Record ID: LANCUM-697908
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze age copper alloy palstave adze 1500 - 1150BC. The length is 125mm, the width of blade is 28mm thickness 20mm and the weight 138.02g. The object is rectangular in form and cross section and is intact, with slight damage to its butt end and some of its surface. The butt end is rectangular in form and triangular in cross section, with each face having a rectangular shaped recess with a raised border to contain the handle. The blade, which has an elongated triangular cross section, tapers in width from the point it joins the butt. Overall it is 20mm wide and rectangular in form,…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-687618
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy two piece shoe buckle of the Post Medieval period. It is rectangular in shape with a drilled frame for a separate spindle. The spindle and pin are missing. It has a greenish patina. c1690-1720. The length is 47mm, the width is 43mm and the weight 12.23g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-682372
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast conical lead weight with a hole probably Medieval to Post-medieval, 1400-1700. The length is 33mm, the width is 28mm thickness and the weight 111.62g. Weights such as this have been used from Roman through to post-medieval times. Numerous weight-related functions are likely for objects such as this, for example, steelyard weights, standing weights, net weights or fishing weights.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-6752BA
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy oval token depicting Liverpool Dining Hall 5D dating 1863 to 1871. The length is 46mm, the width is 25mm and the weight 4.83g. Based on the following two newspaper articles the Liverpool Dining Hall was in existence between 1863 and 1871. There are no further references to this after 1871. "CHEAP DINNER MOVEMENT. The undertaking set on foot some time ago in Scotland, and more recently inaugurated in Liverpool, has received a stimulus and a most favourable opportunity for full development by the opening of the new "Liverpool Dining Hall," at the corner of Mason-street, W…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-673F3E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy sub-annular buckle frame with central bar, creating two loops. It is missing a pin. The frame is oval in shape and triangular in cross-section, the underside being flat and the outside edge to the front convex. The central bar is rectangular in cross-section, being taller than it is wide. The length is 42mm, the width is 33mm and the weight 6.46g. Whitehead has published similar buckles (Whitehead 2003, 48) for which he suggests the date 1650-1720.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-66F7CC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Post medieval double loop asymmetrical buckle dating from c.1575-1700, missing the iron pin. One loop is rectangular shaped, and the other is D shaped now broken. The inside and outside edges are bevelled. The iron pin is missing but some residue remains. The buckle is a dark brown colour. The length is 23mm, the width is 21mm and the weight 0.96g. The buckle is similar to Whitehead 1996, 90, 562. Whitehead, R., 2003 Buckles 1250-1800 Chelmsford: Greenlight Publishing 90, , 562.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-6665DD
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable 19th century token probably commemorative. The diameter is 21mm and the weight 1.82g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tockleworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-66507F
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Post-Medieval (1650-1750) copper alloy (probably latten) tinned spoon, consisting of most of the bowl and part of the flat handle only. On the surface of the bowl and the handle much of the tinning remains. The bowl is sub- oval with the widest point closer to the 'stem' end than the opposite end. On the inside, just below where the stem extends, is a Maker's or possibly owners mark within an inverted heart, with a legend *I+M*. The length is 92mm, the width is 53mm and the weight 35.58g. We have no information about latten spoon makers and their marks remain e…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tockleworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-660042
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy crotal bell dating to the period 1750-1850. The bell is complete and contains a small ball and there is no foundry mark. The bell is spherical with a sub rectangular hanging loop at the top now broken. In the top half of the sphere, a circular hole has been cut on either side of the loop. Around the circumference, there is a raised ridge and the bell is decorated with traces of a sunburst finish. The lower half of the bell has a long straight gap ending in a circular hole at each end. There is a very dark green-brown patina on the surface. The length is 46mm, t…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
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