Record ID: LVPL-607104
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete iron socketed axehead dating to the early Iron Age (c. 800-600 BC). The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with a socketed mouth, crescentic cutting blade and incomplete single side loop. The mouth is oval in shape and has a prominent collar around the edge. The mouth measures legnth: 46.5mm; width 38.1mm; thickness 4.8mm. The main body has a consistent width the mouth and presents a single complete side loop at one side. The body of the underside of the loop is open to the socket. From the base of the body the blade begins to expand in width and narrow in thickne…
Created on: Tuesday 30th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-2EA7F9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large iron buckle c1770-1790, with a possible tin-coating. The outer edges of the frame have a wavy, or scalloped, border. The main part of the frame appears to have originally been openwork, but these spaces are now filled with heavy iron corrosion. There is a separate spindle, also made of iron, and the remnants of a double tongue. The buckle is attracted to a magnet over the whole of its surface, suggesting a high iron content. Due to its decorative nature it is most likely to have been a large shoe or knee buckle. However, Whitehead (2003, 8) notes that iron buckles were us…
Created on: Monday 23rd May 2016
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Denbigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-17B859
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron whittle tanged knife of Roman to Medieval date. The blade measures 93.02mm in length and the tang 13.17mm in length. The tang is incomplete. Each edge is slightly curved with the cutting edge measuring 1.28mm thick and the opposite edge measuring 2.07mm. The knife terminates with a rounded point. The surfaces of the object are uneven due to corrosion. It is mid-brown in colour. The form is of Manning's Roman Type 16, which he says is a long-live type. The form would also be quite acceptable in the Early Medieval period (Drinkall type A) and there are good parallels in Cowgi…
Created on: Thursday 11th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tremeirchion', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: CPAT-907AC8
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dagger made from iron. Handle has a wooden core, with a sheet of iron wrapped around it.
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
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