Record ID: SWYOR-673563
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd of probably medieval pottery from a ceramic vessel. The sherd is 87.18mm long, 57.5mm wide and 9.3mm thick. It is an orange coloured fabric with dull black angular inclusions, especially on the outer surface. There are also smaller white inclusions and some mica or quartz. The fabric is hard, rough and hackly. It is wheel turned. There is no glazing. This sherd is probably from a medieval pot, but only an expert with knowledge of local pottery types could determine the ware and exact date.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Last updated: Sunday 21st December 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-C6E3B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A melted and distorted copper alloy Roman brooch; probably a bow and fantail type dating from 50 - 150 AD. The brooch is 30.28mm long, 28.98mm wide and 14.19mm thick. It weighs 9.86g. The foot of the brooch is missing. The bow is bent out of shape and is pitted. Traces of silvering are visible. The top of the bow flares into the head which is thick and wide. The type of pin cannot be determined due to the damage to the brooch head. The pin is missing. There is a damaged projection from the centre of the back of the head which may be part of the pin mechanism. There is a trace of possi…
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2009
Last updated: Sunday 10th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-F5A565
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn, clipped and bent hammered silver Post Medieval coin, a sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 - 1603), second issue (AD 1561 - 1582), probably bell initial mark dating from AD 1583. See North number 1997 on page 134. Thickness: 1.63mm Weight: 1.83g Diameter: 22.89mm
Created on: Monday 15th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 12th May 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-D146CA
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy musket ball dating from the Post-Medieval period, AD 1600 - 1850. It is 20.5mm in diameter and weighs 29.02gm. It has a dark cream coloured patina but is otherwise unmarked. The mass of this ball suggests that it would have been used in a musket. (Harding (2012) Lead Shot of the English Civil War: a Radical Study.)
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2015
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-7AAA29
Object type: CANDLE HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy (pewter) cup of uncertain function, perhaps from a candle holder with detachable candle sockets dating from the Post Medieval period. The object is a cylindrical cup with a flaring rim, a circumferential prominent rib round the base of the upper sides, and having rounded, convex lower sides. From the base of the holder projects a narrow spout with concave sides, also circular in section. This has a thickened rim and there is no base. A circular loop projects from the side of the cup holder, from the central rib. A casting seam is also visible running vertically, from end …
Created on: Tuesday 29th July 2014
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-4F02DD
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A chert Mesolithic microlith; a Group B geometric crescent shaped example, dating from 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is formed on dark grey opaque chert; a tertiary blade. The right side is the curved edge and it has short, abrupt, sub-parallel retouch along it. The microlith is 13.3mm long, 5.2mm wide and 1.8mm thick. 0.17g.
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-55A4C4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval silver coin: a penny of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 - 1603), third issue (AD 1583 - 1603), dating from AD 1594 - 1596. Square shield on long cross fourchee reverse. Woolpack initial mark. Mint of London. North Vol 2, p.137, no.2017. It is 12.9mm in diameter and 0.6mm thick. It weighs 0.48gm.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-DAC799
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl probably dating from the Early Medieval to Medieval period, about AD 850 - 1100. The whorl is circular and has two flat faces of different sizes with curved sides, a shape which is classified as Walton Rogers form A2, thought to be in use in AD 600 - 1100. It has a circular central aperture of 9.5mm diameter. This size of spindle hole can suggest a Late Saxon date onwards. There is a depression which runs between the outer edge and the central aperture on one face. The whorl is uneven, being higher on one side than the other. It is undecorated and has a brown…
Created on: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Last updated: Sunday 30th August 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-DAED11
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy, double looped, asymmetrical buckle dating from the Post-Medieval period, about AD 1575 - 1700. The frame has one trapezoidal and one D shaped loop. The underside of the D shaped loop is slightly hollowed out. The frame is decorated with a knop at each end of the bar. There is a scroll pattern on each side of a large central flower on the outer edge of the D shaped loop. The pin is missing. The buckle has a brown patina. It is 39.3mm long, 27.5m wide and 3.4mm thick. It weighs 6.7g. A similar buckle is illustrated in Whitehead, 2003, Buckles 1250 - 1800, pag…
Created on: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Last updated: Sunday 30th August 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-DAFBCE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy, double loop, spectacle buckle dating from the early Post-Medieval period, AD 1550 - 1660. The frame has two oval loops with angled outer edges and a small, rounded indentation at each end of the strap bar (probably a poorly cast aperture). The outer edges on the upper face of the buckle are decorated with the remains of a cusped outside edge and the underside is flat apart from shallow indentations on each side of the strap bar. There is a hole at each outer end of the loops, set into a triangular extension from the loops. The pin is missing. The buckle has a dark gree…
Created on: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Last updated: Sunday 30th August 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-DB0973
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy coin; a sestertius of Faustina I (AD 138-161), posthumous issue dating from AD 141-161 under Antoninus Pius (Reece period 7). Rome mint.The reverse shows a draped female figure standing facing left, holding a long torch, nearly vertical in right hand, and probably a palladium in the left hand. Both attributes appear to be full length. The figure is possibly Vesta. The edges of the coin are damaged. Dimensions: 27.7mm diameter, 4.1mm thick and 11.1g. Compare RIC III Antoninus Puis 1151 (http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.1151).
