Record ID: LANCUM-355671
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman iron spearhead with flame-shaped blade, broken in two part: blade and socket. The flame-shaped blade has a lozenge cross-section while the socket has a circular cross-section. It is in a good condition.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 18th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gloucestershire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-E49550
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron axehead, possibly Late Iron Age but more likely Post-Medieval or modern. If it did date from the LIA, it would be a very rare Lancashire find indeed. The object is heavily corroded, but the socket and blade are still readily recognisable. Early Iron Age axes were made from forged, not wrought iron and it was difficult to form whole 'sockets' as were known from LBA socketed axes. For iron axes like this the wings needed to be reheated and hammered into the required shape. However, iron axes like this survive only very rarely and since post medieval and some modern tools apply this …
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fylde', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-687561
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Wrought iron mount with cu-alloy coating, possibly strap mount/part of horse harness.
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-67A4A6
Object type: CRUCIFIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small metal crucifix, possibly cast cu-alloy or wrought iron with cu-alloy coat. It is very worn and the small figure of Jesus Christ is almost gone. The four terminals of the cross are circular and heavily scratched. The date is difficult to tell. It is possibly the terminal of a medieval or post-medieval rosary.
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-EE7474
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified object which looks like the bow and stem of a key, teeth missing. The bow is circular and solid apart from one small perforation (for suspension?). The object is heavily corroded, but the grooved relief decoration on the bow is still clearly visible: nine grooves that run from the centre to the outer edge of the bow.
Created on: Tuesday 14th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-EDF168
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late- or Post-Medieval chape from a dagger or rapier sheath or scabbard, made from iron sheet which was rolled up to form a tube with one open end while the other was cut into triangles so the points could be bent inside to form a closed terminal. The inside (and possibly the outside as well) had a copper-alloy coating which is proven by the green corrosion residue. Near the open end is one rivet hole which bore the rivet that helped keeping the chape on the sheath.
Created on: Tuesday 14th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 2nd December 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-DA1F85
Object type: HARNESS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
18th/19th century guide ring (part of horse harness). It was made from cast iron, but coated with cu-alloy and possibly tinned (there is a very small patch of tinning left on the surface). The obverse convex and decorated with a moulded 'swirl' while the reverse is concave and plane. The iron hinge/fastening mechanism is missing.
Created on: Monday 13th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 27th November 2014
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-D9CEB2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron hexagonal button with convex front and concave back, front probably tinned. The obverse surface is made up of 7 facets (one central facet and six trapezoidal facets in the around it). Apart from the tinning, the obverse bore a moulded decoration, possibly scrolls.
Created on: Monday 13th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-D9AC54
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small iron/cu-alloy belt mount. It was probably cast iron, but had a bronze coating which is now badly affected by bronze disease. It is a small flower-shaped (octefoil) mount with two small studs (iron) on the back which used to attach it to the leather belt or strap.
Created on: Monday 13th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-D981D2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron ring buckle or annular brooch. It has a finely ribbed front and a plain, smooth obverse. The pin (which was probably made from iron, as well) is missing but a deep groove on the ring indicates were it would have been attached to the frame. The greenish patina on the surface suggested that the object had a bronze coating once.
Created on: Monday 13th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-D88325
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron/cu-alloy bridle boss. The boss is circular with a domed area in the centre. It is made from iron but had a cu-alloy coating. The disc is decorated with concentric grooves and attached to the leather strap with three small iron rivets (still in place). The bridle boss is very corroded and suffers from bronze disease.
Created on: Monday 13th June 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 20th September 2016
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-46AE51
Object type: LOCK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Ball lock (?). The object looks exactly like a medieval ball lock but it seems more it was a replica or a cast of a lock (?). It is very light and there does not appear to be a locking mechanism or a hole for the key. However, it is quite corroded and it is also possible that the small joints and the hinge and key hole are too corroded to be identified properly.
Created on: Monday 6th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-4A4D26
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron rowel spur with remains of cu-alloy coat. The iron rowel is missing - there is only a fragment left between the two forks of the heel of the spur. The two small rivets at the two ends of the spur are still intact, one still retaining the iron ring of one of the leather straps.
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th October 2019
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-49BB41
Object type: PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible iron ring-headed pin with bent ring-head. The terminal of the ring-head has not been moulded onto the stem and this might betray its early date. Considering the not too much corroded state it might be medieval, although the earliest ring-headed pin start in Hallstatt D (Early Iron Age) and this specimen would be of the right shape and length for a period as early as that.
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-48F976
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron leather-worker's or potter's tool, possibly a chisel which was coated with cu-alloy. It seems to be tool because of its one flat and chisel-like end and the other blunt end that have possibly been fitted into a wooden handle. It seems strange that a tool was coated with cu-alloy, but it may have been a coating to protect the iron from corrosion.
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 20th February 2013
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-3764C2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Double-looped rectangular buckle, probably iron with bronze surface. It is decorated with knobs on external corners and either end of strap bar. The strap bar itself has a folded metal buckle plate still attached. This is made from iron.
Created on: Thursday 12th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-2E4754
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Spectacle buckle possibly from a baldrick (broad belt worn across the body from which to suspend a sword belt) with pin still intact and around the strap bar. Worn by military personnel and civilians. Find also includes sheet metal buckle plate in 2 halves.
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-2E1C26
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Single Loop sub-rectangular buckle with narrowed strap bar. Concave sides and rounded front.
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-2E1196
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Sub-oval spectacle buckle. Rounded ends and trefoil sides with raised ridge either end of strap bar.
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-2E05B4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Double loop rectangular buckle. Wide frame with narrow strap bar. The earliest date could be mid 14th century but the majority of finds are from the period stated below.
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.