, mass 6.8g
Created on: Friday 29th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 31st August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Widdop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-600228
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval clay pipe stem. At some stage the mouth piece broke off but teeth marks at the narrower end show that it continued to be used. It may well have been deliberately broken off to form a type of home made 'cutty' or 'nose warmer' pipe used by manual workers & those engaged in outdoor activities. This would be compatible with its moorland find spot. Based on its bore diameter, it dates from c1720 to c1750 AD. Length 68mm, exterior diameter 7.5mm, interior (bore) diameter 2mm, and the mass 4.7g.
Created on: Sunday 15th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 18th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Widdop', 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-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-540E04
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mid to late Medieval wheel thrown vessel body sherd. It has a hard grey gritty fabric with molten inclusions (probably iron) erupting out anf leaving dark brown coated voids. On the exterior there is an olive green splash glaze with iron spots in it. Dates to between c1200 and c1500 AD. For a similar type see also NLM-EE9C53 Length 56mm, width 45mm, thickness 9mm, weight 32.3g.
Created on: Monday 21st October 2013
Last updated: Monday 18th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Widdop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-535AA7
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to mid Bronze Age heat effected grey chert or flint, end scraper. The crazing over its surface results from heating after knapping/use. Dates to between c2700 and c1000 BC. Length 24mm, width 16mm, thickness 8mm, weight 2.4g.
Created on: Monday 21st October 2013
Last updated: Thursday 13th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Widdop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-52C9A7
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age mid grey chert thumbnail scraper from a heavily worked tertiary flake. The entire surface is worked. There is retouch to the dorsal side, and intensive retouch to the working edge.The high quality chert is more akin to that used further east and in the western Dales than in the west Pennines. Dates to between c2700 and c 1600 BC. Length 23mm, width 19mm, thickness 8mm, weight 5.2g.
Created on: Monday 21st October 2013
Last updated: Saturday 15th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Widdop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EF53A1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval to early post medieval body sherd of a large Midlands Purple (or similar fabric) vessel. It has a highly fired (nearly fused) purple/grey fabric. It appears glazed inside and out, but this may be in part the result of the intense firing. Probably dates to between c1400 and c1500 AD Length 145mm, width 121mm, thickness 12mm, weight 267.7g.
Created on: Friday 4th October 2013
Last updated: Friday 14th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Widdop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EEEEE3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a glass vessel, probably post medieval. The body is brown glass with an applied whitish blue glass trails. Quite possibly Spanish (see SUR-B6A0F2) but it also bears similarities to Murano glass. Probably dates to between c1500 and c1700 AD. Length 12mm, width 9mm, thickness 2mm, and mass 0.4g.
Created on: Friday 4th October 2013
Last updated: Saturday 18th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Widdop', 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-5EDFD1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval ceramic gritty ware vessel body sherd of reduced cream/yellow (grey core) gritty fabric. The majority of inclusions and voids are sub 1mm. It can be scratched with a pin and is only lightly abraded. There is an interior splashed olive/green glaze. There is no evidence of glaze externally. Similar fabrics have been found nearby at Whalley (Museum Of Lancashire collection) and at the excavation of a Medieval bloomery a few miles away (Report of an excavation of a bloomery site at The Old House, Sabden Fold by The Pendle Heritage Archaeological Group, C Barnett, J Suggett, A Whi…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd September 2013
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Burnley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DCC841
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mid to late Mesolithic cream flint microlith core. Dates to between c8000 and c4000 BC. Height 16mm, width 19mm, thickness 12mm, weight 4.1g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Saturday 15th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Widdop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DCC544
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mid Mesolithic to early Neolithic worked flint tool, fabricated from secondary flake, probably an end scraper. The flint is a dark honey colour with a white patination on the dorsal face & retaining some cortex on the dorsal ridge. This indicates that the tool was struck from an old core. Dates to between c7000 to c3500 BC. Length 19mm, width 14mm, thickness 5mm, weight 1.4g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Friday 14th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Widdop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DCC454
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mid Mesolithic to early Neolithic worked white flint debitage that has been heat effected. Dates to between c7000 to c3500 BC. Length 26mm, width 10mm, thickness 6mm, weight 1.5g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Friday 14th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Widdop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DCC345
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Mesolithic to early Neolithic honey colour flint end scraper fabricated from a tertiary flake. There has been extensive reworking to and near the distal end. There has also been working to reduce the heights of the dorsal ridge and the bulb of percusssion. Dates to between c6000 to c3500 BC. Length 20mm, width 13mm, thickness 5mm, weight 1.5g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Friday 14th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Widdop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DCC1A0
Object type: BURIN
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic worked honey/brown flint blade, with distal burin, from a secondary core flake. There has been a somewhat scrappy reduction to the height of the dorsal ridge. The cortex that remains on the dorsal indicates that the original nodule was awkwardly formed and this may account for the untidy working. Dates to between c10000 and c4000 BC. Length 28mm, width 10mm, thickness 6mm, weight 1.5g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Monday 9th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Widdop', grid reference and parish protected.