Record ID: SWYOR-239F4A
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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. A date range of 600 BC - AD 1900 is therefore possible. The head has an oval flat face with convex lentoid eyes. The nose is long and flattened, expanding slightly in width towards the nostrils, but the lower nose is damaged. The lips are also damaged, but are closed and a little downturned. There are no ears nor hair depicted, but the carving has a smooth rounded pate. The rear of the head is rou…
Created on: Wednesday 17th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 24th March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WREX-839D06
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Carved stone head, possibly from an ecclesiastical building of uncertain date, but likely to be from the later medieval period (c. 1100-1300AD). The stone is greyish sandstone and appears to represent the bust, possibly of an angel, with a stylised wing folded across the chest. The features of the face are quite crudely executed. The eyes are an oval shaped outline with a circular hole for the pupil. The nose is a simple crudely cut rectangle whilst the downturned mouth is a slot cut into the stone. It is unclear if the feature below the mouth opening is intended to represent a l…
Created on: Thursday 15th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Churchstoke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-82BB18
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sculpted stone head of a man that appears to be in the style of the late medieval to post medieval period (c.AD 1400-1700). The head is in the form of a man with worn facial features. It has deeply set eyes and a prominent brow, the bridge of the nose is mostly missing with only the lower part of the nose and nostrils surviving. The lips are well defined and partially opened. The figure displays facial hair with a wavy moustache and beard the covers the chin and cheeks. The hair is rendered in a similarly wavy style and is chin length so that it frames the face. Atop of the fig…
Created on: Friday 10th July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bidston Moss', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-04388D
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a marble sculpture of uncertain date, possibly Roman. The fragment is roughly oblong, with apparent breaks on all edges and is of inconsistent thickness. The front exhibits a female figure standing left, carved in high relief. The figure has an elaborate hairstyle consisting of a thick plait coiled across the forehead and tapering to the neck. Behind are four large transverse waves or plaits of hair. Between the plait and waves are a series of small waves and coils drawn back into a coiled bun at the nape of the neck. The face exhibits exaggerated, cartoonish features: a l…
Created on: Wednesday 24th April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 23rd May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WREX-DC5D73
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Iron Age carved stone head.The head is carved from a single piece of limestone with a high quantity of shelly material within it.The face is tilted slightly to the left.It has distinctive lentoid eyes and a large wedge-shaped nose with a very simple slit mouth.The ears are also very simply carved.The back of the head is very smooth, although there appears to have been some attempt to create some form to the back of the head.The head has been truncated at the neck with a straight cut. ​The head has some lichen adhering. Height: 455mm; width: 267mm; thickness: 120mm.It …
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2017
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanfiar Dyffryn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-78C9B4
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone medieval carving (AD c. 1200 - c. 1500), missing a fragment from one corner (a relatively recent break) and fragments from the front (old breaks). The sculpture has been carved into a block of Birchover Sandstone in sunk relief. The left, right and bottom edges of the block project forward further than the figure depicted. The sculpture depicts a man tilting his head upwards and grinning. The sculpting is quite naive so it is difficult to discern exactly what he is wearing. He appears to be wearing a long striped doublet or cassock. Hanging from his neck is a po…
Created on: Friday 7th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 18th May 2017
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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-9C67D6
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone head of post-medieval to modern date, c.1800-1950. The original block appears to have been saw cut. The head is naturalistic in its style with large parted lips, a sub-triangular nose, and oval eyes with hollowed out pupils. The brows are ridged and the cheek bones high while the chin has been squared off. The edge of the head is undulating in order to form wavy or undulating hair. The rear of the object is flattened and rough. The stone is mid-grey in colour and has suffered due to weathering. Dimensions: 280mm in length, 140mm in width, 150mm thick.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2017
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Farndon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-1D05F5
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A incomplete lead alloy decorative object of post-medieval to modern date. The object is U-shaped in plan with an undulating upper edge and has been bent out of shape, possibly due to recent damage from the plough. The outer face is decorated with two tall leaves which are separated by four vertical grooves. The decoration is moulded and surrounded by a grooved border. The rear of the object is undecorated. The fragment has a mid-brown to dark grey patina and is in fair condition. There is no evidence for attachment on the rear of the object. Lead decorations which were often gi…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holywell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-B69D3A
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone Iron Age 'pillar stone' or stele dating to the fourth to first centuries BC. The pillar stone is broadly square in cross-section with slightly rounded corners. It tapers slightly towards its rounded top. The bottom surface of the pillar stone is covered with rectangular grids of small holes. The top half/third of the side faces are decorated with a continuous but irregular pattern of horizontal grooves, occasionally broken with a vertical groove or terminating altogether. Each face is decorated with a different set of carvings. Face 1 is decorated with a rectangular panel w…
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2016
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Record ID: DENO-B64C1D
