Record ID: LVPL-EFD5D7
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy bell probably dating to the Medieval period, (1100-1500). It is round in plan and sub-oval in cross section. The bell has a simple form. The top of the object is rounded and it widens towards its open base. A broken circular loop is integrally cast at the top of the object. A moulded ridge runs around the outer base of the bell. There is no other visible decoration. The object is quite damaged, a fragment of the base rim is missing and a large crack runs along a portion of the moulded ridge. The patina has also been damaged and the attachment loop broken. The remains …
Created on: Monday 2nd November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Goostrey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-454A04
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy bracelet dating to the Roman period, c. 4th century AD. The object has been cut down and reused to form a finger ring. The artefact is trapezoidal in plan, in that it narrows very slightly from one end to the other. It has a rectangular cross-section. The bracelet is decorated unifacially using ring-and-dot motifs. Towards the terminal end of the object are twelve ring-and-dots in parallel lines, beyond these the object tapers and five ring-and dots are placed in a single line. Below the final ring-and-dot is a transverse groove before the object termin…
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Friday 28th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elkesley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-30A793
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete copper alloy brooch of Early Medieval date, late 8th-9th century. The brooch is circular in plan and flat with zoomorphic and openwork decoration. The brooch is decorated with a central 'kite-shaped' cross, the terminals of which are rounded, expanding out over the edge of the circumference of the plate. Each rounded terminal contains a circular groove within which is an undecorated area containing a circular rivet hole. Three of the outer incomplete rivets remain in the holes along with a central rivet while one is missing. It is likely that these rivets when co…
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 20th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nannerch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-D78BE5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch from the late 5th century AD. The foot is D-shaped in cross-section before flattening out. The foot has a zoomorphic terminal with two eyes picked out by raised dots. The object has expanded circular nostrils above the spatulate extension. Above the zoomorphic terminal the foot is decorated with three transverse mouldings. A small amount of the base of the catchplate remains on the reverse. The object has a dark green patina and is in good condition. Similar examples can be found on p105-107, MacGregor and Bolick, (1993). Th…
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scopwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-80B024
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single looped cast copper alloy buckle, dating from the late early-medieval to medieval period (10th to 12th century). The strap bar is very narrow, whilst the D-shaped frame is wide with a circular section. There is a notch for the pin, but the pin is missing. The frame is very thick, 8.85mm. An integral moulded decoration projects from either side of the buckle frame. The detail is unclear however it is possibly stylised representation of an animal head. Below the buckle bar there are two more projections which are tail-end Urnes style. It has a dark green patina and is in good con…
Created on: Monday 9th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Vale Royal', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-BFBC1E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper alloy buckle frame, probably dating from the 6th century. The frame is rectangular, with a single loop, thick edges and a recessed narrowed bar. The pin is missing. The underside of the buckle is flat and plain but the upper face is decorated with a curved recess either side of the notch for the pin. The recess contains seven raised triangles on each side. The recess would probably have been inlaid with decoration, perhaps in a zig-zag around the raised triangles. Damage at one side of the frame suggests that the inlay may have b…
Created on: Tuesday 8th July 2014
Last updated: Monday 13th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-FC08C5
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy dagger pommel dating to the Medieval period. The object is semi-circular in plan and domed. The object is hollow. At the top of the object is a sub-square opening and at the base a wide oval opening. The openings would have allowed the tang of the dagger to pass through the pommel. The opening at the top of the object is 6.67mm wide and 6.06mm in length. At the base of the object the opening measures 23.10mm in width and 6.81mm in length. At each end of the base of the object is a circular depression for attachment. The object has a brownish green patina. …
Created on: Thursday 2nd September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 30th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ipstones', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B07C55
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy twisted ring, possibly Viking in date. This ring consists of two pieces of copper alloy wire which have been twisted together. It is now not a full circle having been bent out of shape. Both ends are narrowed almost to a point. There is the remains of gilding on the surface.
Created on: Friday 1st May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-4EFB71
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy zoomorphic terminal, probably a box fitting, 11/12th century in date. The object is broken. It seems to represent the head of a an animal with the face, eyes and nose visible. The eyes are two concave circles. The nose is represented by a rise at the end of the face. At the end of the nose is a circular termial, with a circular perforation, possibly for attachment. The object has a semi-circular cross section which is bigger at the head of the animal.
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 9th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-D9F581
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy strap junction of medieval date. It is circular in plan and oval in section. The upper surface is decorated with a complex design representing a cross. Enamel is used to create the darker lines of decoration. The central decoration is in the shape of a square. Four decorative lines radiate out from the corners of the square to the outer border. Four short lines radiate out from each side of the square. These then split to the left and right of the main line and continue to the outer border of the object. The radiating lines and the border are a mid brown bordered by …
Created on: Tuesday 21st April 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 8th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oswestry', grid reference and parish protected.