Record ID: LANCUM-2E89A4
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron horseshoe of uncertain age. It is asymmetric, one branch is pointed and one ends in a wide, blunt end. The central shape is a pointed arch.It is too corroded to identify the number of holes present.  It has some of the characteristic shape of a thirteenth century Dove shoe, but it could also date from the eighteenth century, the level of corrosions may suggest an earlier date Dimensions: 130mm long and 120mm wide approximately, it weight 239g
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Reedley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2A337E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half of a lead alloy cloth seal. On one side letters around the circumference are possibly 'R A B', with G.E.R. across the centre. This is surrounded by a dotted border. On the other the figure '3' with another character or characters next to it (possibly oz?) is present in a box, and underneath in another box is 'VII'. This side had a solid circular line as a border. Dimensions: 20mm long and 15mm wide approximately
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Caton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2A0941
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy buckle frame, rectangular in shape, curved either side of the long axis. It is very degraded and it is not possible to determine if it was decorated, and how, at any point, but clear are the holes drilled at top and bottom. In these are the remains of an iron spindle. This spindle and the overall form dates it to AD 1720-1800 (Whitehead 2003, 104). Dimension: 35mm high and 30mm wide approximately
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Caton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-D69E7B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy weight in the shape of a cone with a rounded top. Out of the top of this is an iron bar of circular section, with a wider diameter piece on the end of this, to facilitate the fixing of a suspension string. It weighs 263g which is just under 10 imperial ounces, or 5/8 of a pound, which it may have represented when new before any loss occurred. Dimensions: 32mm diameter at the bottom and 14mm diameter at the top, it is 46mm high and weighs 263g 
Created on: Friday 22nd September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Brookhouse', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B21176
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but degraded flanged copper alloy flat axe head. It is approximately rectangular, widening along its length towards the blade. The blade flares out to the side. In profile the axe is lenticular, wide in the centre. There is a faint suggestion of parallel lines decorating the object in the top half towards the blade. Also faint are traces of low flanges having been present at one time.The face are worn and degraded, and some of the metal is now missing as a result, especially on one side of the blade, which may also be the reason that the flanges are barely discernible. It is…
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cantsfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9BA44D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn copper alloy token. On one face is a ring of chain like decoration which forms a dividing line round the token. Outside this is lettering which runs around the entire circumference, this is largely indistinguishable. Inside the circle is written THEIR PENNY 1672, with decorative, simple flowers underneath. On the other side is the same chain-like division again with lettering around the circumference. In the centre is a wide plain circular image, with another circle in the centre, across this is a broad line. What this represents is not easy to see.
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Yealand Conyers', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9B6A95
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver and enamel ring. It has a circular band which is in split at the back, so that it can be adjusted to fit. The bezel is oval, and enamelled in shades of blue and white with an image of a parachute and the words PARACHUTIST U S ARMY on it. USA is also engraved in the sides of the band as they meet the bezel. It was found near a station for the US Army in World War II, and is reminiscent of the 'class ring' that is popular amongst American students. The image falls below the required standard and will be replaced as soon as possible. Dimensions: 21mm diame…
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Euxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9B6171
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bronze age spearhead in two pieces. The spear is triangular, but slopes downward where it meets the socket. The socket, which is very degraded, is conical in section. The tip of the spear is broken off but still fits the body well, and is certainly from the same spear. The spear head has a central rib which extends down the length to the socket, and either side of this the body is proud of the blade sides and forms a narrow raised triangle, again terminating the the socket. From approximately two centimetres from the tip - and at the point of the break- there are curved lin…
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: LANCUM-9B5E30
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a copper alloy pot foot. It is basically rectangular in shape, the front has a central ridge moulded in which defines a triangular foot. The foot is flat to the horizontal, the back of the foot is undecorated. This were in use over a wide period thirteenth to eighteenth centuries AD Dimensions: 52mm log and 43 mm wide, it weighs 181.08g 
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: 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: LANCUM-9B55E9
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy weight, circular in plan, and 13mm deep. It weighs over 200g and may represent 1/2lb weight in the avoirdupois system.  it has an even light brown patina and some recent plough damage in a small area. Its condition may suggest that it is post medieval even though weights such as these were used over a long period of time Dimensions: 47mm diameter and 13mm deep
