Record ID: LVPL-DE24C2
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Stockport
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy polyhedral headed faceted terminal from a clothes hook of Post-Medieval to Modern date. The remains of a circular shaft protrude from one of the lozenge shaped faces. The shaft which measures 2.82mm in diameter terminates with a break. The object has a mid-brown patina and is in fair condition. Similar examples which can be found on the database is NLM-B5DF46, BERK-E21417 and SF-D59BA6. Dimensions: 17.36mm in length, 7.49mm in width, 6.72mm thick, 3.3g
Created on: Thursday 21st May 2015
Last updated: Friday 25th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bredbury Green and Romiley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-E3B2FD
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy seal matrix of Medieval date, c. AD 1300-1450. The object is circular and flat. In the centre is an engraved human face, probably a woman, with head-dress, oval eyes with arched eyebrows, a bulbous nose and a linear mouth. The neck is narrow and a rounded collar is visible. The face is surrounded with a star consisting of two interlocking double-grooved squares. A lis extends from each of the eight corners, interrupting the legend. The legend reads S'/MA/RI/LIE/CO/LE/MAN * (Seal of Marilia Coleman). The first name is a woman's name but is unusual, and may be a variant o…
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Sunday 26th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Farnsfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-02BCF4
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy ring of uncertain date. The object is oval in plan and D-shaped in cross-section. The object is worn and there is no visible decoration. It has a dark green patina. This object may have functioned as a finger-ring or a decorative binding ring on a larger object such as a walking stick or umbrella. It is probably post-medieval in date, perhaps 18th or 19th century.
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burscough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-0FFDB6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Aberg Group V florid cruciform brooch dating to the Early Medieval period. The incomplete object is in two pieces. The object consists of the lower half of the brooch and is decorated with the chip-carving method. The front of the brooch has remains of gilding picking out the decoration. The upper fragment of the brooch comprises of the incomplete bow which is curved in profile. Below the bow the brooch is decorated with a rectangular stud in relief in its centre. The stud is surrounded by a rectangular border within which is a scroll-like design. To…
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 5th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Collingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-FE8590
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy strap-end of Thomas's Class A, type 1, with two silver rivets. Description: The strap-end is made from a piece of copper alloy a maximum of 2.4mm thick, with a split at the attachment end. The attachment end is shaped around two well-preserved shiny silver rivets. Below these is a worn semi-circular or fan-shaped field, now very worn and/or corroded so that the details are now not visible; there is a hint of a curved engraved element with flared ends. Below the fan-shaped field, the body of the strap-end is again very worn, but appears to be decorated with a single …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alsager', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-71C370
Object type: BELL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy hexagonal pyramidal bell dating to the Early Medieval period. The bell has been squashed flat and is incomplete. One side of the bell is missing, as is the clapper. The top of the object has a rectangular projection with a broken attachment loop at the top. The object has a reddish green patina and is in poor condition. This type of bell is sometimes known as a 'Norse' bell, and is characteristic of the Danelaw and Irish Sea region during the tenth century. A similar example comes from Meols (Griffiths et al 2007, 75, no. 390).
Created on: Wednesday 5th September 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-5F7B74
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy object, perhaps a gaming piece or a weight. The object is thick, flat and circular, with a raised rim and rounded edges. The upper face of the object is decorated in moulded relief with a stag advancing left. The rear of the object is undecorated and flat. The object has a mid-green patina. It measures 41.06 mm in diameter and is 8.02 mm thick; it weighs 80.2g (1237.7 grains, 2.82 oz). Close parallels can be found for this object among a group of four Irish copper-alloy discs also decorated with animals of the chase, including a stag, a hare and dogs, publish…
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Church Minshull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-37ABE2
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy dagger guard dating from the late Medieval to the early Post-Medieval period, 15th or 16th century. The object has a crescent-shaped projection decorated with a transverse groove, beyond which are small crescentic punchmarks. The rectangular-sectioned projection tapers below the transverse groove towards the sub-triangular tang-hole. The guard has two sub-rectangular curved quillons, one of which is incomplete. The complete terminal is decorated on one face with two transverse grooves between which is a diagonal groove. The object has a dark brown patina and appear…
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Acton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-922BF1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch from the late 5th or 6th century AD. The fragment is a zoomorphic terminal from the foot of the brooch (pictured upside down). The object has expanded circular nostrils above the spatulate extension, which is decorated with a transverse groove above a row of stamp marks. The stamps appear to be annulets, but are largely obscured by soil. Each nostril has a central circular dot. Above the nostrils is the broken stub of the nose of the animal. The object has a dark green patina. Cruciform brooches with extensions below the …
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Acton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-7E2744
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy cruciform brooch dating to the Early Medieval period. The object has a flat trapezoid head-plate with square wings. The object has integral top and side-knobs which are damaged. The bow arches out from the head before tapering towards the foot. The foot is incomplete. The head-plate is decorated with a punched ring-and-dot which is slightly off-centre. At the base of the bow are two transverse ridge and grooves. Just above the foot are three more transverse grooves. On the rear of the object the pin is missing and a lump of iron corrosion remains behind the head. The…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 5th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Collingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-EC97B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy supporting-arm brooch, missing its spring mechanism, pin and foot. The wings are flat; one wing terminates with a break while the other has a projecting pierced D-shaped side lug. The bow curves out below a head consisting of a ledge projecting out from the wings, and is decorated with two pairs of transverse grooves; it then narrows before widening again slightly towards the lower bow and terminating with a break just above the foot. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section, and has a flat triangular panel to top and bottom. The top of the foo…
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Collingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-D4D944
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy wrist-clasp, probably of Hines form B20, dating to the early Anglo-Saxon period. The object is sub-rectangular in plan and rectangular in cross-section. It is decorated with a vertical ridge and groove, to the side of which is a series of transverse lines. On the opposite side of the plate are two circular perforations. Each edge of the clasp is broken. It has a mid-green patina. A similar example is no.29.25, p179, MacGregor and Bolick, (1993).
