Record ID: LANCUM-112A96
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy trade weight, one of a set that would have stacked. It is circular with a raised rim, and the weight would suggest that it is 1/2 ounce. Inside are the stamps of a laver or coffee pot, the inspection mark of the Worshipful Company of Founders, who controlled the lawful making of weights in London and for three miles around (Withers and Withers 2011, page 78). Also a sword, which is the mark of St Pauls London, and possibly a crowned C, which would date the weight to the reign of Charles 1-11. Similar example on the database are NARC-C1DECA and DEV…
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Caton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-FB10DA
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, domed copper alloy button with a hollow back, into which the shank, which is broken, is fixed. The face is decorated with a moulded, regular floral design, and has been gilded. The makers name is moulded around the edge on the rear of the button. It has a dark green patina.Similar buttons can be found in Read, dated to the post medieval period Dimensions: It is 15.5mm in diameter and 5.5mm thick, it weighs 2.42g
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Horton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-D13DBC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze nummus of Constantine I Obverse: Bust right, laureate, cuirassed. Legend IMP CONSTANTINVS PF AVG Reverse: Mars advancing right, helmeted, nude but chlamys over shoulders and floating behind, holding transverse spear with right hand and shield on left arm; S and R in field either side of figure. Mint in exeurge, PTR, Trier. Legend: MARTI PATRI PROPVGNATORI.  Dimater: it is 26mm diameter. 
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Yealand Conyers', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-6A44EA
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy terret ring. It is oval in shape with a sub-square drop ring attached. The ring is teardrop shaped in section with a ridge along the external diameter. It is of Lewis type 19, a continental influenced or imported terret of drop bar type. Similar examples on the database include ESS-CEA70D and LIN-159D68. They are dated to the early - mid Roman period. Dimensions: It is 38mm long and 35mm wide, it is 9mm thick and weighs 24.86g
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bolton le Sands', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-6A4141
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy dress hook The artefact body is broadly circular, with openwork moulding in the form of four circles either side of the central motif. In the base is a V shaped frame and sitting in this is a relief moulded pineapple or pine cone. The attachment at the top of this is rectangular, and under the central piece is a thin hook curved backwards.  Similar or identical examples are seen in, for example, PUBLIC-DA6702 and BUC-E848DC and  BUC-AFB35A, all of which are Reed Class E Type 3, dated to 1500-1650 Dimensions: It …
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Heysham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-6A3931
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete copper alloy brooch of headstud type. The bow has a moulded stud on the curve at the top. The short wings extend either side of the head, and above these the plate on which the missing spring and pin would have mounted is present, decorated with three horizontal lines. The bow ends with a circular foot. The catch plate is present but incomplete. The cylindrical mount for the spring is still on the reverse but is incomplete. It has an even bronze coloured patina with no corrosion, which is attributable to it having been found in sand. Parallels for…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Heysham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-50886A
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy ingot. It is basically rectangular in shape but with rounded ends and a waisted centre. It is flat on the bottom and domed on the top. The base has a series of vertical lines moulded into it which may be a relic of the moulding process. It has an even brown patina with little corrosion or damage. It is difficult to date this type of object, a wide date range has been allocated but it may be relatively recent in date.  Dimensions: 78mm long, 20mm wide and 12mm deep approximately. It weighs 78.35g
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near West Bradford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4F6F90
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Section of a copper alloy knobbed terret ring of probable later Iron Age or early Roman dating. It would be D shaped in plan when complete, what survives here is part of the base and a section of one side. The base is sub-rectangular in section, and is divided by a circular collar protruding from the ring, which has suffered some damage on one side. This has a central line moulded into it. The ring is oval in section, decreasing in diameter as it curves towards what would have been the top. Near the end is a sphere on the outside as decoration. The te…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near West Bradford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EA77AB
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cooper alloy pommel cap from a sword or knife. It is circular in shape. There is a central flat ring, and from this the two faces are convex. There are circular holes present top and bottom for fixing to the hilt, these might suggest a knife or dagger pommel rather than one for a sword. There is no apparent decoration, and there is some pitting on the surface, although it has an even, dark green patina. It is probably an Oakeshott Type G style. Dimensions: It is 33mm long and 28mm wide, 20mm thick and weighs 33.0g
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Whittington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EA582D