Created on: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Last updated: Sunday 30th August 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-F6CD3C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver hammered Medieval coin; a long cross penny of Edward I (AD 1272 - 1307), Class 10cf2a dating from AD 1306 - 1307. Mint of London. See North number 1041 on page 32. Thickness: 0.65mm Weight: 1.29g Diameter: 18.77mm
Created on: Monday 15th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 12th May 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-F6FAD4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver Medieval hammered coin, a half groat of Edward III (AD 1327 - 1377), Treaty series (AD 1363 - 1369), minted in Calais. There is an annulet on the breast. See North number 1263 on page 57. Parts of the edge of the coin are missing. Thickness: 1.63mm Weight: 1.72g Diameter: 19.98mm
Created on: Monday 15th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 12th May 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-867FB3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post Medieval Irish coin of William and Mary (AD 1688-1694); a halfpenny dating from AD 1692 - 1694. Mint of Dublin. See number 6597 in Spink's Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (2003). Thickness: 2.15mm Weight: 5.94g Diameter: 26.04mm
Created on: Monday 22nd March 2021
Last updated: Thursday 13th May 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-BA50EB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman coin; a sestertius of Antoninus Pius (AD 138 - 161) dating from AD 140 - 144 (Reece Period 7). Reverse: [RO]MAE-[AETERNAE], depicting a Decastyle temple with statues on roof and in pediment. Mint of Rome. Probably RIC 3 no. 622 on page 110. Compare WMID-EDC3A7 and SF-74A491. The coin is Weight 10.75g, Diam 33.3mm and Thickness 3.4mm.
Created on: Wednesday 12th May 2021
Last updated: Saturday 9th October 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-515CDD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy coin; a nummus of Constantine I (AD 306 - 337), dating from AD 310-313 (Reece period 15). SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI reverse type depicting Sol standing left, raising right hand and holding globe. Mint of Trier. Compare RIC VI Treveri 870. http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.6.tri.870. The coin is 2.36g, 23.1mm diameter, and 1.5mm thick.
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2021
Last updated: Saturday 9th October 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-101CA2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman coin; a nummus probably of the House of Valentinian dating from AD 364 - 378 (Reece Period 19), GLORIA ROMANORVM reverse type depicting the Emperor advancing right holding standard and dragging captive. Mint unknown. The coin is 16mm in diameter, 1.5mm thick and weighs 1.82g.
