Record ID: LANCUM-4DDE72
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval copper alloy 'Pineapple Penny' token of Barbados. On the obverse there is an African's head facing left and wearing a crown with Prince of Wales plumes. On the reverse is a drop shaped pineapple. These 'pennies' were not official currency, but said to be an anti-slavery campaign token commissioned by Sir Philip Gibbes (1731 - 1815). Olaudah Equiano (c1745 - 1797), a freedman, writer, and abolitionist, regarded Gibbes as "the most worthy and humane gentleman" (Gautier, G Slavery and the Fashioning of Race in Oroonoko, Robin…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Whalley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-522B95
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy terret ring, probably of the Roman period. The ring is oval in shape with faceted faces around the radius, which means that the ring is almost diamond shaped in section. Under the ring is a an oval 'skirt', although very narrow and not  the usual wider skirt associated with these artefacts. This skirt is decorated with notches around the edge. Under this is a rectangular. mount with a rectangular central hole. Lewis in LPFG Datasheet 6 classifies these as being Continental in origin. Dimensions: 38mm long and 35mm wide, it weighs 29g
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Yealand Redmayne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-7453CB
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete and well preserved copper alloy side-looped spearhead. It has an elongated leaf shaped blade, with a pronounced mid rib. This ends in a conical socket, widening towards the end. In this are the remains of wood. The side loops are lozenge shaped and are flat to the socket. Similar examples (LANCUM-4A2E2C and SWYOR6000EC) are considered to be Davis Type 6B, Acton to Taunton Metalwork Assemblage (ref: Davis 2012, nos. 280-317), and date to the Middle Bronze Age date, about 1550 BC - 1250 BC  Dimensions: 160mm long and 50mm wide approxima…
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Whittington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-534829
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Medieval silver hammered coin, a Venitian solidino type 5 of Michele Steno, Doge of Venice (1400-13). Mint mark Star D, initial mark +, mint Little Venice. Dates from c1400 to c1413 AD. Diameter 15mm, weight 0.36g Obverse inscription: +MIC[HAEL] S[TEN]. DVX Reverse inscription: +·S·MARCVS·V[EN]ETI·
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Barnoldswick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-FF5521
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Two amorphic piece of copper alloy slag. Found in an area with Bronze Age and Roman artefacts. The surface is characterised by lumps and hollows and has a tin element is indicated relating to bronze working. The slag has a good deep green patina, similar to that seen on some local Bronze Age metalwork, so it may date from this period. If this lump of slag is indeed Bronze Age, it is interesting that it has survived and was not re-melted. Fragments of casting waste like this one are hard to date. Scientific analysis of the elemental composition of the copper alloy would allow a more acc…
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2017
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-DA67E6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A probable incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman cast copper-alloy vessel foot, possibly from a bucket. The object is Pelta shaped, semi-circular in plan with two shallow scoops formed inside this. Between the scoops are the remains of an iron fixing whihc is heavily corroded. The item has a slight bevel all around the edges. Each face is smooth, and the object has an even green patina. Dimensions: 23.5mm wide and 17mm deep, 4mm thickness, it weighs 7.48g Similar objects have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database, see BH-6E5CA…
Created on: Monday 4th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Yealand Redmayne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9D8817
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A Bronze Age flat axe head. It is a trapezoidal in shape,widening towards the blade end. The blade is curved. There is no apparent stop feature. The side profile is slightly lenticular, with bevelled edges, which probably assigns this to Needhams Class 2. Further, the gently curved sides may suggest that it is Sub-class 2C. There is little corrosion, the object has an even brown patina Dimensions: 123mm long and 73mm wide, it is 7mm thick
Created on: Friday 1st December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Torrisholme', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-130F35
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold ring with an image of the Virgin and Child etched onto the bezel. The ring has a flat oval bezel with a raised frame around it cast in. Within the bezel is an image, formed by casting and incising (?) of the Virgin and child. The child has a halo and is swaddled. The Virgin is crowned and holds the baby on her right hand side. This image and the bezel runs across the finger. The shoulders of the ring are also decorated, with a loop lower down which progresses with a pattern reminiscent of basket weave that runs up to and frames the bezel. This pattern could alternative…
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-BB3051
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy ornate terret ring. Dates to the late Iron Age-early Roman period 1st century AD. Damaged quatrefoil convex skirt with two integral rivets (each 3.5mm diameter) on the underside. It collars around the top where there is an integral loop. The loop is decorated with 3 perpendicular integral knops which are set equally apart-21mm- one on either side of the loop and one on the top. It would have been connected to a horse's harness pad or yoke for the driving reins to pass through. There are generally two per horse and often decorative.
