Record ID: LVPL-219C64
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy weight dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1500-1800). A circular lead weight. The weight is undecorated other than a score line across the inner face  it has not been perforated There is an incised ring on the front of the weight, it also has a wide rim. The weight is rounded.other than a flat section possibly when dropped. The weight appears to be complete. The lead is a dark whitish-grey colour. Dimensions: Diameter 27.1mm Thickness 6.mm Weight 25.68g A similar object is recorded under: SUSS-7ED6E1 A typology of lead weights has not yet …
Created on: Friday 1st March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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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-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: LANCUM-CF0155
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy car of the early 20th century. The car modelled is a long bonneted low enclosed cabin sports car with long sweeping front wings. This type of car was popular in the 1930's and 1940's, seen in for example, the Hispano Suiza H6, or the Bugatti Atlantic, both of which were manufactured from 1938 onwards. The model is covered in a heavy white patina, and may have been lost soon after production, and may also have a very high lead content. Dimensions: 63mm long and 19mm wide
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clayton le Moors', grid reference and parish protected.

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: LVPL-51853B
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead spindle whorl of Medieval date (c.AD 1066-1500). The whorl is discoidal or sub-cylindrical with moulded decoration of five rounded knops on the upper surface. The central hole is circular and has a diameter of 8.3mm. The sides of the whorl are straight. The underside is undecorated and flat. The object has a cream patina. Dimensions: Diameter 28.2mm, Thickness 10.8mm, Weight 44.70g. Lead spindle whorls are particularly hard to date as they are used continually from the Roman through to the Post Medieval era (Margeson, 1993, "Norwich Households: Medieva…
Created on: Monday 17th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-EB5E5B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead uniface token of post-Medieval date, circa AD 1550-1850. The token is semi-circular in plan, having been broken. The obverse has three hollow pointed oval shaped petals radiating from the centre; however, it is likely there would have been six prior to the break. Representing Powell Type 1 (symbolic petalled flower). The reverse is flat and undecorated. The token has a cream patina. Dimensions: diameter 17.0mm, thickness 1.2mm, weight 1.59g. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, t…
Created on: Wednesday 12th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-EB2A7B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead uniface token of post-Medieval date, circa AD 1550-1850. The token is sub-circular in plan and slightly distorted. The obverse has three hollow pointed oval shaped petals radiating from the centre. Representing Powell Type 1 (symbolic petalled flower). The reverse is flat and undecorated. The token has a grey patina. Dimensions: diameter 17.9mm, thickness 1.9mm, weight 3.01g. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; …
Created on: Wednesday 12th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-57F7C8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead token of medieval to post-medieval date (AD c.1300-c.1700). The obverse is decorated with raised cross-hatched lines (Powell Type 7). The reverse is undecorated. The object has a cream patina. Dimensions: Diameter 17.0mm, Thickness 1.9mm, Weight 3.69g
Created on: Wednesday 5th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-2CBAC5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead uniface token dating to the medieval to post-medieval period (c.1350-1850). The obverse has a cross pattern, with each arm made of three raised ridges. At the centre of the cross is a pellet. Each quadrant has two V-shaped ridges. The reverse is undecorated, and the object has developed a grey patina. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally, they are therefore hard to date precisely. Those with cross pellet designs have previously been dated to the Medieval period as they are thought to imitate Medieval pennies. However according to Kerridge an…
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
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Record ID: LANCUM-C71B6E
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thirty five complete lead musket balls or shot dating to the Post Medieval period (c. AD 1600-1700), found in close proximity to each other. Twenty five were found in one area, with a further ten 10m away in an adjacent field. They look freshly cast with indentations were the sprue may have been removed as opposed to a 'proud' sprue mark. Most of spherical and complete, but two are distorted, and this is probably as a result of miscasting, versus use. All the musket balls are a mid to light grey colour, with an even surface patina. There are also two p…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brookfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-45BC52
