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.

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-20A026
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Carved stone head dating to the Medieval period. The object is oval in plan and the carving is quite realistic in style. It depicts a male face with staring eyes, a wide nose and a straight linear mouth. The cheeks are rounded and taper into a rounded chin. The carving has chin-length hair which is an unusual style and appears to be wavy. The carving is attached to a rectangular block of stone.
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke-on-Trent', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL788
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Stone head carved with well defined but rather schematic features, nose and mouth are particularly detailed. Large lentoid eyes resembles 'Celtic' carved head. Carved from sandstone. Side and back of head unworked.
Created on: Thursday 9th September 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CHESHIRE HARTFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-F662E2
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Liverpool
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head on plinth carved from local red sandstone. Well defined features, well carved. Uncertain whether male or female. Appears to be wearing a bonnet or hood that covers the ears and extends beneath the chin. The back of the bonnet is carved into a series of six horizontal 'rolls'. A necktie is tied in a bow beneath the chin. Uncertain function but is probably part of the common tradition of carving stone heads in the North of England which extends back, at least, to the Roman period and is still practised today. See Anne Ross 'Pagan Celtic Britain (Routledge 1967) and 'The Pagan Celts…
Created on: Monday 9th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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: 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: 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-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-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: 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.