Created on: Monday 16th January 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fylde area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1CE4E4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold posy ring. The ring is of D section. The exterior has a floral decoration with curved arc and patterns resembling foilage, and  frame around the diameter top and bottom.. The interior is inscribed 'prefent my affection' in lower case italic script. There is possibly some black enamel present in the lettering.  Posy rings were used as love tokens, with the inscription remaining secret to all but the wearer. Possible parallels for the intricate exterior decoration with top and bottom frame are seen in OXON-FBF56A and LEIC-1ADEDD. There is no record …
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Whittington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-17EE2C
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A large section of an Iron Age- early Roman period terret ring of simple type. It is moulded in one piece from copper alloy and has a circular cross section. This narrows slightly towards the top. At the bottom, there are two wider rings, approximately 3.5cm apart and equidistant from the centre. They are hemispherical on the outside, and flat inside, with another ringed feature moulded into this side. A similar ring was found at Louden Hill Roman fort in Ayrshire (BBC 100 Objects BBC - A History of the World - Object : Roman terret ring for chariot reins), and comparable exa…
Created on: Friday 1st September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-B7C28D
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval to Post Medieval silver disc, probably an element of a composite pendant reliquary. It is circular in plan, the inner face is shallowly convex and the engraved outer face is slightly concave. The crudely incised engraving on the outer face presumably depicts the Lamb of God within a circumferal border. The outer face appears 'washed' with a brassy yellow finish, probably gold or a gold alloy. There is also some of this gold coating around the circumference of the rear face. In places there are the remnants of rolled edge on the rear face. …
Created on: Friday 10th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-451CA9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Report for HM Coroner 2022 T5 Roman silver intaglio finger ring PAS Database Number: LANCUM-451CA9. Treasure Case Number: Date of Discovery: 31 August 2020. Find Spot: Near Kirkby Lonsdale, Lancashire. Circumstances: Found whilst metal-detecting. Date: Roman; mid-third century AD. Overview: A complete cast silver or base silver finger ring with carnelian intaglio setting of Roman date, likely dating to the mid-third century. It is a finger ring of Henig Type VIII (2007, p. 9, fig. 1) and Guiraud Type III (1989). Guiraud (1989, p. 185) dates Type III to the end of the secon…
Created on: Wednesday 30th September 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Whittington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DB9DC5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead-alloy spindle whorl dating from the medieval period, that is c. 12th-13th century. The whorl is circular and of biconical shape, with a central circular perforation for the spindle. The whorl is decorated on both obverse and reverse. The reverse is decorated with a six-pointed star with hatching on the inside of the spikes and there are three small circlets between each point. The obverse is inscribed with large bold capitals starting after the three small pellets, reading hYC(?M).AD.DAWBE. Laura Burnett (Somerset FLO), Mary Siraut and Dr Naomi Payne suggest that while the fi…
Created on: Friday 29th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 3rd November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Mitton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-469077
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger ring of hollow construction. The hoop is cast to include three hollow spaces in which separate engraved panels have been inserted. Each hollow space is bordered by a toothed edge to imitate beading. Between each panel the hoop itself is decorated with the cast motif of an open book, made up of a pair of wedges joined at their sharp edges and with their wider edges and tapering faces decorated with grooves to resemble the page edges. Small pellets are attached to the rim of the hoop behind the books at top and bottom (as if the books are resting on rods which protrude …
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2005
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-85C85B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
59.68mm in length, 16.72mm in width at the head, 4.90mm in width on the stem4.25mm in thickness, and 8.36mm in thickness at the thickest point. It weighs 11.48g.
Created on: Monday 31st January 2022
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Over Kellet', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LANCUM-141D42
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
'Preston Area', Lancashire, coin find (2007 T241) I have examined a group of 11 coins found at Barton, Lancashire.They consist of 10 silver issued of Queen Elizabeth I, struck to the sterling standard (92.5% fine metal) and one silver real of the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, with a standard of 94% fine metal. A detailed list of the coins is attached.There are a range of mid-level denominations from the Elizabethan period: 4 sixpences, 3 groats (the fourpenny coin), one threepence and 2 halfgroats, amounting to a sum of 2 shillings and 7 pence, a sum very roughly e…
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Preston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C6B737
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy socketed spearhead of Middle Bronze Age date (1500-1100BC). The form corresponds to Davis’ (2012) Group 6 (Developed side-looped) and is most probably a product of the later Arreton, Acton Park, Taunton or early Wilburton metalworking phases (Needham’s (1996) Periods 4-5, c 1500-1100 BC). The remaining portion is 159mm in length, with a socket of 19mm diameter. The blade is leaf shaped and 28mm in width with a pronounced mid rib. There are two small and narrow flanking side loops around half way along the tapering conical socket. …
Created on: Friday 17th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Thurnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-60E4F4
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age copper alloy socketed spearhead with side loops dating from c1400 to c1250 BC, part of the Taunton metalworking assemblage. The main body is hollow, forming a socket for the insertion of a shaft, with two open loops at the sides. The blade is flame shaped, composed of two wings, emerging either side of the central rib. The central rib runs all the way to the point of the head. A low ridge runs longitudinally along the apex the of much rib on both faces. The blade edges and tip are damaged as is the rim of the socket. Length of blade section is 82mm. Socket diameter at…
Created on: Tuesday 13th April 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Garstang', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4A2E2C
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age copper alloy developed side-looped spearhead with lozenge-shaped side plates, a Type 6B, Acton to Taunton Metalwork Assemblage (ref: Davis 2012, nos. 280-317). There is some deformation to edge 15mm from point. The rib width is 10mm at the distal junction with the blade edges. Blades are 28mm long, 4mm wide, and 1mm thick. The flattened loops are 16 and 17mm long, 7mm wide, and 2.5mm high. Approximate depth of the socket cavity is 56mm. Dates to between c1500 and c1200 BC. Length 83mm, width 19mm, diameter 18mm, and weight 46.46g.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Gisburn', grid reference and parish protected.