Record ID: LANCUM-B10EC4
Object type: MAIL ARMOUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An image of the fragment of mail has been analysed by Paul Thompson, Museum Archaeology Officer, Coventry, and his verdict is: Its round section, riveted mail with two failed links. Rather than square section or butted links which were often used for repairs although re-enactors use them to make complete garments. Its made in a pattern known as barley corn where one link joins to four other links, two above and two below, never to another link in the same row. This is easier to see on a larger piece and is the standard way of producing mail. It could have originated from almost any…
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ormskirk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B12C66
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead-alloy weight of double-conical shape with large central perforation. It is decorated on both sides with a pattern of dots and lines in relief. The lines divide each ring-shaped surface in ca. ten crudely designed but equally-sized cells, five of which show a central design of an 'arrow' or 'heart', while the remaining five cells show two dots set above each other vertically. The most common interpretation of this kind of weight is 'spindle whorl' but a much wider range of use for these objects can be envisioned, e.g. for fish traps, net sinkers, hunting nets or traps or t…
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ormskirk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B13A76
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead-alloy weight of double-conical shape with large central perforation. It is very crudely decorated on both sides: while one side shows a crude pattern of criss-crossing lines in relief, the other shows at least one circle of dots around the central perforation. There may be two more circles of dots - one closer to the perforation, the other closer to the rim -, but they are not as clear at the central ring. The most common interpretation of this kind of weight is 'spindle whorl' but a much wider range of use for these objects can be envisioned, e.g. for fish traps, net sin…
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ormskirk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B13FB6
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead-alloy weight of double-conical shape with large central perforation. It is decorated on both sides with a simple ring-and-dot motif: however, whilst there are six ring-and-dots on one side, the other shows only four. The most common interpretation of this kind of weight is 'spindle whorl' but a much wider range of use for these objects can be envisioned, e.g. for fish traps, net sinkers, hunting nets or traps or to weigh down cloth (table cloths, curtains, etc). Similar items found in archaeological contexts have been dated to ca. AD1400-1600.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ormskirk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B144C0
Object type: STAMP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval cast copper-alloy object, possibly a stamp. It is of rounded hourglass shape and cast solid. All surfaces are smooth and plain expect for the top which displays a small circular dent and the bottom ('stamp') which displays three deep, parallel grooves. It seems unlikely that it was some kind of personal stamp, espeically because there is no visible means of suspension, but shape and 'stamp' pattern on the bottom suggest a similar use.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ormskirk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C1F463
Object type: MEDAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern commemorative medal for CHARLES IX and his brother HENRI III made from cast bronze. Legend, Obverse: CAROLVS IX GALIA(rum) HENRICVS POLO(niae) CRISS(tianissimi) INVIC(tissimi) RR (reges). Reverse: KATHARI(na) REGIN(a) HENRI(ci) II VXOR FRANCIS(ci) ET CAROL(i) REGVM MATER. Catherine was the wife of Henri II and the mother of King François II, Charles IX et Henri III.
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LANCUM-C24D61
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead plano-convex spindle whorl. The whorl is crudely made and decorated with several lines criss-crossing each other. The decoration on both sides is very similar. It has been noted that the weight of a spindle whorl is demonstrative of the thickness of yarn produced, with lighter spindle whorls (3 - 5 grams) being used for spinning cotton and the heavier ones (30 - 35 grams) for spinning wool (Margeson 1993, page 184). This example weighs 30.16 grams, so it seems likely that it would have been used to spin a lighter material.
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C25AA7
Object type: ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Carved stone head found by a gardener on the grounds of Clitheroe Castle. The head is quite small and incomplete. It probably displays a gargoyle, ape-like monster or bat. It has big ears and protruding eyes suggesting that both needed to be seen from far below. The snout is missing, but most of the fan-shaped crest is still intact. It does not appear to have been cut completely symmetrical; maybe it was meant to display a creature in motion or movement? A flat reverse and a hole suggest that it was propped up or attached with/to an iron bar. Furthermore, there are remains of concrete …
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clitheroe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C5EF97
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Victorian pendant made from silver (?). It is of oval shape with a cruciform openwork decoration and central raised knop.
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2E1660
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval or Modern blank disc, probably waste piece of modern metal working process?
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hornby', grid reference and parish protected.