Created on: Monday 9th August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th October 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-AD88E1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval hammered silver coin; a threepence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 - 1603), second issue (AD 1561 - 1582), eglantine initial mark illegible, dated 1575. North number: 1998, North edition: 1991. The coin is rather crumpled. Length: 19.1mm Width: 17.62mm Thickness: 1.8mm Weight: 1.16g
Created on: Monday 4th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 8th October 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-AC969D
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable piece of cast copper alloy waste; a casting well of unknown date. The remnant would have been from the funnel shaped neck of a mould. Consequently, the waste itself is funnel shaped, sub-conical, with an oval, uneven top surface, and tapering towards a broken runner or sprue 'foot'. There is a second runner, perhaps leading to the next mould, projecting to the side. The object is 22.7mm long, 9.7mm high, 16.8mm wide and weighs 7g. It has a grey green patina. For a similar, although lead alloy, example see HESH-CFC988. A number of these objects have been dated to the B…
Created on: Monday 4th October 2021
Last updated: Saturday 9th October 2021
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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
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Record ID: SWYOR-D699F8
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy discoidal spindle whorl of probable Roman date, about AD 43 - 410. It fits into Walton Rogers Class B1. It is a flat disc of rectangular cross section (Glenda Type A cited in Alberti 2017). The central aperture is 5.7mm diameter. The edge of the whorl has been distorted in one place. The whorl is 28.9mm diameter, 6.5mm thick and 35.86g. It has a yellow grey patina.
Created on: Monday 5th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-D6AAEE
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy annular ring of rounded rectangular section, probably a harness fitting dating from the Medieval or Post Medieval period, about AD 1100 - 1700. Some of the dark grey surface of the ring has flaked off, revealing green metal beneath. It is 26.4 mm in diameter and 3.4mm thick. It weighs 4gm. These are common detector finds, but their function and dating are not well understood (Finds Recording Guide, Geake).
Created on: Monday 5th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-D6B2FD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman coin; an illegible radiate or nummus dating from AD 260 - 400. It is 20.2mm diameter, 2.1mm thick and 2.6g.
Created on: Monday 5th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-778076
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy pyramidal standing weight of unknown date, about AD 43 - 1800. The weight has a rounded square base, and flat triangular sides, tapering to a blunt point at the apex. There is a rectangular hole through the top of the weight. The base is concave, caused by the lead shrinking as it cooled after casting. There are no obvious marks or decoration, but there are some grains of quartz embedded in the lead. Height 60.5mm, width 36.4mm, thickness 33mm. Weight 292g. This mass does not fit easily into any known system of measurement. It may have been a weight for a specific pu…
Created on: Monday 16th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st January 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-79DB7C
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy spherical domed button, of Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval dating, about AD 1450 - 1600. The head is solid, circular in plan and bi-convex in cross section. The shank is broken but seems to have been sub rectangular in plan and rectangular and flat in cross section. The head is plain and solid. The shank was cast integrally and located centrally on the rear of the button. The shank has broken across a small circular hole. The button is a grey green colour with predominately an even surface patina. Diameter 10.1mm, width 8.4mm, weight 2.45g …
Created on: Monday 16th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st January 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-820585
Object type: LAMP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone possible cresset lamp, of Medieval to Post Medieval date. The object is a block of stone (probably sandstone) which is roughly square in plan with a slightly more rounded base. In the centre of the top face is a circular depression of about 9cm diameter. The bowl seems to small to have been used as a mortar or creeing trough. It is also possible that the stone is an architectural fragment, perhaps from a lintel, with the hollow acting as a housing for a pivoting door pintle or similar. The stone is about 22cm wide. Compare DUR-9DFB21 which is a similar size. This object w…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-843A6E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from the leg of a copper alloy vessel, probably a cooking pot or cauldron of Medieval or Post-Medieval date, AD 1100 - 1700. The front face of the leg is slightly convex and has a prominent central ridge running down the centre. The ridge is rounded and terminates in a rounded triangular surface. The reverse of the leg is concave. The upper end of the leg is a rough where it was broken from the base of the vessel. Both front and back of the leg show traces of dark material, probably sooting. The exposed metal has a light green or brown patina. It is 72.0mm long; width 41.0m…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-F56F1D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn silver Post Medieval coin, a three pence piece of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 - 1603), second issue (AD 1561 - 1582), plain cross initial mark dating from AD 1578 - 1579. See North number 1998 on page 135. Thickness: 0.86mm Weight: 1g Diameter: 18.9mm
Created on: Monday 15th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 12th May 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-218CA7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver coin; a voided long cross penny of Henry III, Class 3b dating from AD 1248 - 1250. The moneyer is Ion at the mint of Carlisle. See North number 987. The coin has a pellet after REX, making it possibly Class 3bc, but there are no necklines. Measurements; diameter 17.8mm thickness 0.8mm, weight 1.32g.
