Record ID: LANCUM-CF65F3
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Post-medieval copper alloy tool, maybe a chisel. There is a bulbous collar stop between the tang and the wide flat blade. The tang appears bent but it may have had a curved handle or been one end of a double bladed tool. The object is corroded. Possibly made for use in an industry were a non sparking tool was desireable, eg for use in maitaining mill machinery. Probably dates to between c1500 and c1900 AD. It also bears similarities to a swivelling 'banner' from Medieval horse harness (such as NMS-810B25). The length is 43mm, the width is 22mm, thickness 11mm, and the weig…
Created on: Thursday 13th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-D04963
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Post medieval to modern copper alloy book binding Finishing Tool. The cutting edge of the blade has been damaged and now appears indented. It is made of brass and is most likely to date between c1725 and c1850 AD. The length is 54mm, the width is 18mm, and the weight 13.79g.
Created on: Thursday 13th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ormskirk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1A196F
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval large iron chisel, with a well-defined point and flattened top that would have been hammered dating 1500 to 1800AD. Similar to BUC-243AD8. The chisel was found on the site of a ruined building of unknown purpose. The building consists of two connected rectangular structures containing boulders with features including iron trusses for a former roof, an arched Gothick doorway on one side, and on the other a doorway with a Tuscan architrave, a moulded cornice, and a pediment. The length is 200mm, the width is 43mm and the weight too heavy for scales.
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-09079D
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron chisel blade, of unknown date. A Trapezoidal shaped bar with a rectangular shaped cross section. It has flat steep angled blade at the widest end then tapers towards a point at the other end. No parallels have been found for this find, although it is most likely to be of suggested Medieval to Post-Medieval, c. AD1200-1800 date. The length is 155mm, the width is 25mm thickness 27mm .
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-17104C
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Bronze Age copper alloy chisel probably a broken tang. The object is flat and rectangular in plan. The upper end has suffered an old break and is very worn. The fragment is ovoid in section towards the break and expands slightly in width at the centre. From this expansion, the lower section is triangular in section and tapers to a point which is rounded in plan. The sides of the lower section are slightly thicker than the flattened central area, possibly indicating that the edges had raised sides which are now worn to almost the same thickness as the re…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-45A036
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Bronze Age copper alloy chisel fragment. The chisel is incomplete only the blade survives. It is sub-trapezoid in plan, the straight sides flaring from the break towards the convex cutting edge. The piece is of thin, flat section, tapering at the edges. The blade thins to 2mm thick at the cutting edge. It is heavily corroded, with only very small fragments of the original surface remaining. It is dark brown in colour, giving the appearance of iron, but is non-magnetic. Such chisels are generally thought to be wood working tools. Similar on the database to SOM-589161, NMS-769173 and …
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mitton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-38E894
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy broken flanged chisel or small axe wood-working tool dating from the middle Bronze Age 1500 - 1150BC. The chisel flares outwards towards the cutting edge with no stop ridge but the broad faces of the haft slope up quite abruptly to meet the full thickness of the blade, the body has narrow flanges on either side of the body which itself narrows slightly from the centre towards the butt which is broken and missing. The flanged chisel is a precursor to the Palstave and shares similarities with NMS-894E92 on the database and though smaller may well be a similar transitio…
Created on: Monday 26th November 2012
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LANESHAWBRIDGE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9B5A09
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bronze age axe or chisel of copper alloy. It is a truncated triangle in shape, widening towards the blade but maintaining a narrow profile. The sides are therefore largely parallel with a small cutting area. There is no stop bezel present. The profile is lenticular. Similar shaped axe/chisels are seen in Needham (2017, 60) and are dated to the early Bronze Age Dimensions: 93mm long and 30mm wide, 4.5mm thick. It weighs 73g`
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Euxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL764
Object type: CHISEL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Long chisel or large nail. Square in section, flattened head through being struck. Tip tapers to narrow chisel point.
Created on: Wednesday 25th August 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LANCASHIRE NETHER KELLET', grid reference and parish protected.