Record ID: LANCUM-EE7474
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified object which looks like the bow and stem of a key, teeth missing. The bow is circular and solid apart from one small perforation (for suspension?). The object is heavily corroded, but the grooved relief decoration on the bow is still clearly visible: nine grooves that run from the centre to the outer edge of the bow.
Created on: Tuesday 14th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-096F8A
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy miniature toy petronel probably a musket, dating from the 17th century post-medieval period. The firing mechanism (trigger, cock, springs etc) are missing. The stock (butt) is hollow and decorated on each face with a raised floral and scroll design. The length is 60mm, the width is 25mm and the weight 9.10g. Similar petronels are illustrated and discussed by Forsyth and Egan (2005: 88-97). Forsyth, H. and Egan, G., 2005. Toys, Trifles and Trinkets: Base Metal Miniatures from London 1200 to 1800 London : Unicorn Press Ltd 97, no. 1.39
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-072026
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Plain, oblong iron applique belt mount with two pointed lugs on the back that were pushed through the leather strap/belt and then bent over. The surface was bronze coated.
Created on: Monday 14th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gisburn Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2DA5B8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Viking strap end probably an iron compound dating to the later ninth to tenth century AD. The length is 29mm, and the width is 19mm
Created on: Monday 10th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 25th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WESHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-A39742
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron spearhead, possibly dating to the roman period. The tip is missing, the blade of the spear has a central ridge running up both sides, making it look lonzenge shape in section. The socket of the spear which is hollow and circular in section is broken although the main shaft survives. The shaft tapers from the tip to the bottom, near were the shaft flares out to the blade there are three linear grooves.
Created on: Thursday 6th May 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 18th May 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LVPL-5D4E02
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron shot, either a large musket ball or a very small cannon ball, dating from the 17-19th centuries. The surface is uneven due to corrosion.
Created on: Monday 27th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Preston Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EDF168
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late- or Post-Medieval chape from a dagger or rapier sheath or scabbard, made from iron sheet which was rolled up to form a tube with one open end while the other was cut into triangles so the points could be bent inside to form a closed terminal. The inside (and possibly the outside as well) had a copper-alloy coating which is proven by the green corrosion residue. Near the open end is one rivet hole which bore the rivet that helped keeping the chape on the sheath.
Created on: Tuesday 14th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 2nd December 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-95264C
Object type: PLOUGH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a Medieval to early Post Medieval iron shoe for a plough share or ard. The artefact consists of a top plate and a bottom plate that are joined by a large iron rivet. The top plate is sub triangular in plan, curved in profile, and has a curved rib running lengthways from the centre of its bas that was to accommodate the plough shaft. The bottom plate is also sub triangular in plan but is flat in profile and in addition incorporates a cranked projection that would have braced the plough shaft. The plates themselves are thicker than would have been required to sheath are spade o…
Created on: Friday 26th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 5th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Clitheroe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B8C2C4
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast Iron cross, with wood inlay. Post-medieval date and christian in style. At top of iron cross is a hoop. On face side of cross, three strips of wood have been inlaid - one long strip on the vertical axis, and two for each arm of the cross. There are four rivets holding the wood to the iron base - one is fixed to the bottom of the cross, and the other three are spaced equally across the arms of the cross. Wood has oxidized and traces of green corrosion on two of the rivets indicate that these may be copper alloy. The rivets can be seen coming through to the back of the cross, whic…
Created on: Friday 7th May 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gisburn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-D1DB48
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A handmade iron nail. Severly rusted and broken into two pieces. The head is 21mm accross and the total length of the two pieces is 82mm. Found near base of old stone cross, on public footpath to stone cross. Field had been recently ploughed. Approximately half a mile from Sawley Bridge, upstream.
Created on: Thursday 8th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-7E5C76
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron hobnail of probable Roman date. It has a pyramidal head, under this is a neck before the shank, which is square in section. The shank  bends towards the tip, which is rounded. A similar example is SUR-7D0489 Dimensions: It is 27mm long and 8mm diameter, it weighs 3.34g
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-93F351
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron mount and nail, probablyp dating from the post-medieval or early modern period, i.e. c. AD1700-1900. Mount: 67.57; 14.02; 8.36; 33.57g; Nail: 28.72; 20.25; 10.60g The size and weight of the larger fragment suggest that it dates from the late modern period.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd February 2011
Last updated: Friday 11th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thornton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-D9AC54
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small iron/cu-alloy belt mount. It was probably cast iron, but had a bronze coating which is now badly affected by bronze disease. It is a small flower-shaped (octefoil) mount with two small studs (iron) on the back which used to attach it to the leather belt or strap.
Created on: Monday 13th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-687561
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Wrought iron mount with cu-alloy coating, possibly strap mount/part of horse harness.
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-1DA021
Object type: MANUFACTURING DEBRIS
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron ore with limestone from a multiperiod metal working site mined 800BC - 1100AD. The fragment is 50mm long by 40mm wide.
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-2FAB14
Object type: LOCKING MECHANISM
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron fragment, probably dating from the post-medieval or early modern period, 17th-19th century. The iron plate and part of the lock is much corroded, but the copper alloy lock cover is still in good condition. It is undecorated and riveted to the iron plate, probably with another iron rivet at the top. It would have covered the key hole and would have been pushed out of the way to insert the key.
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2017
Last updated: Friday 2nd June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Kellet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-FBB2A4
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable late Iron Age to early Roman iron and copper alloy linch pin head that is heavily corroded and concreted. It is angled correctly and the disc visible on the object is where it would be expected to be for a linch pin of the period (for example see LANCUM-E78098). Dates to between c100BC and cAD100. The object measures 27 x 17 x 13mm and weighs 6.4g.
Created on: Friday 23rd November 2012
Last updated: Monday 3rd May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sabden Fold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DDD481
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible corrective shoe often called a bar shoe or a shoe for an ox. The bar shoe was used to correct the horses gait as this can be significantly affected by the shape, weight, and thickness of the horseshoe. Farriers trained in hot shoeing made custom shoes to help horses with bone or musculature problems in their legs. Difficult to date probably somewhere between the medieval to post-medieval 1400-1700AD. The circular horseshoe was used to give extra support at the heel the nail holes for the shoe to be attached to the horses hoof are rectangular in shape and taper inwards in profi…
Created on: Friday 3rd July 2009
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GOOSNARGH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-FA7291
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron horse shoe, dating to the medieval period, circa 11th - 12th century. The shoe is heavily eroded with three round (long lopped) shaped holes either side. The shape of the shoe is lobate with wavy edges. At the end of the horseshoe which is u shaped is square. Some of the pins are still visible on one side, they are rectangular in section. This is type 2 (pers.comm J.Clark).
Created on: Wednesday 28th April 2004
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2020
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SWYOR-D67DBD
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron horseshoe (in two pieces) of probable Medieval to Post Medieval date, about AD 1250 - 1600. It is of Clark type 4 (Clark, 2004, The Medieval Horse and its Equipment). It has a fairly narrow inner profile and no obvious calkins. The shoe has three nail holes on one side and four on the other with six rectangular headed nails extant or partially extant, each standing proud of the shoe. The horseshoe is sub-rectangular in section, being convex on the ground surface and flat on the foot surface. The web measures 31.6mm at its widest point and narrows down to 22mm at one heel, and …
Created on: Monday 5th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.