Record ID: LANCUM-F1D495
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval to modern cast copper alloy finger ring, possibly incorporating an earlier medieval setting. The stones or glass from the cartouche setting are absent now, but originally there would have been three small ones. The cartouche has been attached to the ring loop & is made from a copper alloy with a different quantity of tin in it. Length 23mm, width 18mm. Dates between c1650 and c1900 AD.
Created on: Monday 17th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clitheroe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1F98A7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible part of one of the 15th century copper alloy 'lyre' shaped strap ends or buckles. These are usually socketed to hold the end of the strap. The length is 27mm, the width is 24mm and the thickness is 5mm. It is decorated with a black-letter inscription, probably m (for Mary).
Created on: Saturday 1st September 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Bradford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-8C6C34
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Bracelet fragment, probably dating from the Iron Age (800-300BC). A similar example was found in what is assumed to be a Late Bronze Age context at Castle Hill, Scarborough, and they have Hallstatt origins. The length is 95mm, the width is 60mm, the thickness 16mm and the weight 117.85g.
Created on: Monday 29th June 2009
Last updated: Friday 25th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tunstall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-07B756
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Half of a cast copper alloy chape from a dagger sheath or belt. The raised pattern is in three parts. The upper part is a straight horizontal bordered cable, the middle is an inerted stylised club & the lower part is a horizontal crescent or cup with circular finials.Possibly dating between c1300 and c1600 AD, but it may be a moddern reproduction as it looks more brassy than bronze normally does. Measures 43 x 27mm. Weight is 8.64g
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'York', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9ABC35
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval decorative belt fitting perhaps from a sword belt perhaps dating between 1500 and 1600 AD. The length is 20mm, width 10mm, and the weight is 4g.
Created on: Tuesday 28th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTHLEACH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-09B6C5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy shield shaped enamelled heraldic mount of probable 14th century AD date. In profile it is broadly D shaped. It is shield shaped in plan and rectangular in cross-section. This central area is also slight domed. The outer border is flat. Three small circular rivet holes can be seen at each corner of the object all complete. The centre of the object is decorated with a three chevrons two of which are still raised. The outer border would probably have been gilded. Chevrons are a common depiction in terms of heraldic devices and therefore could belong to a wide varietie…
Created on: Wednesday 15th September 2010
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WEST TANFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-391A03
Object type: SPATULA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy Roman wax spatula handle, probably of 2nd to early 3rd century date. The handle depicts the bust of the goddess Minerva, wearing a high crested Corinthian helmet. At the front of the helmet, on either side of the frontal ridge is an incised lentoid shape with a central perforation. The goddesses' short, wavy hair can be seen around the base of the helmet. The facial features are reasonably well defined with perforated eyes, moulded nose and closed lips. Her neck is long and slender and her shoulders are rounded. She is depicted draped, wearing the aegis, a…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd February 2011
Last updated: Friday 27th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SKIPTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-CB2F97
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy medieval zoomorphic padlock mechanism. These mechanisms usually date between 1200 - 1500AD. This is a very fine example and is probably quite early around 1200AD. The padlock (commonly termed barrel lock because of the common cylindrical shape) is shaped like a ram. The animal has four legs and the back right leg is slightly broken. The head is elongated with two small curving rams one of them broken in half and has a decorated face with eyes and a nose. The body of the animal is undecorated. The padlock has on square hole at the front and 3 small concentric holes at the …
Created on: Monday 7th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-604146
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval 16th or early 17th century AD copper alloy belt suspension loop (cf Read 790). The suspension loop is probably a sword hanger. The suspension loop is intact, projecting from the top edge at right angles to the plane of the plate, and the artefact is apparently in fair condition. The bare metal of the suspension loop has a dark green patina which also shows on the reverse side. The face of the loop is decorated but it is difficult to make out but it is decorated and would have probably originally been gilded. Compare PAS numbers LEIC-7B6454 and IOW-051E63. The length is…
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WEST BRADFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-BA1A24
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sleeve clasp element, sixth century AD in date, Hines form C1, probably Mildenhall type. It is made up from two pieces of sub-rectangular thick copper alloy sheets. The two sheets are fixed together by two 'buttons' with enlarged, disc-like decorated and gilded heads.There are no obvious methods of attachment of the reverse of the object. There is no hook or catch surviving, but there is a short indentation in the centre of the front edge which is where a probable hook or short catch has broken away. There does not seem to be any breakage along the long sides of the objec…
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NOCTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1AC6BC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy with lead coating Sucidava buckle of early medieval date (c. 500 - 600 AD). Schulze-Dorrlamm Type D1. The object has a rectangular loop and a D-shaped section that has a crescent-shaped aperture at the round end and an aperture in the shape of a long cross with three rounded arms and one rectangular arm (the latter towards the rectangular loop) in the middle. The two halves are separated by a wide, instepped section which is emphasized on the front face by horizontal grooves on either side. The grooves on the D-shaped section side extend into a pointed knop on either side…