Created on: Monday 16th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-21E80F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver short cross penny of Henry III, dating to from AD 1236 - 1242. Class 7c. Moneyer Nichole, mint London. North (1994) Volume 1, p 223 no 980. Measurements; diameter16.2mm, thickness 0.6mm, weight 1.15g. The coin is clipped.
Created on: Monday 16th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-23E298
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn Roman copper alloy coin, a sesterius of an unknown emperor with a short beard dating from 23 BC - AD 269, possibly Hadrianic. The legends and the reverse are illegible. Measurements; diameter 30.9mm thickness 3.5mm, weight 9.80g.
Created on: Monday 16th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-11B925
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl of Walton Rogers form B1 probably dating from the Early Medieval to Medieval period, about AD 700 - AD 1200. It is flat and discoid in shape with vertical sides and a central, circular perforation of internal diameter 6.4mm. The piece has an overall cream patina. Dimensions; diameter 30.6mm, thickness 6.6mm and weight 31.2g. The internal diameter of the central penetration is 6.4mm. This type of whorl is illustrated in Walton Rogers, 2007 Cloth and Clothing in early Anglo-Saxon England, page 25, figure 2.18. This form is known to date from the Iron Age…
Created on: Monday 7th February 2022
Last updated: Sunday 20th February 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-127BDC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy Q radiate of Allectus (AD 293-296) dating to the period AD 293 - 296 (Reece Period 14), uncertain mint, London or C mint. VIRTVS AVG reverse type depicting a galley with oars. Mintmark: Q[-]. Dimensions; diameter 18.4mm, thickness 1.8mm and weight 2.8mm
Created on: Monday 7th February 2022
Last updated: Sunday 20th February 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-A206F8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lozenge shaped, copper alloy, Roman plate brooch datingf rom AD 25 - 250. It is probably a Continental Plate brooch type. The upper surface of the lozenge shaped plate is decorated with 25 lozenge shaped cells arranged in rows. Alternate rows are filled with a blue enamel, while the remaining cells are now empty. The edge of the brooch comprises a series of small triangular cells, which are filled with blue enamel in a similar alternate pattern to the centre. On each side of the brooch there is a rounded knop at the corner. At the hinge end of the brooch there is a collar comprising …
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-05D246
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A leg of a copper alloy vessel, probably a cooking pot or cauldron of Medieval or Post-Medieval date, about AD 1200 - 1600. The leg is D-shaped in cross-section with a slight ridge down the centre of the front face. The foot flares out from the leg and is pentagonal in plan, with a central ridge, and smaller ridges at each side. The top edge is an old break. It has a dark brown patina. It is 27.9mm tall, 43mm wide and 29.6mm thick. 91.1g. Various Medieval pot legs are illustrated in Egan, G. 1998. The Medieval Household. Daily Living c.1150-c.1450, page.164, figure. 132. Egan com…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-B06B92
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval copper alloy double loop buckle frame missing most of one loop, its pin and plate and dating from AD 1550 - 1650. The strap bar is narrowed with a scallop-shell or tri-lobed shaped knop at either end, the shape emphasised by radiating raised lines. From the centre of the outer edge of the loop projects a large similar scallop shaped knop. The inner side of the outer edge of each loop is curved inwards slightly opposite this knop. The remainder of the buckle is missing immediately after the bar knops from an old patinated break. The buckle has a brown grey p…
Created on: Monday 7th October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 10th October 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-B11639
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver coin: a penny of Edward I (AD 1272 - 1307), probably class 4b, London mint, dating from AD 1283 - 1286. Reference: North, volume 2, page 29, number 1024. The coin is 19.7mm in diameter, 0.7mm thick and weighs 1.36g.
Created on: Monday 7th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th October 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-B12E1A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver coin: a penny of Edward I (AD 1272 - 1307), class 4c, Canterbury mint, dating from AD 1283 - 1286. Reference: North, volume 2, page 29, number 1025. The coin is 20.8mm in diameter, 0.5mm thick and weighs 1.36g. The coin does not have the usual 'ring' sound that a Medieval silver coin usually has.
