Record ID: HAMP-2DF0E1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold post-medieval guinea of Charles II dating to 1676 (Spink 3344). The edge is milled with a rope effect. This coin has survived very well.
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hurstbourne Tarrant CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-2D6701
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large cast copper-alloy circular trade weight of post-medieval date. The weight has a circular rim, 5.5mm thick, a central punched hole and a concentric incised circle between the two. The reverse features a number of circular grooves. The upper face is stamped with a 'C' surmounted by a crude crown, the sword of St Paul (for the City of London), and an 'A' (for avoirdupois) clustered around 12 o'clock. At 6 o'clock is a ewer (for the Founder's Company, maker of weights). The 'C' denotes either Charles I or Charles II; Read (1995, 158) notes that in the reign of Charles II the 'A…
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-2CF137
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy key, dating to the 14th/ 15th century AD (length: 91mm; width at head: 33.5mm; thickness at head: 4.5mm; diameter at top of key: 12mm; weight: 45.8g). At the top of the key, a sub-circular and hollow attachment has been added separately, possibly to fix the artefact to a belt. This feature has the remains of an indented line circling the base. Below this possible attachment, the decorative lozenge-shaped head (length: 27mm; see width and thickness of head above) has the remains of a slightly irregularly and openwork central cross (length: 14mm; width: 17…
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Monday 24th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Acton Trussell and Bednal', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-2CE263
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle, dating to the 17th/ 18th century AD, between c. 1650 – c. 1750 (length: 33.5mm; width: 20mm; thickness: 6mm; weight: 6.9g). A concave and trapezoidal shoe or knee buckle with a drilled frame for a separate spindle. This example is decorated with concave notched ends; each end with two circular openwork apertures at the corners. There are three moulded ridges/ knops either side of where the spindle (probably made of iron) is still intact. An incomplete cast copper alloy chape is still looped round the spindle. The back of the artefact is fl…
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Albrighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-2CD406
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly incomplete cast copper alloy flat, lozenge-shaped brooch, dating to the 13th/ 14th century AD (length: 22.5mm; width: 23mm; thickness: 4mm; weight: 3.1g). The brooch has a flat-sectioned frame with a series of eleven deep indented circular holes (average diameter: 2mm) around the inside lower-sectioned edge of the frame. Above these holes and at the top of the front of the brooch, there is a series/ border of approximately forty-five circular punches with approximately ten to fifteen punches irregularly placed along each of the four sides of the artefact. In one of the in…
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Albrighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2CD168
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Several lead-alloy weights of different sizes and shapes (see attached picture). They were all found in the same corner of a field, but did not form part of a hoard. They almost certainly date from different periods from Late Roman to the Medieval Ages, were home-made and may have been used as spindle whorls, net sinkers, gaming pieces weights for traps or as part of weighing equipment. It is difficult to attribute an exact date to the individual weights. Many thanks to the finders for supplying the attached picture.
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnoldswick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2CCF05
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A short cast copper-alloy flanged axe with high, triangular-shaped flanges and no stop ridge. The side view shows that the flanges almost form a diamond in plan. The sides are parallel and the blade is moderately splayed. From the image supplied by the finder alone, signs of wear or re-sharpening marks are difficult to distinguish, but the uncurved/unworked flanges may suggest that, in fact, it had not received a haft and was never used. This short flanged axe is was probably part of the Taunton metalwork assemblage dating from approximately 1400-1300BC Many thanks to the finder…
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-2CCC31
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age flat axe, made from cast cu-alloy. As far as can be determined from the picture, the axe is plain on both sides, has a narrow butt and a widely splayed cutting edge. If there are signs of wear or re-sharpening marks, we cannot see them on the images; they may be very faint. This axe is part of the Brithdir metalwork assemblage and dates from ca. 2150-2000BC Unfortunately, we do not have any measurements for the axe, but many thanks to the finder for supplying the images attached to this entry.
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-2CC482
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy annular brooch, dating from the 13th/ 14th century, between AD 1250 – 1350 (diameter: 27mm; thickness: 3mm; weight: 4.8g). The brooch is plainly decorated on one side (front) of only with a series of fourteen slight constructions, dividing the decoration into fifteen fields (average length: 3mm) along the frame. There is an additional prominent constriction (width: 2mm) on the brooch frame where the pin (now missing) would have originally been held in place. The brooch is not decorated on the back, and overall, the artefact is in a worn but fair con…
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Albrighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2CC811
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Penny of Alexander III, possibly Type III (first coinage), AD1250-1280 Spink (Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands) 5043 The find was reported and recorded via email; no exact measurements but many thanks to the finder for supplying a picture!
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnoldswick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2CC561
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Small pen-nib shaped object made from a triangular piece of gold sheet which was curled at the top. The top of the reverse is coated with an unknown white residue/incrustation and both surfaces have been 'decorated' with an assymmetrical crisscross pattern. The artefact has been identified as the terminal of a Roman snake bracelet (2006/T269), but the identification is questionable. The finder donated the find to the Museum of Lancashire. British Museum report: Fragment of sheet gold, probably a terminal from a penannular bracelet. It is shaped like a crude snakes he…
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fylde', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2CC2C7
Object type: MORTARIUM
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Rim fragment of a Hartshill-Mancetter mortarium (mixing bowl), dating from the late 2nd century AD. The fragment is very worn, but the outline is clear and it is easily recognisable as a mortarium fragment with prominent grit fragments on the inside surface and its broad, characteristic rim.
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Monday 23rd November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Preston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2CBD25
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Edward I, probably Class 7, dating from ca. AD1292-96 North 1032
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Preston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2CB972
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very crude Late Medieval or Post Medieval lead weight with a moulded crucifix on the obverse. It was probably homemade and meant for inofficial use or else, it could have been meant as a talisman, protective- or good-luck-charm since it displayed the sign of the cross.
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2CB515
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval lead token, decorated with a floral design on the obverse and a lattice design on the back.
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-2CACF5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy double loop oval (possible baldrick) buckle, dating from the 15th/ 16th century, between AD 1400 – 1600 (length: 39mm; width: 59mm; thickness at pin: 7mm; weight: 17.7g). A flat-sectioned, large and narrow buckle with trapezoidal wings/ platforms to either side of the frame. These platforms are decorated on one side only with punched rings and dot markings (fifteen one side; sixteen on the other with an average diameter of 3mm), which are closely and irregularly placed, and bordered by a single incised line to either side. To either end of the square-s…
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tong', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2CB273
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead trade weight with the figure '1' imprinted on the obverse, probably indicating the weight. Since it was made from lead and does not show any 'offical markings' like a crown or the coat of arms of London, it is probably weight used by a trader or farmer (?). One could imagine that it was part of a set of several weights, the others weighing 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 2/1 etc. Like the more common brass or cu-alloy alloy weights of this type, they could have been stored in a stack, a smaller weight fitting into the rim of the next heavier one.
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2CAF77
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval lead token with cross-and-dot design on the obverse.
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2CAC33
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead token with a moulded cross-and-dot design on the obverse.
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2CA921
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified object, probably a bag or sack seal or a customs badge? It was cast from lead and is tulip/harp-shaped. While the reverse is plain, the obverse is separated by five horizontal grooves into six almost equally-sized fields. The decoration/writing reads: 1: cross (?), 2. small zigzag pattern, 3. R.F, 4. large zigzag pattern, 5. 19, 6. S+F or S+T. The '19' is printed in a different script and may have been added later, e.g. as a customs or sales mark(?).
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Lancaster', grid reference and parish protected.