Record ID: LVPL-711351
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy mount dating to the post medieval to modern period (c.AD 1700-1850). The object is in the form of  a sun; the centre of the sun has a moulded face with defined eyes, brows, nose and mouth. Radiating from the centre are waved and pointed rays, the remains of eight rays are visible, two survive in full and a third is folded. The fourth complete ray protrudes from the bottom of the centre and is moulded atop a sub-rectangular strip that terminates with a worn break. No rays project from the top of the head. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The object has…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-DF1B2C
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy bag seal dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1600-1850).  The seal is circular in shape with two attachment slots through the side for threading. One face depicts a raised image of a lion rampant with the lower half of the body cut off. The other face is undecorated. Dimensions: Diameter: 14.1mm, Thickness: 4.2mm, Weight: 6.06g.
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-DA5EE6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight or spindle whorl dating to the medieval to post medieval period (c.AD 1200-1700). The object is circular with two flat faces and a roughly rounded edge. In the centre is a large circular perforation measuring 8.6mm in diameter. The object is undecorated and has a dark patina. Dimensions: Diameter 29.7mm; thickness 4.6mm; weight 18.92g Weights found outside of secure archaeological contexts such as these are difficult to date because their use and style remains continuous from the Roman period onwards. Most examples likely date from the medieval period onwards.
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-75F115
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but squashed cloth or alnage seal dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1700-1850). The object consists of four linked discs that are folded atop one another and compressed. The surfaces are worn and no markings are identifyable; it has a light grey / cream patina. Dimensions: Length 23.9mm; width 20mm; thickness 7.6mm; weight 17.95g
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-61BD8E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy weight dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1500-1700). The weight is bun-shaped with a flat base and rounded face. The face is deeply inscribed with VIII which attests to its weight as nearly 8oz. The object has a dark cream patina. Dimensions: Diameter 45mm; width 17mm; weight 214.84g The weight almost corresponds with the mass of 8 oz under the ‘binary’ averdepois system that was standardised in 1588 (1992, 44).
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-4B966E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy weight likely dating from the medieval to post medieval period (c.AD 1400-1700). The object is circular with a flat face and base and a curved side. It is undecorated and has a light grey patina. Dimensions: Diameter 35.2mm; thickness 5.1mm; weight 45.48g Weights found outside of secure archaeological contexts, such as these, are difficult to date because their use and style remains continuous from the Roman period onwards. Most examples likely date from the medieval period onwards.
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-47A49D
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead / lead alloy palm guard likely dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1400-1800). The object has a teardrop form and is D-shaped in section. There is a slight indentation in the centre of the flat face of the guard where the punching instrument has worn into the guard. Both faces are undecorated and it has a powdery white patina. Dimensions: Length: 55.8mm, Width: 36.1mm, Thickness: 12.7mm, Weight 136.39g Palm guards were for use by leather workers to protect the palm whilst stitching. They are difficult to date when found outside of s…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-B518EF
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead / lead alloy spindle whorl probably dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1200-1500). The object has a shallow biconical shape with a large central perforation measuring 8.8mm in diameter. Both faces present a raised decoration that consists of a seven-petalled flower with a pellet in each petal. The object has a dark cream patina with soil remaining within the raised lines. Dimensions: Diameter: 28.0mm, Thickness: 10.3mm, Weight: 30.19gm. The central hole has diameter 8.8mm. Decorated lead-alloy spindle whorls or weights can be difficult to date as they are …
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-4F43C8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy weight likely dating from the medieval to the post medieval period (c.AD 1200-1700). The weight is sub-conical in shape with a perforation through the off-centre. It is udecorated and has a rough surface and a dark grey patina. Dimensions: Length 17.5mm; width 21mm; weight 30.38g Weights can be hard to date due to being a functional item that has not altered significantly over time. Biggs and Withers (2000) note that standing weights made of lead were still used in comparatively recent times.
