Record ID: LANCUM-1A3576
Object type: COFFIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small cast cu-alloy coffin which is composed of three different parts: casket, lid and (possibly) headplate. All three parts are held together by a small cast cu-alloy rivet at the head end of the coffin and can swivel around it on U-shaped perforations at their edges. The 'head plate' is thinner than the body and lid of the coffin and may have protected a message or similar that was wedged between the plate and the lid. If there was one, it is missing today - probably rotted away. The shape and lay-out of the coffin is late post-medieval/modern and due to its size it is more likely th…
Created on: Saturday 1st December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fylde', grid reference and parish protected.