Created on: Monday 7th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 4th November 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-FE97D7
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval double skinned copper alloy thimble, dating from about AD 1300 - 1500, probably AD 1400 - 1500. The thimble is a smooth, cast beehive conical shape, with angled walls and a domed top. It has an outer layer of metal with circular pits, most of which is missing, and an inner layer or sleeve that does not have any pits.  The outer layer has vertical lines of small (probably hand punched) circular indentations. The basal edge has a jagged uneven edge suggesting an old break with a small V shaped break or crack. The metal has a gr…
Created on: Monday 31st October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-FD1527
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead possible token probably dating from the Medieval or Post Medieval periods, about AD 1200 - 1800. It may fit into Powell type 16/28. The object is a thin disc of lead. One side is impressed with a border circle made from a zigzag line which was probably rouletted, so-called wigglework or rocker arm decoration. On the other face, there are two crossed similar rouletted lines dividing the face of the token into quarters. There is also a possible outline of a shield, with a line across the base dividing off one third.  Dimensions; Diameter 32.4mm, Thickness 1.9…
Created on: Monday 31st October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-FB1D4D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A badly corroded copper alloy Roman coin; an illegible nummus dating from AD 294-402, probably an AE2. Dimensions; Diameter 22.1mm, Thickness 1.9mm and Weight 4.8g.
Created on: Monday 31st October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-D23899
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy coin; probably a contemporary copy of a Roman nummus dating from AD 300 - 400. Originally thought to be a styca, closer inspection suggests that the visible part of the design is a crude forward facing figure, with a cross on the right, rather than the central cross and surrounding letters that would be expected on a styca. The coin is thicker than would be expected for an official issue. Length: 12.16mm Width: 10.28mm Thickness: 2.21mm Weight: 1.22g
Created on: Monday 17th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-20BB66
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver coin, a penny of Edward I (AD 1272 - 1307), class 4a, dating from AD 1282 - 1283. Canterbury mint. Reference: North (1995), volume 2, page 29, numbers 1023. It is 19.8mm in diameter and 0.5mm thick. It weighs 1.3g.
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-AB55CC
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy circular ring, probably a harness ring, dating from the Medieval to Post-medieval period, about AD 1100 - 1700. The ring is hexagonal in cross-section and has a varying width across the frame. The outer edge is worn. The object has a dark green patina. A scar on one part of the frame may suggest the ring once had a pin and have been used as a buckle. Dimensions: The object is 27.0mm in external diameter, has an internal diameter of of 17.3mm and is 3.1mm thick. It weighs 4.48g Geake suggests that though the function of rings like …
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-AAE520
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead spindle whorl probably dating from the Iron Age or Roman period, about 100 BC - AD 410. The object is circular and flat with slightly curved sides. It has a cream pale patina. The central hole is 5.7mm in diameter. It is of Walton Rogers form B2. Dimensions: The whorl is  32.2mm in diameter, 6.5mm thick and weighs 49.5g.  Walton Rogers suggests that Form B2 whorls were used from from Iron Age to Medieval periods, but the size of the central hole makes an Iron Age or Roman date more likely.  For similar objects in PAS see, S…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-1FC056
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete copper alloy Roman brooch dating from AD 75 - 200, a Thealby Mine type, now classified as a headstud varient of Colchester derivative hinged type. It fits well into Mackreth's CD H 17.1b group, especially number 7456 on plate 66. The head of the brooch comprises tubular wings which act as a hinge mechanism. A copper alloy axis bar is retained through the lugs and a pin loop remains fitted around the axis bar by a closed loop. The copper alloy pin proper is lost to an old worn, break. The cast loop is incomplete, but it has a small peak rising from the bottom. T…
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A1589A
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to post-medieval lead spindle whorl dating to about AD 1450 - 1550. It is of Walton Rogers form C2, and is bi-conical with a thick median band. It is overall dark grey in colour and both sides are heavily decorated. The decoration consists of a five pointed blunt ended star outlined in short verticals which radiate from the centre to near the edge, where they are squared off; there are three or four horizontal lines decoration the void of these sections. The gaps between the blunt ended star ends are filled with chevrons which echo the triangular gap.&nbs…