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-4F263A
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy bag seal from a bone manure works dating to the post medieval-modern period (c.AD 1856-1894). The seal is roughly circular in shape and has double holes running horizontally through the centre to accommodate the bag cord. The object The seal has a powdery white patina. It is a bag seal from Proctor and Ryland manufacturers: Obverse: image of a plough in the centre with REGISTERED TRADEMARK around the edge.  Reverse: PROCTOR & RYLAND is written in three lines across the middle, with MANURE MANFRS around the top and SALTN…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-4EE730
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead pencil dating from the medieval to post medieval period (c.AD 1200-1600). The pencil is in the form of a cylindrical rod with one end that tapers to a point. It is circular in section and has a dark cream patina. Dimensions: Length 22.8mm; diameter 5.3mm; weight 5.14g A similar pencil is recorded under HAMP-C8365B which notes: ​Dr Helen Geake of the Portable Antiquities Scheme has commented: "The use of lead pencils is still not really understood. At Winchester they are found mainly in 13th or 14th-century contexts, and it was thought some years ago …
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-0EB7F3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead / lead alloy weight dating from the medieval period onwards (c.AD 1200-1700). The weight has an irregular conical shape with an oval base and sides that narrow towards the top. Through the centre of the body is a perforation that has a diameter of 7.3mm. The surface is undecorated and has a dark cream patina. Dimensions: Length 11.6mm; base width 25.9mm; weight 33.04g Weights can be hard to date due to being a functional item that has not altered significantly over time. Biggs and Withers (2000) note that standing weights made of lead were still used in comparat…
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-E8FA29
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy figurine, probably a pipe tamper dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1700-1800). The figurine is in the form of a man, seemingly naked apart from a flat topped hat on his head. The figure is standing and holding his erect phallus which is incomplete. The entire genitalia is exaggerated. The figure terminates in a worn break with incomplete legs. The reverse is flat with a slightly concaved edge. The object has a smooth dark cream / grey patina. Dimensions: Length 50.1mm; width 11mm; thickness 5.3mm; weight 21.92g A similar example is recorded under …
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-EAD479
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete lead weight dating from the medieval to post medieval period (c.AD 1250-1800). The object is conical in shape and has a flat base. A perforation channels through the object from the apex to the base and is relatively central. It is still filled with soil. The surface presents some incised longitudinal grooves and has a powsdery white patina. Dimensions: Length 23.9mm; width 25.1mm; weight 60g The object's weight at 60g including a soil fill comes close to 1/8lb under the mercantile system (58.3g) where 1lb = 16oz. This system was in pace prior to AD 1300 and u…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-EAB2AA
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead weight or spindle whorl dating to the medieval to post medieval period (c.AD 1200-1700). The object is circular with two flat faces and a roughly rounded edge. In the centre is a large circular perforation measuring 10.2mm in diameter. The object is undecorated and has a powdery white patina. Dimensions: Diameter 25.4mm; thickness 4.6mm; weight 18.21g Weights found outside of secure archaeological contexts such as these are difficult to date because their use and style remains continuous from the Roman period onwards. Most examples likely date from the medi…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-EAA5E6
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single lead shot / musket ball dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1600-1800). The shot is spherical with a light grey patina. The surface is smooth with some abraded patches. Dimensions: Diameter 17.5mm; weight 35.6g The weight of the shot is large and may have been used in a 17th century musket.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-EA9562
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but squashed lead powder measure cap, possibly used for measuring a charge of gunpowder, likely dating to c.AD 1600-1700. The cap has a squashed oval oval base and the opening is pinched shut. At the base are two integral loops that have both been flattened against the wall of the cup. The object has a light grey patina. Dimensions: Length 25.8mm; width 15.5mm; weight 9.22g The loops enabled the cap to be attached separately to the bandolier (belt) of the wearer so that they could be removed without the possibility of being dropped and lost. The cap would have been part o…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-2B75FC
Object type: MOULD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy object with a coin's impression on the face, dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1790-1850). The object is a circular disc-shaped object. The face presents an impression, likely from a copper alloy trade token, that depicts a woman, seated, facing right holding mining tools. To her side she holds a six-spoked cogwheel and her other arm is outstretched holding an object, possibly a drill. Impressions of a legend are present around the edge. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The object has a dark grey patina. Dimensions: Length 31.8mm; thickness 5.2mm;…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-86C8CA
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead weight or spindle whorl dating to the medieval to post medieval period (c.AD 1200-1700). The object is circular with two flat faces and a roughly rounded edge. In the centre is a large circular perforation measuring 9.1mm in diameter. The object is undecorated and has a powdery white patina. Dimensions: Diameter 21.5mm; thickness 3.2mm; weight 9.29g Weights found outside of secure archaeological contexts such as these are difficult to date because their use and style remains continuous from the Roman period onwards. Most examples likely date from the mediev…
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Darnhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-86AEE3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead weight or spindle whorl dating to the medieval to post medieval period (c.AD 1200-1700). The object is broadly circular with two flat faces and a roughly rounded edge. In the centre is a circular perforation measuring 5.8mm in diameter. The object is undecorated and has a powdery white patina. Dimensions: Diameter 31.8mm; thickness 5.6mm; weight 32.8g Weights found outside of secure archaeological contexts such as these are difficult to date because their use and style remains continuous from the Roman period onwards. Most examples likely date from the medi…
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Darnhall', grid reference and parish protected.