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 9th January 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-807084
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy hooked tag, dating from the Post-Medieval period 1500 to 1600 AD. The hook is cast in one with the plate and projects from the base. The loop is positioned at the top of the plate and would have been rectangular in shape. The plate is sub rectangular. The upper section of the plate is decorated with 7 depressions. The hook is flanked by a slanting ridge near the top. The back of the hooked tag is flat and undecorated. The object has a medium-dark green patina. Similar hooked tags date to the 16th Century and can be found in Gordon Bailey's Buttons and F…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SLEAFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-62F404
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy scabbard chape of late 15th to 16th century. The chape is cast in one piece and is broadly shield shaped in plan. The sides curve and then converge at the base terminating in a basal lobed or globular knop. The top of the chape has a central lobe, which appears to be broken, flanked by concave curves with pointed projections at either side, one missing. A slightly raised rib runs down the centre of the front of the chape. To either side of the rib there are openwork designs consisting of an asymmetrical circle above a sub-rectangle but is otherwise undecorated. The…
Created on: Monday 14th June 2010
Last updated: Friday 15th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GRASSINGTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-60BED6
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval perhaps Anglo-Scandinavian virtually complete very well preserved bronze cauldron or skillet with riveted collar and a fragment of the iron handle perhaps dating to the 9th centuryAD. The cauldron is made from bronze sheet metal one piece with steep sides and a concave base and one of the riveted collars survives intact. One of three interlocking cauldrons perhaps associated with a known settlement perhaps from a grave. The diameter is 290mm in height 170mm.
Created on: Monday 14th June 2010
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GRASSINGTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9E1E16
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper unidentified object, possibly a Roman mirror handle dating from c. AD43-410. It is in very good condition without any corrisive products present on the surface. It is straight, with a circular cross-section and one forked end. There are very small rivet holes in the two sides of the fork, probably for attaching it to the actual mirror plate which would have also been made from copper-alloy, but highly polished. The handle is decorated with a simple egg-and-reel motif/mouldings.
Created on: Monday 31st March 2014
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wroughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5C5EE5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A decorative copper alloy plate from a buckle the form of the frame, the short rear part of the plate and the shape of the apertures seem to point to a med date 12th - 13th century AD. The buckle is largely flat, 'D' shaped and plain with bevelling to the upper surface on the outer edge of the frame. There is also a protruding knop that may well be zoomorphic in style. The pin is copper alloy and broken but the loop and part of the pin is still intact. The plate is open work moulded, rectangular with three equal-sized rectangular apertures, each extending into a sub-oval perforation a…
Created on: Wednesday 9th October 2013
Last updated: Saturday 12th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5DDF7D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval gilded cast copper alloy brooch with remains of iron pin fastening on the reverse. Dating from the 8th century, the mount is in fair condition with some gilding, now rather flakey, still present in the crevices of the chip-carved decoration. While the brooch appears to be lozenge-shaped this is likely to be a result of damage to its edges and it it probable that it was circular. A plain cross divides the decorated face into four equal fields, each containing a panel of deeply cut, non-zoomorphic interlace. In the centre is a circular, plain area, through which is an iro…
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worksop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-F53D78
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy swivel or strap fitting dating from the early medieval period, that is the 11th or 12th century. The fitting appears complete but very worn. It is composed of two halves which are identical. They are mounted on an internal rivet and rotate freely, as can be seen in the finder's images taken from different angles. The cross-section of both segments is circular at the bottom/in the centre, but they each terminate in a small animal or possibly quadruped which sits on the apex of each half. The surfaces of both halves are extremely worn but some of the moulded decoration…
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Noke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-BB02E6
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval/Viking double boars head sword pommel sand cast copper alloy with gold and silver inlay. The date is betwenn 850-975 AD. The pommel is cast with a boars head at each tip with curving snouts, eyes and mouth clearly detailed reminiscent of hog back gilded with silver inlay. The centre on both sides is decorated with a geometric design that appears to consist of a possibly zoomorphic face with eyes nose and mouth and stylised hair or horns gilded with gold inlay. There are two iron rivets at either side of the base to fit to the missing upper guard.The length is 65mm, the …
Created on: Friday 19th June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WOOTTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-118F07
Object type: HORSE TRAPPING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy rein guide or check rein hook. Probably from a carriage or coach horse harness, with a horn shaped finial to the guide and a hand cut threaded shank to screw into attachment point. Dates to between c1700 and c1900 AD. The length is 74mm, width 50mm, and the thickness (at the collar) is 18mm.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catforth', grid reference and parish protected.