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A section of a copper alloy axehead. It is triangular in section, being a blunt point on one side, and crescent shaped, but not symmetrical across its break, being more pointed at one end than the other. The blade is not facetted. There is some loss of material from the faces. Along the broken face there is a suggestion that it might have been hollow and therefore a section of socketed axehead, but this is not definitive. Dimensions: It is 67mm long, 21mm wide and 11.5mm thick. It weigh 56.83g
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Whittington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-3F9B6B
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A circular copper alloy livery button that with the remains of silver plating. It has the initials LV set in a representation of the Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order - an eight pointed star formed of parallel lines of varying lengths. A crown is set in the top of this. Dimensions: It is 20mm in diameter and weighs 3.83g
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Caton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-3F5537
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy two piece shoe or hat buckle frame, both the pin and spindle are missing but there are traces of the iron spindle in the top and bottom of the frame. It is undecorated, and curved, sub square in section Dimensions: It is 55mm high and 50mm wide
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-2DAA6C
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The head and part of the shaft of a copper alloy pin. The head is polyheadral, regtangular in shape with four faces, a flat head and the lower part curves into the pin shaft. On each face is an impressed dot. Dimensions: It is 16mm long and 4mm across
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-19F929
Object type: CANDLE SNUFFER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy candle snuffer. It is conical with a thickened section around the base and it has a knop on the top. A square hole in the side would indiate where the handle fitted. The other side is split, probably along the site where the sheet metal was joined.  Similar candle snuffers on the database are NLM-24D116 and YORYM-19CA39, with an overall date range of 1650-1850 Dimensions: It is 70mm high and the base is diameter 32mm, it weighs 24.34g
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-19B41B
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy coin weight for a half guinea of George III. On one side is the bust of the monarch laurate right, with the legend GEORGIUS III DIE GRA around the edge. On the reverse, the words A HALF GUINEA WEIGHT 1773 are each on a seperate line. There are two trade standard marks at angles either side of the 'A'. There is a beaded border around both sides of the weight Dimensions: 21mm diameter and 1mm thick, it weighs 3.84g
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-18D99A
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two copper alloy possible polyhedral weight. They are basically a cylindrical shape but are faceted unevenly on all sides. All of the faces have a pattern of parallel lines on them. Their weight fits neither the Scandinavian nor Dublin Viking unit weight systems, inspite of this similar shaped weights have been found at various sites of the Viking Great Army camps, see Hadley and Richards (2021) and British Museum accession number 2006.1203.104, dated to 9th century AD. Such shapes are also seen on for example pin heads (BM 1985.1101.11…
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-07A2D2
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy and gemstone seal matrix. The copper alloy frame is oval in plan and semicircular in section. The face has two parallel lines around the frame as decoration. The shoulder of the frame is decorated with oblique lines. Above this frame are two semicircular hoops. These are split, forming four arms which are monted on the frame with circular rolls. The arms then meet above the centre of the frame. At the top is a circular mount for fixing to a chain. The whole has been gilded. The seal itself is oval, make of a thick section of a clear material, possibly quartz. Inscrbed in…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-047B79
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy brooch of late Iron Age to early Roman date, c. 100 BC – AD 100. Uncertain type. The brooch comprises a rectangular plate with a narrowed elongated trapezoidal foot to one end and an integral coiled spring to the other. The circular sectioned spring extends from the centre of one edge of the plate. It extends backwards and curves up and round to form a coil. The coil continues upward and curves over the central spring to form a second coil to the other side. The coil then extends downward to form the tapering sectioned pin.  The rectangular …
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-98E2AA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy shoe buckle of the Georgian period. It is subrectangular in shape, with thicker sections in the centre of each side. It is curved in cross section. The forked pin is complete, half of the chape remains. The spindle is cast separately from the buckle frame. There is no design remaining. Dimensions: It is 70mm long and 55mm wide, it weighs 33g
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Brookhouse', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-61EF17
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy terret ring. It is worn and in two pieces but the ring is apparent. Below this is a rectangular fitting which would have been slotted into its mount. It has a dark brown patina. A similar object is WMID-77F1D4, which is dated to 100 BC to AD 200 Dimensions: The ring is 33mm diameter and it is 35mm high overall, it weighs 6.14g
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Barrowford', grid reference and parish protected.