Record ID: LANCUM-4832F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Wirral type brooch dating from the Roman period: Circular lead, edge damaged. It is decorated with a transverse ridge and regular incised lines. The upper side of the bow is divided into three rectangular panels down to the mid bow. Inlaid with enamel in squares - only three cells survive. There is an extension at the mid bow. Below the lower bow tapers to a missing foot. The hinged pin and the copper alloy axis bar is secured in pierced lugs.
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2005
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fylde area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-45FF34
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Small late 8th/early 9th century Viking lead weight into which has been inserted a piece of Irish, Scottish or Pictish metalwork of an 'Insular Art' style. While the weight itself was made from cast lead, the piece of inserted metalwork was made from cast cu-alloy which was subsequently gilded (small fragments of gilding remain in the grooves of the carved decoration). The decoration of the cu-alloy inlaid piece is fragmentary and seems to have been part of an ornamental interlacing, probably floral scrollwork border with a thinner, hatched border underneath.
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2005
Last updated: Saturday 26th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EF0DC6
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead musket shot, 17-19th century; possibly never fired since it is still a recognisable ball. Found in the same spot as a piece of clay pipe (short frgm. of shank)
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bickerstaffe Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EF2044
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Small post med cast copper-alloy button. Its shank is bent and it was most probably undecorated apart from (?)a white-metal coating (surface very worn).
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bickerstaffe Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-E4C362
Object type: PERSONAL ACCESSORY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Set of Victorian (?) nail cleaners, carved from bone or ivory. The two cleaners are attached to one another with a very small rivet; one spatula is pointed, the other one has a rounded terminal. The file (possibly metal) was attached separately, to one of the handles; however, it is missing now.
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-359DB2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
As of Nerva (AD 96-8), probably FORTVNA AVGVST, Rome (AD 96-7) RIC II, c.f. 98
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walton-le-Dale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-35A992
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
As of Vespasian, AD69-79
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walton-le-Dale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4FE0E5
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A crude, post medieval silver thumb ring, undecorated. Made by folding the metal in on itself (hollow inside).
Created on: Monday 26th January 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LANCUM-522931
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe with a large single loop on one side. It has some wear and damage on the cutting edge, but otherwise the surface condition is good. The socket is square although irregular, and also contains a bronze gouge wedged inside it. The loop has a lozenge-shaped section and extends directly below the single mouth moulding. The sides curve gently to a slightly expanded blade, which has a curved cutting edge. Casting seams are present on both sides of the axe. There are hammer marks close to the cutting edge. The width at the socket is 48 mm, …
Created on: Monday 26th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Twiston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-22E1F1
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead medieval pilgrims ampulla, decorated with a crown on the front, undecorated on back. It is complette bar a handle missing, which was broken of in the past.
Created on: Thursday 5th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newton with Scales', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-8267A5
Object type: BOX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy handle from the lid of a vessel, or box. The handle is in the shape of a greyhound which is standing upright on a flat oval base. From this base are the remains of the shaft, which would have joined the handle to the vessel or box. This object dates to the post medieval period, possibly 18th or 19th century in design.
Created on: Wednesday 17th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-045934
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead bead, cylindical in shape with a large hole through middle
Created on: Tuesday 23rd March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Garstang', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-04C700
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Circular glass bead, white in colour probably post medieval in date.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Garstang', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EDE8B4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead seal of cloth seal type with a central hole. Shows evidence of being bent in the middle. Late Medieval/Early Post-Medieval in date. Only one half of the seal remains but a segment of the lead strap which would have connected the other half - the riveted lead disc - is visible. The hole in this remaining half would have accomodated the connecting rivet. None of the cloth survives. The decoration on the seal is weak and worn. Markings do show a figure '9', the letter 'S' and depictions of root vegetables- possibly beetroot, turnip or radishes- indicating that the bag co…
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 27th February 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-EED7A5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Small trade weight of cast copper alloy. Depicts inscription WIV (William 4th) beneath a crown with a possible provincial mark WK beneath. The W may indicate 'Wiltshire' but it is unclear what the K represents. William 4th reigned from 1830-1837 therefore the weight was cast in this period and follows the introduction of the 1826 'Imperial Standards' act (Bailey 2000 page 43).
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-9C0167
Object type: MORTARIUM
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Wheel thrown rim sherd of a mortarium. The fabric is white-cream with quartz and red-brown and black angular grit inclusions. The sherd demonstrates a hooked flange and a rim on the interior face. There is no decoration or evidence of a potter's stamp. This sherd derives from a mortarium made in the Mancetter / Hartshill factory in Warwickshire and is probably second century in date.
Created on: Friday 9th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 23rd November 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-AB5926
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Free-standing steelyard weight. It has a square base and instead of an integral iron or bronze hook. It has been pierced just below the top. Through this hole a hook would have been passed in order to suspend it from the steelyard. Lead weights are generally difficult to date. Official weights of the medieval or post-medieval period would have carried a maker's or other kind of official mark. Many of the unoffical and home-made weights that were also in circulation were plain and in most cases, even the shape does not tell us much about their origin or time of use.
Created on: Friday 18th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Priest Hutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EF23C6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy swivel with oval loop. The loop has an integral rivet- or nail-shaped bolt with a wide head with a bevelled edge. The junction between this and the loop is marked by two dragon or horse heads with finely grooved teeth, eyes and nostrils. The complete swivel would have had two loops which were joined at the 'rivet-shaped' part. This would allow free movement for the strap and would prevent it from becoming tangled. It is likely that this kind of strap junction was used in dogs' leashes and falconry during the earlier part of the medieval period.
Created on: Monday 21st March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-2C9BD1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Single loop sub-rectangular buckle with narrow strap bar. Concave sides, rounded front with single lobed knop and a narrowed and recessed strap bar.
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-2CDD06
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Sword belt fitting with corroded edges and surface.
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2005
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
Spatial data recorded.