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
 A complete lead alloy 'horn book' dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1500-1700). The object is flat and rectangular in shape with rounded corners and somewhat irregular edges. The face of it displays a roughly accurate representation of the English alphabet over a series of five lines: 'ABCDE / FGHIK / LMNOP / QRSTV / WXYZ', beneath the alphabet is an etched grid design. There is little wear on the face of the object and all the letters are clearly seen, the four 'pips' on the corners are also not worn.  The reverse of the plaque …
Created on: Friday 17th March 2023
Last updated: Saturday 10th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rattan Row', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-1FB73E
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy token dating to the post medieval period (1500-1700). The token is flat and circular with decoration on one face. The decorated face presents a four-legged animal with a snout and long ear, possibly a horse or a donkey. The other face is undecorated. The object has a dark cream patina. Dimensions: Diameter 15.8mm; thickness 2.1mm; weight 3.78g Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. Those carry…
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
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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: LANCUM-030E7A
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast and stamped lead bag seal of Modern date, c.1894-1921 of the Leeds Phosphate Works. A pair of cast linked discs clamped together with an aperture either side of their thickest part for a connecting tie. Both faces of the bag seal has stamped writing. One face has: 'The Leeds Phosphate Works Ltd' and the other 'Basic Slag'. The writing is difficult to distinguish because of wear and any images there may have been are unclear. The object has an off-white to pale brown patina. Obverse: [...]H[...] / LEED[S] / PHOSPHATE / [W]ORKS / [L]TD. Reverse: [...]SIC / [...…
Created on: Friday 18th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Quernmore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-030B95
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast and stamped flour mill lead bag seal, of Modern date, c.AD 1880-1950. Cast disc with a slot in one side and a bifurcated slot in the opposite edge to serve as a drawstring bag closure. One side bears a stamped legend, and the other a stamped numeral '0'. The legend reads: GIZEL[...] / GÖZMAL[...] / BU[...] Founded in Budapest in 1880, Gizella Steam Mills produced flour and operated through until 1963. It measures 20.35mm in diameter, 4.30mm in thickness, and weighs 6.10g.
Created on: Friday 18th February 2022
Last updated: Sunday 20th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Scotforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-030B0E
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast and stamped flour mill lead bag seal, of Modern date, c.AD 1880-1950. Cast disc with a slot in one side and a bifurcated slot in the opposite edge to serve as a drawstring bag closure. One side bears a stamped legend, and the other a stamped numeral '0'. The legend reads: GIZELLA / [G]ÖZMALO[M] / BU[...] Founded in Budapest in 1880, Gizella Steam Mills produced flour and operated through until 1963. It measures 19.66mm in diameter, 4.45mm in thickness, and weighs 7.53g.
Created on: Friday 18th February 2022
Last updated: Sunday 20th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Scotforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0309E3
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast and stamped flour mill lead bag seal, of Modern date, c.AD 1880-1950. Cast disc with a slot in one side and a bifurcated slot in the opposite edge to serve as a drawstring bag closure. One side bears a stamped legend, and the other a stamped numeral '0'. The legend reads: GIZE[...] / GÖZMALOM / BUDA[...] Founded in Budapest in 1880, Gizella Steam Mills produced flour and operated through until 1963. It measures 20.18mm in diameter, 3.86mm in thickness, and weighs 6.00g
Created on: Friday 18th February 2022
Last updated: Sunday 20th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Scotforth', grid reference and parish protected.

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: LANCUM-F9B3DA
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead spindle whorl or weight of Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1200-1700). The object is flat in section and sub-circular in plan. The object has central circular perforation which is 11.63mm in diameter. One face of the object is undecorated while the other has an extensive moulded pattern. The pattern is linear and is composed of multiple lines and dots within the segments. The metal is cream in colour. It measures 31.81mm in diameter, 5.48mm in thickness, with an inner performation 11.63mm in diameter, and weighs 32.03g.
Created on: Saturday 1st January 2022
Last updated: Saturday 1st January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Whittington', grid reference and parish protected.