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.

Record ID: LVPL-4942C7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Post Medieval belt fitting or hook. It is drop shaped in plan with a narrow strip protruding from the rounded end which curves round to form a hook. It has broken before the end. At the narrowed end the fitting is bulbous. In the centre of the fitting is the remains of a circular rivet.
Created on: Sunday 26th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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-01B0D2
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval harness fitting. It is in three pieces but when complete is a cross-shape. Two of the arms have broken off, the ends remain but some of the middle section is missing. The estimated measurement when complete is 42mm. The main piece measures 29.29mm by 29.03mm in its present state. In the centre of the cross is a raised hollow dome which is 5.99mm high. Each arm ends in a trilobe shape, the central lobe having a rivet in the middle.
Created on: Sunday 17th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aston Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-9E25E4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy weight dating to the Early Medieval period. The object is sub-circular in plan and rectangular in cross-section. The upper surface is decorated with five running spirals within a grooved border. The reverse of the object is decorated with three ring-and-dot decorations which are unevenly spaced. Some signs of corrosion can be seen on the lower surface. The object has a dark green patina. Weights such as this are usually attached to a block of lead. Although the object measures 5.98mm in thickness it appears to have originally been a mount from a shrine. It can be d…
Created on: Tuesday 29th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malton', 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-61A287
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy decorative mount with gilt decoration on the front face. Early Medieval in date, c.7-800AD. It is incomplete, bent and has broken into 2 pieces. The larger piece (which has one bent end) measures 24 x 21mm. The smaller piece measures 19 x 20mm. The decoration consists of 2 lines of scroll swirls inside a border. At one end of the clasp there are 2 small circular holes, one at each corner. In what would have been the centre of the clasp is a circular perforation, surrounded by a circle of plain metal. This piece is typical of the 8th century both in design and the gild…
Created on: Wednesday 16th April 2008
Last updated: Friday 27th May 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-1D3EA7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast copper alloy undecorated socketed axehead of Late Bronze Age date. The piece represents the lower part of the axehead. It is rectangular in section with a hollow rectangular socket. Viewed in plan, the sides flare outwards slightly to the cutting edge which is modestly curved. The axe terminates in old breaks mid-way above the blade end. The cutting edge is 2.92mm thick and is quite damaged. It is 57.24mm in length, 35.78mm wide and weighs 57.8g. At the socketed end the axe is 4.71mm thick. It has a dark grey/black patina.
Created on: Monday 6th July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beeston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-C950D0
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Cast bronze strap-distributor dating to the Early-Medieval period. It consists of a ring 25.03mm in diameter, with a three-spoked construction and a central circular setting containing a domed green glass setting 6.48mm in diameter. Each of the spokes terminates in a moulded animal head with pronounced hollowed-out ears and a moulded snout. Attached to the ring are two zoomorphic clasps. Each clasp consists of a bar of metal bent in two around the ring, the lower half of which is flat while the upper half is moulded in the form of an animal head. The clasps have an oval mo…
Created on: Monday 19th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsley', grid reference and parish protected.

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.