Record ID: LANCUM-E787B5
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead-alloy Dutch Customs House seal dating from the modern period, i.e. from post-AD1815. On the obverse, next to the coat of arms are the two letters 'R' and 'A', meaning 'Regten en Accynsen' (customs and excise). The number on the reverse, '645', is a control number.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B448C0
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a Russian cast lead or lead-alloy seal dating from the 18th or 19th century, probably from AD1761 (date on seal). It is very worn and the stamps are slightly off-centre. Generally, these lead seals are sub-oval in plan with abraded side edges. In section the seal is a sub-rectangular with rounded corners, and there are two parallel holes running the width of the seal. The obverse reads in Cyrillic letters '*N*/*34*[...]'. The reverse reads '*N[*...] / N12II[...] / 1761'.The surface of the seal has a light cream coloured patina. These types of seal were used as a means to mo…
Created on: Sunday 24th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 25th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Morecambe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2D3EE2
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete early modern lead alloy bag or sack seal dating from the 1750s. It was either miscast or one half of it has worn away. The obverse inscription reads N[...] / SB121[...] / 175[...], the latter probably displaying the year in which it was used. The reverse reads 'No 2'. The seal was probably used on a bag or sack containing seeds, compost or guano and was discarded after use.
Created on: Thursday 6th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 6th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fylde', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0282E4
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four cast lead-alloy or other white metal roofing nails dating from the early modern period, i.d. c. 1700-1900. The smallest one measures 28mm in length with a head diameter of 15mm.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 7th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Croston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-7DCF0C
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead shot casting waste, probably dating from the 18th or 19th century,
Created on: Friday 10th April 2015
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yealand', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2AAAC5
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early modern lead or lead alloy seal dating to between c1880 and c1890AD. It is decorated in low relief with a continuous raised circular border on both sides with THE QUEEN'S SEEDSMEN in three lines across the middle and with script around the border. This reads WEBB & SONS at the top. At the bottom it would probably have read SALTNEY STOURBRIDGE (or CHESTER). The other side depicts their trade mark shield with REGISTERED around the border to one side, and TRADEMARK to the other. It is a rarer variant on the common Webbs seal (which says MANURE MANFRS instead of THE QUEEN'S SEEDSMEN)…
Created on: Friday 26th July 2013
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-141724
Object type: MEDAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy cut out probably from a commemorative medal possibly of a young Victoria. The object has been cut on all edges around the head and neck of a female figure wearing a crown. On the opposite side of the object a two story building possibly a church is depicted. The building has a steep roof infilled with cross-hatching with a bell surmounted on the centre of the roof. At one end of the roof is a cross and another possible cross is at the other end. There are two upper story windows and a long rectangular door or gate with pillars. In front of the building are two ovals withi…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ormskirk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9AACAA
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy spinning toy/spinner/ buzz wheel or whirligig dating from the 19th or 20th century AD. The toy is circular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section. It consists of a disc with a partly serrated outer edge. It had ca. 15 cogs (spikes), all now rounded off on the apex, or folded over. There are two string holes in the centre. There is no decoration on either side of the whirligig. Similar objects have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: BH-C1A5C7;LANCUM-EC184C, LANCUM-64A3C4; GLO-7194F8; HESH-901BA4; IOW-776293; IOW-89…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pendleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5A58D3
Object type: MEDAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy medal or homemade medallion dating from the post-medieval period, that is the later 18th century, AD 1739 - 1800. The medal is a sub-circular disc of lead with no evidence of attachment. The front is decorated with an incuse design of a man in periwig and frock coat, facing right, holding a baton. The legend is very worn. This design was probably impressed into the lead from an Admiral Vernon medallion, which were commemorative medals made in copper alloy, to celebrate Admiral Vernon's successful capture of Portobello with only six ships in 1739, and his other victories…
Created on: Friday 13th May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 2nd June 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-5A611D
Object type: MEDAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy medal or homemade medallion dating from the post-medieval period, that is the later 18th century, AD 1739 - 1800. The medal is a sub-circular disc of lead with no evidence of attachment. There is one small chuck missing from one side. The front is decorated with an incuse design of a man in periwig and frock coat, facing right, holding a baton. The legend is very worn. This design was probably impressed into the lead from an Admiral Vernon medallion, which were commemorative medals made in copper alloy, to celebrate Admiral Vernon's successful capture of Portobello wi…
Created on: Friday 13th May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 2nd June 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-B33971
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy bag-seal G&T Earle Hull Limited, Pelican brand cement bag seal.dating to the Early Modern period c.19th century AD. The seal is circular, folded and the lower tab is missing. The obverse surface depicts a pelican in her piety, within a plain border. The outer plain border encloses the inscription,' +GAJ TARLJ TOP?.' The length is 23mm, the width is 19mm. G & T Earle, a major cement manufacturer established in the early 19th century, recorded the trade name 'Pelican' cement in September 1897" (UKDFD Ref. No. - 15416). Egan, G., 1994 Lead cloth seals and related ite…
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2016
Last updated: Sunday 5th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-4D269A
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy bag or sack seal dating from the early modern period, probably 18th/19th century AD. The seal is a simple one, with stamped letters 'T' on the obverse and a letter 'R' on the reverse, probably indicating the supplier's initial or some mark of quality.
Created on: Wednesday 5th April 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Slyne-with-Hest', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2FE6EC
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy cat. It is a plump, contented cat in the seated position. The back of the model is quite crude although the features of the hip and leg are present, but the face is well moulded. It has been painted yellow. It seems to be a bred, domesticated cat and this is therefore probably a model of a twentieth century cat. The finder notes that the base is possibly damaged and it may have sat on a platform of some sort. Dimensions: It is 65mm high and 65mm wide and 200m deep, it weighs 102.10g
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Weir', grid reference and parish protected.