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Church Lawton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-69A2E4
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval cast lead-alloy hornbook of late 17th century date. The hornbook is shield-shaped, with a rectilinear upper part and a pointed lower edge, and is flat. The lettering is written in 5 lines, separated by moulded lines. One face reads .ABVDE./.HIKL./NOPQRS/TVWX/YZ. The opposite face reads SK pellet MX./BEING pellet.PR./.M..pellet/1691. The object has a dark grey patina and is worn. A similar example can be found on the PAS database at DENO-6BFFD1. Hornbooks were used as teaching aids, usually for the alphabet but occasionally for numbers, the Lord's Prayer or similar.…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 18th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-A428D5
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy end-cap or terminal from a knife handle, dating to the late Medieval or early Post-Medieval period, (1450-1550AD). The main part of the object is rectangular and flat, with a slot at the base for the tang; this area is encrusted in iron corrosion. The mid section has two rectangular slots on each side resulting in a rectangular projection. The terminal or final section is more rounded, with a broken circular knop tip which terminates. Each face of the object is decorated with linear grooves around the border of the projections. The object has a mid-green patina. S…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Helsby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-7EE655
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver strap-end of Thomas's Class A, type 1, originally decorated in Trewhiddle style, but later re-worked to depict a human figure, perhaps imitating a 'Heiligenfibel' or 'Saint' brooch. The original strap-end is extremely well made. It has a split attachment end, although the two halves are now pressed closely together with no gap in between and indeed appear never to have been apart. The attachment end is shaped around two very small rivet holes, c. 0.8mm in diameter, with a tiny point in between. A fan- or pelta-shaped motif below this has a central drop-shaped fi…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2011
Last updated: Saturday 22nd February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Prees', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-85A4D6
Object type: DENTAL IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy swaging block, of modern date (c.1890 to 1930 AD). It is semi-circular in plan and consists of a cast of the upper jaw (maxilla) from an adult. The teeth present are (from right to left): PM2, PM1, I2, I1, C, PM1, PM2, M1. This means that the denture would have false teeth for the right canine, and left lateral & central incisors. The swaging block measures 41.38mm in height, 51.10mm wide and 32.04mm thick. It weighs 313.1 grams. Swaging blocks were used as part of the manufacture of dental plates. A wax impression would have been taken of the patien…
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 18th October 2013
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Record ID: LVPL-1D4A24
Object type: BOX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy lid for a set of nested cup weights, of Modern dating (18th to 19th Centuries AD). The underside of the lid consists of a circular base, with a raised rectangular rim around the edge. A double concentric circle has been incised into the base, with two smaller complete circles located at the top and bottom. Two circular perforations (internal diameter 1.58mm) are located towards the far edge, on the concentric circles. A line of three circular indentations / attachment scars are located on the other side, towards what may be the remnants of a hinge. …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-1D2536
Object type: STYLUS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Partly gilded silver stylus, now bent and incomplete. The eraser is spatulate, flaring with straight sides to a wide triangle. The edges of the eraser's end are wholly or substantially missing, although there is a short length of what may be a deliberate border groove at the left-hand corner and this may mark a small fragment of original edge, which may have been convex. There is also a similar groove along the left-hand side of the eraser, but its decorative nature is doubtful as it is not very well made, there is no matching groove on the opposite side, and it runs awkwardly onto th…
Created on: Tuesday 28th September 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kexby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-1E4442
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Sefton
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper-alloy strap-end of 9th-century date. The object is flat, with an attachment end shaped around two circular rivet holes with a small projection in between. The long edges are convex. The front is decorated with a raised cross, each arm of which is decorated with a fine longitudinal groove. There is a circular perforation at the centre of the cross which may have contained a separate domed-headed rivet; separate rivets such as these are often of silver (compare BH-AD1834, and Read 2008, 37, no.146). Nothing survives in the recesses between the cross-arms, although it i…
Created on: Thursday 16th September 2010
Last updated: Sunday 23rd February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Formby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-D84B66
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy harness link from a bridle, dating to the late Anglo-Saxon period. The object consists of a loop which is lozenge-shaped externally and oval internally, a conjoining bar, and an M-shaped projection. The complete loop has three projecting knops. Both of the side knops are worn while the knop at the top of the object is the most pronounced. The central bar is oval in cross-section. The bar expands into an M-shaped projection, the remains of which have broken away. This possibly formed another loop. The object has a mottled brown and green patina and small flecks of gilding …
Created on: Monday 26th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 8th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellesmere Port', grid reference and parish protected.