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone head, probably dating to the medieval to post-medieval periods (AD c.1066-c.1700). The head is quite rectangular in shape and roughly D-shaped in cross-section. It has crudely carved features, including a slightly concave face, lentoid eyes, pronounced brows, a rectangular nose and a slightly protruding upper lip. Around the top of the head is a slightly raised rectangular area, incised with wavy grooves, that either represents hair or a hat. This hair or hat does not cover the top of the head, which is left bald. On each side of the head is a D-shaped depression representing …
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 9th June 2016
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Record ID: DENO-B52638
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone head, probably dating to the late-Iron Age to early-Roman period (c.100 BC-AD c.100), but possibly 19th century. It is missing fragments from its sides. The head has some features which are common on Iron Age heads. These include the lentoid eyes, triangular nose and flat face with a blank expression on it. The head has a bushy but short beard and mosutache. Also notable are the 'radiates' around the top and sides of the face which may represent brushed back hair. The head also appears to wear a large headdress which covers the entire top and back of the head. …
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2016
Last updated: Friday 3rd June 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-79EA4E
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cheshire East
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 head has an elongated oval flat face with recessed lentoid eyes. The nose is long and narrow with flared nostrils. The raised full lips are lentoid and slightly downturned with a central horizontal groove in the centre. A curved groove separates the face from the head of the object where the hairline would be. The rear of the head slopes downwards before roundi…
Created on: Friday 8th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Bollington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CPAT-967061
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of hollow-backed ceramic decoration or sculpture in the form of the top half of the face of a man, broken across the cheeks just below the nose. Possibly decoration from a building or perhaps part of a sculpture or other artwork. The hair is long and straight, with a side parting, sweeping down the sides of the face and backwards, covering the ears. It is reminiscent of some medieval sculpture. There are however, traces of sideburns and a moustache which is more suggestive of the Edwardian style. The nose is straight and quite wide. Moulded in a yellow ceramic the face appears…
Created on: Thursday 10th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2016
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Record ID: SOM-761EB7
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Medieval stone sculpture of an unidentified secular figure probably dating to c.AD 1320-1450. The fragment consists of the upper torso and shows the figure with their right arm bent forward at the elbow and lost and wearing a tunic and mantle. Traces of red paint colour survive on the mantle. The tunic has a fairly deeply indented trapezoid neckline and is quite full with folds running down the body and is possibly a green-brown colour, darker than the skin above. The mantle is draped over the shoulders and across the body in wide diagonal folds at the waist. Above the w…
Created on: Tuesday 28th July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-7AEB38
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
A typical example a carved stone head, often loosely referred to as 'Celtic' heads, that are found in some numbers in Britain, the great majority of which, including this one, are un-dateable. The object is carved in red sandstone. The head has a pointed-oval shaped flat face with incised lentoid eyes. A horizontal grove indicates cheeks and the nose is long and narrow with rounded irregular nostrils. The raised lips are lentoid and slightly downturned with a central horizontal groove in the centre. A curved groove separates the face from the head of the object where the hairline w…
Created on: Thursday 16th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-308A28
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Bracknell Forest
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavy cast copper alloy object in the form of the tail of a fish. The tail bends upwards from the break and has no additional linear decoration. This may be of recent date and may be part of a sculptural group.
Created on: Thursday 20th June 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd July 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-9714A3
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newcastle upon Tyne
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worked stone of the Roman period, dating from the 2nd-3rd centuries. The stone depicts a probably female head in the Romano-British style, with a head on a neck in relief on a rectangular base. There is no background panel behind the head, with the upper figural portion being sub-triangular in shape with a flat(ish) front face and a gently sloping reverse. The face is relatively flat with eyes and nose in low relief on a U-shaped head in very stark relief. Damage below the nose has removed the mouth to the jaw. The stone has weathered, but there is some evidence for defined ears t…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-01F601
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rochdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a sculpture dating to the Early Medieval period. The top of the stone is rounded and although worn appears to be an original face. The base however is broken. The base is irregular and has not been exposed to much weathering suggesting that it was protected within a structure or the ground while the top remained exposed. The fragment measures 18.5 cm in width, 7.0 cm in length and 5.7 > 2 cm in depth. A decorated stone fragment dating to the Early-Medieval period. The stone is a pointed oval in plan and is rectangular in cross-section. The stone is carved in rel…
Created on: Thursday 22nd April 2010
Last updated: Monday 25th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milnrow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-018000
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rochdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An inscribed stone dating to the Early-Medieval period. The stone is sub-trapezoidal in plan and rectangular in cross-section. It is incomplete, the edges are worn and it now has a greyish white patina. The current extremity measurements of the stone are 15.5 cm (height), 23 cm (length) and 7 cm (thickness). Three faces survive, all in abraded and damaged form. One face carries an inscription written in Latin lettering. To the right of the inscription is an incised line forming a border. At the top left corner is another possible horizontal border. Most of the left face of the stone h…
Created on: Thursday 22nd April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milnrow', grid reference and parish protected.