Created on: Monday 14th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A24CB7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy drop handle from a chafing dish dating from around AD 1400 - 1600. The handle is a broadly trapeziodal; wider at the base with rounded lower corners and narrowed at the top with a short straight upper edge. It is of variable cross-section, mainly rectangular, but more rounded in places. Measurements are; length 44.2mm, width 48.1mm, thickness 5.5mm and weight 23.10g. Chafing dishes were domestic utensils made of metal or earthenware for holding burning charcoal or other combustible material. This was then used to cook food or keep it h…
Created on: Monday 14th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-3322F9
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead trade weight of medieval to post-medieval date, about AD 1380 - 1600. The weight is sub-triangular; shield-shaped with rounded edges and corners, having a flat top and sides tapering to a point. The edge is a border round a raised surface which is decorated with a raised moulded design of a crowned fleur de lis. There is a pierced hole at the centre of the top of the shield and two notches, one on either side of the bottom of the shield. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal has a mid-grey brown patina and is worn with some scratches on the reverse. T…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-3373E8
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken copper alloy fixture or fitting probably of the post medieval period, AD 1500 - 1900. It comprises a bar of D shaped cross-section which is broken at one end. At the other end it bends backwards into a loop with the end of the bar butting against the back of the bar. The bar tapers towards the loop. It is undecorated with a green and brown patina. Dimensions are length 74.2mm; width 12.6mm; thickness 3.7mm; weight 23.53g. The function of this object is uncertain but it appears to be some type of fixture or fitting, perhaps a window hinge or the end of a tool handle or implement.
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-83292A
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint microlith of late Mesolithic date, about 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is a Group B microlith formed on dark grey chert. The flint is triangular in plan and is sub-triangular in cross-section. There is abrupt, sub-parallel, short retouch on the left side. It is 18mm long, 11.4mm wide and 3mm thick. 0.52g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-8363C7
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint microlith of late Mesolithic date, about 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is a Group B rod microlith formed on dark grey chert. The flint is sub-rectangular in plan and is sub-rectangular in cross-section. There is abrupt, sub-parallel, short retouch on the right side. It is 17.2mm long, 5mm wide and 3.4mm thick. 0.29g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-8376B1
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint microlith of late Mesolithic date, about 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is a Group B rod microlith formed on patinated white flint. The flint is sub-rectangular in plan and is sub-trapezoid in cross-section. There is abrupt, sub-parallel, short retouch on the left side. It is 17.6mm long, 4mm wide and 2.4mm thick. 0.21g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-8383BF
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint microlith of late Mesolithic date, about 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is a Group B rod microlith formed on dark grey chert. The flint is sub-rectangular in plan and is triangular in cross-section. There is abrupt, sub-parallel, short retouch on the left side. It is 15.9mm long, 5.2mm wide and 2.3mm thick. 0.18g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-83AB33
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint microlith of late Mesolithic date, about 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is a Group B microlith formed on light grey flint. The flint is triangular in plan and is trapezoid in cross-section. There is abrupt, sub-parallel, short retouch on both sides. It is 12.8mm long, 3.9mm wide and 1.8mm thick. 0.08g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-83B911
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint microlith of late Mesolithic date, about 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is a Group B scalene triangle microlith formed on grey chert. The flint is triangular in plan and is sub-trapezoid in cross-section. There is abrupt, sub-parallel, short retouch on both sides. It is 14.4mm long, 4.2mm wide and 2.7mm thick. 0.15g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-83C74C
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint microlith of late Mesolithic date, about 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is a Group B scalene triangle microlith formed on mottled grey flint. The flint is triangular in plan and is D-shaped in cross-section. There is abrupt, sub-parallel, short retouch on the right side. It is 15.3mm long, 4.3mm wide and 2mm thick. 0.11g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-83D4D4
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint microlith of late Mesolithic date, about 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is a Group B scalene triangle microlith formed on mottled light grey flint. The flint is triangular in plan and is sub-triangular in cross-section. There is abrupt, sub-parallel, short retouch on both sides. It is 18.6mm long, 4.3mm wide and 3.2mm thick. 0.2g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-83E2CE
