Record ID: LANCUM-CC12B7
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy dagger with short blade and two rivet holes in the hilt plate; one rivet still in place, the other rivet missing due to incomplete rivet hole. The dagger is in poor condition and very fragile.
Created on: Friday 11th February 2005
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gisburn Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0ED701
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast cu-alloy pommel piece dating from the medieval period, i.e. from c. AD1250-1500. It is circular in shape with a vertical perforation through the centre which would have received flat, thin terminal of the hilt plate and kept the hilt in place. It would have also acted as a counter-balance to the weight of the blade. The pommel is a 'wheel-shaped' pommel of Type VIII (see reference below). These pommels are common in the 13th/14th century and bigger examples are known to have come off swords. The smaller size of this example, however, suggests that it was a dagger- rather than a sw…
Created on: Monday 29th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Preston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-D0FD42
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy dagger guard or quillon of medieval date, probably dating to the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries. The cast dagger guard is complete and is of sub-rectangular form and cross section. At the centre of the top edge is a subrectangular aperture (measuring 13.88mm in length and 5.85mm in width) to accommodate the tang of the dagger. The underside is hollowed (measuring 37.16mm in length and 6.18mm in width, tapering to 2.86mm in width at either end). The design on the quillon comprises of two horizonal lines towards the top edge and a singular hor…
Created on: Friday 6th August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Yealand Redmayne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-AC651B
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy pommel, probably from a dagger. It is sub spherical in form, with six vertical lobes, a central projection at the top where the tang emerges and a wider central collared projection below where the tang entered. Dates from c1300 to c1660 AD. The length is 32mm, width 24mm, height 37mm, and the weight is 62.39g.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Blackburn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-BC8760
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age copper alloy probably a dirk of Type Keelogue dating 1400 to 1100BC and belonging to the Acton Park MW tradition of the Middle Bronze Age. The daggers edges are corroded but fairly intact. The blade has a central midrib and is broken and probably had two rivets. The blade is lentoid in section, narrow, tapering with angled sides. The tip of the blade is slightly sub-rounded which is more likely to relate to a dagger and appears to be intact. Burgess and Gerloff write: "This type is characterised by broad and heavy blades, with wide trapezoidal butts which are usually…
Created on: Monday 14th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gisburn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-3BEC10
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
An extremely rare and important Chalcolithic tanged copper dagger dated by XREF analysis to the early Bronze Age 2400 -2,100BC. Most examples occur in early Beaker 'classic' grave assemblages associated with low-carinated Beakers, wrist guards, etc. The dagger is composed of a blade and hilt plate and there is no obvious break at the end of the hilt plate. The hilt plate would have been of organic material, probably wood, horn or antler. The blade is roughly triangular-shaped and tapers towards the tip. The edges are bevelled, but there are no signs of wear and no resharpening marks. …
Created on: Friday 20th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MORECAMBE BAY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DC7805
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper-alloy dagger quillon of late medieval to early post-medieval date, that is dating from c. AD1400-1600. The quillon is roughly diamond-shaped and has a central oval tang hole and on either side there is a quillon that expands to form a faceted terminal. Rising from the junction between the quillon and the tang hole is an openwork guard which is still complete if slightly bent. It may have been semi-circular, trifurcate or, most likely, heart-shaped. The quillon is concave on one side and convex on the other. It is similar in form to No.628, illustrated in Read's …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Galgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5E3C83
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy dagger dating from the Early Bronze Age, c.2150-c.1500BC. The object is a butt riveted small blade dagger or knife with triangular blade. The blade would have been attached to the hilt by means of three large rivets, the top side one is still in place. The rivet is circular in cross-section and flat-hourglass-shaped in plan. The other two are missing and the other rivet holes are incomplete due to breaks or possibly corrosion. The object is quite damaged so it is difficult to ascertain the exact type, but it is similar to Needham's series 2 (id 1200 Car…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-C6A25A
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Probably an incomplete Middle Bronze Age or early Late Bronze Age dagger or dirk (probably the former). It is plain and in fair condition with a smooth patina and only some evidence for corrosion and bronze disease. The hilt section is incomplete but it was likely that the organic holt was attached with two (or potentially four) rivets, now missing. There was a slightly raised mid-rib and the edges re bevelled, giving the blade a flat-lozenge cross-section. The section immediately past the hilt section does not draw in, so the identification as a dagger appears more likely. However, a…
Created on: Wednesday 30th June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Barnoldswick', grid reference and parish protected.