Record ID: LVPL-F10A32
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Colchester derivative, Polden Hill, hinged brooch dating to the 1st century AD. The brooch is a hinged example with tubular wings with end caps. The head of the brooch rises up from the wings and tapers downwards forming the bow of the object, terminating with a rounded knop at the foot. The upper bow is decorated with central vertical decoration which is obscured due to corrosion and pitting. The end of each wing is decorated with ropework within a raised ridge panel. The central decoration may mirror this. At the rear of the object the axis bar is contained withi…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Last updated: Sunday 15th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blakenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-F06B09
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman sestertius of Commodus (AD 175-192), dating to the period AD 188-189 (Reece period 9). SECVRIT ORB P M TR P XIIII IMP VIII S C, COS V P P (in exergue) reverse type depicting Securitas draped seated left on throne, holding globe in right hand, left hand at side. Mint of Rome. As BMC, p. 820, no. 630; RIC III, p. 427, no. 529.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blakenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-EFDCF6
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy toy, possibly a puppet, of post-medieval date. The head appears to be in the form of a bust of Mr. Punch (from the Punch and Judy puppet show) or possibly of a Jester. The object has an oval face with a prominent nose, recessed eyes, and an open mouth. The figure wears a tall pointed hat which points forwards and has a wide rim. At the rear of the head some excess fabric of the hat points down with the two points forming the style of a bifurcated jester's hat (a fool's hat). Below the neck of the object is an undulating ruff from which extend three projections. Two o…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Last updated: Saturday 25th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Acton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-EE680D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An undiagnostic lead alloy weight or token of uncertain date. The object is circular in plan and flat. One face has been marked with an engraved X, while on the opposite face there is a series of small C-shapes similar to a mark that might be made with a thumb-nail. The object has a light brown patina. Dimensions: 33mm in diameter, 3mm thick, 13.3g Lead discs are used as weights and tokens throughout the medieval and post-medieval period and as such are difficult to date with accuracy.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 29th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nantwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-EDDDA5
Object type: KEY (WINDING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy clock key of Post Medieval dating (17th to 18th Centuries AD). The object has an oval bow from the top of which projects a second smaller oval measuring 14mm in diameter. This would have been used to suspend the key from a nail, chain or similar. Below the bow the key thickens to form the stem with a double collar at the bow end. The stem is hollow and oval in cross-section. From the end of the stem a single fragment of the bit projects. Opposite, another projection terminates with a break. The oval bow is decorated with a curved groove which runs…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nantwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-ED0C3C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy double looped buckle of post-medieval date. The object is trapezoidal in plan with moulded decoration on the loops. Each end of the buckle frame is pointed with an oval knop at each corner. A rounded knop decorates each end of the strap bar. The pin is missing. Each end of the buckle frame is notched for the pin to rest. The surface of the buckle has been silvered. A similar example can be found in Whitehead, (2003), p83 no.522 and has been dated c.1620-1680. Dimensions: 25mm in length, 40mm in width, 2.5mm thick, 8.4g
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chorlton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-ECE690
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver rowel spur comprising of two incomplete arms and neck. The neck, which bifurcates to take the missing rowel is broken on one half, due to what appears to be a modern break. Iron corrosion is visible on the unbroken half of the neck where an iron rivet remains in-situ. This would have attached the rowel to the neck. Each arm is broken at a similar length due to a recent break. The arms are D-shaped in cross-section and undecorated. The object has been silvered and has an adhering patch of copper alloy corrosion in one place. Dimensions: 51mm in length, 56mm i…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 8th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chorlton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-EC02D5
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Stockport
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete copper alloy flat axehead of early Bronze Age date, c.2150 - 1500 BC. The axehead is sub-oval in plan with a lentoid cross-section. The axehead is extremely worn with no visible decoration. No signs of ridges or flanges are present indicating that this is an early flat axe. The butt is narrow, rounded and is almost complete measuring 21mm in width, and 3mm thick. One edge of the butt end has broken away. The cutting edge is crescent-shaped and measures 47mm in width and is 3mm thick. At the thickest point in the centre of the object the axehead measures 5mm. D…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stockport area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-DAFDB1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy vessel dating from the medieval to the post-medieval period. The fragment consists of the rim of a vessel probably used for cooking. The object is sub-triangular in plan. The internal face of the vessel has a smooth shiny dark green surface. The outer face is rough and has adhering traces of a black sooty material, probably carbon deposits due to use over a fire for cooking. Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1200-1700 for serving and cooking. Butler and Green (2003; 15) state 'there is evidence that (cast copper alloy) metal…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blakenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-DAD660