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: LANCUM-9B3D98
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a copper alloy mount, with a pattern cast into it which may be a floral motif or alternatively zoomorphic, unfortunately not enough survives to make a definitive decision on this. As such it is also accorded a wide date range. Dimensions: 25mm high and 20mm wide and 3.5mm thick, it weighs 5.54g
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Heysham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-97F474
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sesertius of Vespasian Mint of Lyon, AD 77-78 Obverse -  Laureate head right  [IMP CAES] VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS V[III] Reverse - Palm tree, to left of this emporer standing right, to right of tree Judea seated right Dimensions: 35mm diameter and weighs 17g Many thanks indeed to Sam Moorhead for his identification, and to the finder for the photographs
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Tunstall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-7F4F55
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy palstave like chisel or axe of Middle Bronze Age date. It has a long blade of rectangular section, which tapers to a curved, narrow cutting edge, triangular in section. This expands beyond the blade either side to finish with a short section. The butt end would have been flat but is slightly damaged and therefore curves inwards slightly. The palstave is deep with prominent flanges either side which form a deep, lenticellular shape. The stop ridges are therefore deep too. No casting seem is apparent. The surfaces of the chisel are ve…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1C486F
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver plated livery button with square fastener. The button is biconvex and hollow. On the front a border is formed with a slightly raised moulding around the edge. The central image is of the head of a griffin, facing left and resting on a wreath with crossed spears behind it. The fastener is square with a central circular hole, and is moulded as part of the button. The makers name is moulded into the back of the button and is OLLIVANT. The griffin was a popular motif in heraldry, and it may be that this particular deisgn was not for a specific family but a generic design. …
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Quernmore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1B96E1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A degraded silver shilling of George III The obverse has a laurate bust right, and the legend reads GEORGVIS III DEI GRATIA REX The reverse is largely illegible and the image is worn The coin as a whole is very degraded and layers have been removed by decay processes, to the point that two holes have been worn Dimensions: 25mm diameter, weight 3g
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Quernmore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1B3ABE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver halfcrown of George III, dated to 1817 The obverse bears the bust of the king laurate, small head right. Legend reads GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA The reverse has the crowned garter and shield, surrounded by the motto of the Order of the Garter HONI SOIT QUE MAL Y PENSE. The legend around the edge of the coin reads REX FID DEI BRITANNIARUM The coin is degraded with the surface flaking off, particularly on the obverse. The reverse has brown staining which may have been acquired while in the ground Dimensions: 31mm diameter and 1.5mm thick, it weighs 7.6g
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Quernmore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1ADCD0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An asymmetrical copper alloy buckle frame. It is sub rectangular in shape and has three sides, the fourth would have been formed by the missing spindle. The front is decorated with a crudely executed design, consisting of rectangular shapes at the corners and extending along the top and bottom. Behind this are triangular shapes. Within these triangles are ring and dot patterns. In the centre of the long side is a circle of six ring and dots around a central one. One this side are also two oval holes, moulded in, the function of which is unclear and may be decorative…
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Quernmore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0166FD
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy papal bulla of Pope Nicholas IV. On the obverse are the images of the faces of Sts Peter and Paul, with the legend SPASPE over their heads. Paul is shown on the left facing right, with a pointed beard composed of curving vertical lines, and curving lines for his hair. St Peter faces him, his bear and hair formed of raised dots. They are surrounded by a border of raised dots. On the reverse is the popes title, written as 'nico laus ppIIII' over three lines. This is also surrounded by a pelleted border. Pope Nicholas IV was in power from AD 1288 to 129…
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Tottleworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EFE2E8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-medieval copper-alloy cup weight, probably belonging to a nested set dating to c.AD 1600 - 1850. The weight is circular in plan with sides that flare outwards from the base to give it a trapezoidal side profile. Overall it is formed of a truncated cone, upside down. The base of the cup is circular in plan, with a slightly domed base. Externally, this base is has an outside rim, which then steps down with a raised circle with a central depression in it, possibly designed to nest with others.  The rim at the top of the weight …
Created on: Monday 11th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Yealand Redmayne', grid reference and parish protected.