Record ID: LANCUM-AEED77
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strap end with zoomorphic decoration Late Early Medieval - c. 850 to 1000AD. Probably a Thomas Class B, type 4 strap end tapering to the broken terminal. There is a split plate at the attachment end with two circular rivet holes at the rounded corners. The mid-section of the front of the plate is decorated on the front face with moulded zoomorphic heads decoration. The rear of the plate is flat and there is a transverse ridge where the split plate begins. Reference: Thomas, G. 2003 'Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age Strap Ends 750-1100: Part I' Finds Research…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-AEE8BB
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two complete lead weights probably spindle whorls dating to the Medieval period (c. AD 1100-1500). The objects are circular in plan and roughly D-shaped in cross section. One face has been decorated with a series of raised pellets now heavily worn arranged around the central perforation. The reverses are flat and undecorated. Weight 1 - The diameter is 27mm and the weight 30.41g. Weight 2 - The diameter is 15mm and the weight 24.09g. Lead spindle whorls are difficult to date without archaeological context as a similar form was used from the Roman period to the modern day. It is not…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-AEE4CE
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval-Post Medieval C13-18th, crudely cast, copper alloy, medium size, annular ring. Thought to be, in most cases, a belt fitment, secured to waist belts normally with a leather thong, for suspending a purse, knife or similar object. Probably a multi-purpose item used by the poorer classes. Slightly flattened sexfoil cross-section with hand bevelled edges with some wear otherwise a dark green/brown patina with a little surface corrosion. This is likely to date between 1200-1799. Ref. History Beneath Our Feet, Brian Read, Anglia Publishing Ipswich 1995, page 69 No. 390-393 and Fi…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-AED410
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy toy miniature canon of late Post-Medieval date (17th-19th century). These models were produced as complete working models of their larger counterparts. This toy cannon comprises a circular barrel that tapers from bulbous knop (cascabel button) at one end, to the muzzle at the other. Two trunnions, which are round in section, project from a collar midway along the barrel. These would have enabled the piece to be elevated and mounted onto a wooden wheeled carriage such as that depicted in Bailey (1993), p.37, No. 12. The length is 53mm, the width is 19mm thickness 10…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2022
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Record ID: LANCUM-AEBDE1
Object type: PLUMB BOB
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy plumb bob possibly Roman 43-1900AD. The object is drop shaped and has a central longitudinal perforation. The patina is white and the surfaces are damaged/dented. Similar to IOW-BAD5996. These are very difficult to date and could be much later. The length is 63mm, the width is 44mm thickness 44mm and the weight too heavy for scales. .
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-AEB1E8
Object type: PLUMB BOB
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy plumb bob possibly Roman 43-1900AD. The object is drop shaped and has a central longitudinal perforation. The patina is white and the surfaces are damaged/dented. Similar to IOW-BAD5996. The length is 60mm, the width is 50mm.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th September 2018
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Record ID: NLM-AC42C8
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy toy gun, as kindly suggested by the finder. A plain slightly tapered tube, almost closed at its wider end with a hole of diameter 2.9mm set centrally, and open-ended at the other end, where its diameter is 9.3mm. A pair of small worn open lugs, much reduced by wear, lie towards the broader end. They spring from a mould line passing down both sides and the closed end. Moulded detail includes a groove around the broader end, and indeterminate curvilinear features up to and between the handles, probably on both sides. Thickly patinated. If the identification proffered is corre…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.