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl of medieval to post-medieval date. The object is circular in plan and bi-conical with a slightly off-centre circular perforation with an internal diameter of 10mm. One face of the object is decorated with a very worn pellet and sunburst moulded motif. The opposite face bears a similar motif which is less worn. The pellets are visible on this face both within and outside the points of each triangle of the 'star'. The object is in fair condition and has a light white patina. Similar examples of spindle whorls have reportedly been found in contexts dated fro…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swynnerton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-DACAF3
Object type: JEWS HARP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Jews (or jaws) harp dating to the Post-Medieval period. The object is sub-rectangular in plan with an oval head. It is lozenge shaped in cross-section. Although the iron spring strip is missing, there is a depression visible on the oval head where it was once attached. The object has a dark brown patina with the reddish copper alloy visible in places. Dimensions: 65mm in length, 31mm in width, 7mm thick, 22.2g Jews harps were current from the Medieval period right up until the 18th century, but Medieval examples are rare.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blakenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-D828D5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl of medieval to post-medieval date. The object is circular in plan and rectangular in cross-section. It has a large central circular perforation with an internal diameter of 9mm. The upper face is decorated with raised moulded lines forming 'cross-hatching'. The opposite face of the object is flat and undecorated. The object has a mid-brownish-grey patina and is worn. Similar examples of spindle whorls have reportedly been found in contexts dated from the Roman through to the Post-Medieval period although the majority are typically dated broadly to the med…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bickerstaffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-D80F1E
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl of medieval to post-medieval date. The object is circular in plan and bi-conical with a central circular perforation which has been drilled from one face. On one face the perforation measures 8mm in diameter while on the opposite face the perforation measures 6mm in diameter and has adhering remains of iron corrosion. One face is decorated with series of 14 flattened pellets around the circumference of the object. While more flattened and merging pellets surround the perforation. The opposite face has traces of decoration which is too worn to decipher. The o…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bickerstaffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-D775B6
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy male figurine with an exaggerated phallus, probably dating to the Post Medieval period, circa AD 1600-1800. The back of the figurine is flattened and it is curved in profile, probably due to damage. The figure is naked but may be wearing a hat, possibly a bowler hat, however it may also be the figure's hair piled up in a bun-like style. The face has wide irregular rounded depressions for eyes a projecting bulbous nose and a linear mouth. The shoulders are narrowed and sloped. The figure's left arm is straight ending at the waste while the right arm bends at th…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Harwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-C46F36
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A carved stone head, often loosely referred to as a 'Celtic' head. 'Celtic' heads are found in some numbers in Britain, the great majority of which, including this one, are un-dateable. The head is carved from sandstone. The object has been identified from the attached photographs. The head has an elongated oval flat face with recessed lentoid eyes. The nose is long flattened, expanding in width towards the nostrils resulting in a sub-triangular form. The lips are worn. The rear of the head is flattened with less signs of weathering. There is no visible decoration on the rear of th…
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barrow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-C3BF01
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver sixpence of James II, (1685-1688). Reverse: []; crowned cruciform shields. Obverse: laureate bust left. The coin has been curved into a gentle S-shape indicating that it may have been reused as a 'love token'. The bust has been stamped with an oval countermark which is worn.
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Acton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-C3A247
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfgroat of Edward III (1327-1377). Reverse: +PO[S/VI]DEV/[ADIVT]/OREM; CIVI/TAS/LON/DON; long cross dividing legends, three pellets in each quarter. Pre-treaty series C, London mint dating to AD 1351-52. North no. 1148
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 8th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rushton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-C36D2B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfgroat of Charles I, (1625-1649). IM: castle (Worcester and Shrewsbury) AD 1643. Group A, without bust, crowned rose on each face, no inner circles.
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blakenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-C2E6D3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine. Reverse: FEL TEMP REPARATIO; Soldier advancing left, spearing fallen horseman. Reece period 18. In exergue: [..]C*. AD 348-353. Obverse: worn with adhering corrosion obscuring the details.
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chorlton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-C2BE1B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver coin possibly of Elizabeth I, (1558-1603). The coin is possibly a threepence. Reverse: []; square shield, date above [].
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Antrobus', grid reference and parish protected.