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete flint microlith of late Mesolithic date, about 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is a Group B microlith formed on patinated white flint. The flint is rectangular in plan and is trapezoid in cross-section. There is abrupt, sub-parallel, short retouch on the left side and the ends are snapped and patinated. It is 6.4mm long, 6.3mm wide and 1.8mm thick. 0.11g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-83F33E
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint microlith of late Mesolithic date, about 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is a Group B crescent shaped microlith formed on mottled light grey flint. The flint is D shaped in plan and is triangular in cross-section. There is abrupt, sub-parallel, short retouch on the right, curved side. It is 12.6mm long, 3.9mm wide and 3.4mm thick. 0.11g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-8407D0
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint microlith of late Mesolithic date, about 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is a Group B microlith formed on patinated white flint. The flint is sub-triangular in plan and is trapezoid in cross-section. There is some abrupt, sub-parallel, short retouch on the left side at the distal end. It is 13.1mm long, 5mm wide and 2.1mm thick. 0.12g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-8417FE
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint microlith of late Mesolithic date, about 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is a Group B microlith formed on mottled light grey flint. The flint is sub-rectangular in plan and is sub-trapezoid in cross-section. There is some abrupt, sub-parallel, short retouch on the left side and at the distal end of the right side. It is 15.8mm long, 4.3mm wide and 1.8mm thick. 0.11g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-8426DC
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint microlith of late Mesolithic date, about 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is a Group B microlith formed on flint which is crazed and whitened, probably owing to exposure to fire. The flint is sub-rectangular in plan with a pointed distal end and is sub-rectangular in cross-section. There is abrupt, sub-parallel, short retouch on both sides. It is 12.4mm long, 4mm wide and 2mm thick. 0.09g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-84733F
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint microlith of late Mesolithic date, about 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is a Group B microlith formed on light grey flint. The flint is lozenge shaped in plan and is sub-rectangular in cross-section. There is abrupt, sub-parallel, short retouch on both sides. It is 13.7mm long, 4.8mm wide and 1.6mm thick. 0.09g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-80F0F2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval silver Carolingian denier of Charles the Bald (AD 840-77) or later, monogram/METVLLO type dating from the AD 860s-c.925, mint: Melle, France. Weight 1.52g, Diam 20.9mm, Thickness 1mm. Ref: Coupland 2015: 70, 75. The coin is in overall good condition but has a small tear at the top of the coin. On the obverse the bottom of this is crescent shaped and possibly slightly lifted from the surface suggesting that this tear resulted from the testing - pecking - of the coin to check its quality. Such pecking is typically related to a Viking bullion economy and would sugg…
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2021
Last updated: Saturday 9th October 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-5BA9AA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman denarius of Julia Domna (AD 193-217) dating to the period c.AD 193-196 (Reece Period 10). VENER[I] VICT reverse type depicting Venus, draped, standing left, raising up right hand holding apple and holding sceptre in left hand. Eastern Mint (Emesa or Laodicea). RIC IV.1, p. 176, nos. 630-631 The coin has a diameter of 17.6mm, Thickness 2.3mm and Weight 2.00g. When found it was encrusted with a hard, black, tar-like substance.
Created on: Wednesday 7th July 2021
Last updated: Saturday 9th October 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-45D4BD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman coin; a contemporary copy of a nummus of Constantius II dating to the period c. AD 355 to 361 (Reece Period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type depicting soldier spearing fallen horseman. The coin is overstruck on an VRBS ROMA Wolf and Twins House of Constantine commemorative nummus, from the Mint of Trier, dating to the period AD 330 to 335 (cf. RIC VII, p. 214, no. 522). 18mm diameter.
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Last updated: Saturday 9th October 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-214054
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman silver Republican denarius of the moneyer C Vibius Pansa Caetronianus, minted in Rome in 48BC (Reece period 1). RRC 449/1. It is 16.2mm in diameter and 1.3mm thick. It weighs 3.1g. Obverse: Legend: PANSA Mask of bearded Pan, right Reverse: Legend: C·VIBIVS·C·F·C·N (straight) IOVISAXVR Jupiter seated left, laureate, holding patera in right hand and sceptre in left hand. See RRC 449/1: http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-449.1. Also compare LEIC-BB53C1.
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 24th May 2023
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