Record ID: LANCUM-18B287
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn sestertius of Commodus dating from AD180-192. Mint of Rome. O: [...]. Laureate head, right. R: [...]. A female personification standing left, offering an indeterminate object in her right hand.
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Last updated: Saturday 29th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-18A806
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Vespasian, as, Lugdunum, AD 71. RIC II Part 1 (2nd ed), Vespasian No. 1171. O: [IMP CAES] VESPASIANVS AVG COS IIII. Laureate head, right; small globe at point of neck. R: SECVRITAS AVGVSTI S C. Securitas seated right, resting elbow on chair, holding sceptre; lit altar to right.
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Last updated: Saturday 29th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-F0B1FD
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy flanged axehead dating to the middle Bronze Age (c. 1300 - 1200 BC). The axehead is a Later Short Flanged axehead of Type Lissett. The axehead has a narrow rectangular-sectioned body that widens and flattens at one end into a curved cutting edge. The other end flattens into a blunt edge. A pair of lozenge-shaped flanges are present on either side of the butt end. The object is light brown in colour with a patchy green patina. It is 156.0mm in length, 66.5mm in width and 36.5mm in thickness. It weighs 474g. This type of axehead is common in East Yorkshire but have bee…
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 31st January 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-42E372
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sword belt hanger dating from the post medieval period, that is c. AD1500-1700. The hanger is complete and in good condition. It is a moulded strip terminating in a hook. The main body is roughly figure-of-eight-shaped with a rivet hole in the centre of each roundel. Each roudel is decorated around the rivet hole with a moulded square and basic interlace mouldings, wound around the straight sides of the two squares. Reference: Read 2008, 224, no. 804.
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-42D219
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cruciform harness pendant dating from the medieval period, probably c. 13th-14th century AD. The object survives intact and in fair condition except for the suspension loop which would have extended outwards from one of the arms. The object is a cruciform mount/pendant with four arms and a flat, square centre. The arms terminate in circular mouldings and are plain whilst the central block was decorated with incised or moulded cross-hatching. The artefact may have been a harness pendant in its own right, similar to WAW-F47A11 or else, the centre of harness pendant which…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-42B749
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy terret ring dating from the early Roman period, probably 1st-2nd century AD. Only the bottom quarter of the terret survives. The upper part of the loop is broken off and it is uncertain whether this may have been a plain or possibly a lipped or knobbed terret. The two mouldings at the base of the arms survive with some damage and the central bottom section does, too. Whilst the surviving arms of the loop have a circular cross section, the bottom section is flat and has a rectangular cross section. It is tapers to a flat point at the bottom.
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-42971A
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy terret ring dating from the early Roman period, probably 1st-2nd century AD. The terret is formed of a large oval loop with an oval section and a much smaller integral semi-circular loop below through which the strap would have run. There is a moulded collar around the bottom of the larger loop, separating it from the smaller loop. The larger loop is oval with a circular cross-section all around but the top is much thinner than the bottom of the ring. This might indicate some wear from the leather rein or strap that ran through it. Numerous similar terret r…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-426613
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete but damaged enamelled copper-alloy disc brooch dating from the Roman period, c 2nd century AD. Description: The brooch is circular with a decorated obverse and plain reverse. A chunk of the disc with the catch plate below are broken off and missing. The sprung pin and catch arrangement are on the reverse. The plate is decorated with three fields of champlevé enamel, the central field is circular and has no clear enamel remaining. The first/inner ring may have been plain or possibly was decorated with moulded dot. The next ring was filled with green enamel with moulded dot…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-423553
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch fragment dating from c. AD75-175. Only the head and part of the bow of the brooch survive. The front part of the bow, foot, spring and pin are missing. The bow has a circular cross section and is broken just next to the for this brooch type typical moulded acanthus leaf-and-reel-decoration which sits at the apex of the bow. Below the trumpet-shaped head which gives this brooch type its name, is the hinge mechanism that attached the pin to the brooch. This trumpet brooch did not have a sprung but a hinged mechanism with the two tubular moulding…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-422083
Object type: SEAL BOX
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An complete enamelled cast copper alloy seal box dating from late 1st to the mid 3rd Century AD. The seal box survives almost complete and in very good condition. Both the box and its lid are present with the lid still being attached to the box via a hinge on one of the sides. The seal box is pointed oval in shape and only the lid was decorated with enamel. The box itself is pointed oval in shaped, with raised sides and four holes in the bottom. On the opposite side of the hinge is a small lug to ease opening and closing of the box. The lid matches the box in shape but it slightly …
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-41D3B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, copper alloy enamelled Dragonesque brooch dating from late 1st or 2nd century AD. The brooch survives almost complete with only one of the terminal heads missing. The pin is still in place, bent around the body of the brooch. Although most of the enamel is missing, it is in excellent condition. The surface is dark brown and shiny and smooth to the touch. The brooch was S-shaped with both sides terminating in a small head with ear, eye and a curled up snout or nose. The body was cast with eleven integral cells which were filled with enamel, probably alternating blue a…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Last updated: Saturday 28th March 2020
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Record ID: LANCUM-2FADAF
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded cast copper alloy pendant dating from the early medieval period, that is the 9th century AD. The artefact survives almost complete, although it is a reworked object that does not survive in its original, larger, form. The fragment was broken off a larger object and shows signs of having been reworked into its current shape, which is probably that of a pendant. All edges are rough to the touch but the original break occurred at what is now the bottom of the pendant. The flat sides (top and sides) are smoother than the break and show possibly previous tinning. The current sh…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2F9A11
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy finger ring, probably dating from the medieval period, that is c. 12th-15th century AD. The finger ring is bent but complete, with a rough surface and olive-brown patina. It may have had flattened shoulders and a rectangular bezel. It probably bore incised decoration but the bezel is too worn and the motif can no longer be identified. The shape of the bezel suggests that the ring was of medieval date.
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2F8907
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A castccopper-alloy swivel fitting dating from the medieval period, that is c. 11th-15th century. The artefact consists of at least four conjoined elements. At the centre of the swivel fitting is a large, presumably mostly hollow copper-alloy sphere. It has two large opposing perforations/hole into which, on each side, a smaller rivet or shank has been inserted. These "block-like" fittings cannot be pulled out; presumably, their terminals inside the sphere had been flatted or enlarged to keep the fitting in place. However, they are loose fitting enough to be able to turn around 360…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2F4308
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half of a medieval cast copper alloy two-piece swivel fitting dating from c. AD1100-c. 1500. This is one half of the swivel: overall, it consists of a ring- or flat D-shaped frame with sub-triangular sides which gradually expand towards each end, where they terminate in a pair of zoomorphic beasts heads flanking a central flat ring which is set perpendicular to the main ring. The muzzles of the beasts are long with the upper jaw running from the brow ridge to the lip and their mouths open, probably clasping the central block. The design is not as well executed as on comparative…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-2F060D
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy barrel or box padlock spring mechanism dating from the medieval period, that is c. 11th-15th century. Overall, the mechanism is U-shaped in profile with a flat rectangular lower arm and cylindrical/circular cross-sectioned upper arm. The lower arm is rectangular in profile and tapers slightly towards its tip. It has extensive tool marks on all surfaces and a small cylindrical copper-alloy rivet attaches rectangular copper-alloy leaf springs to each side close to the tip. At the opposite end, at the point where the object begins to curve the lower arm ha…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2CA41B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy weight, probably a spindle whorl dating from the 13th-15th century AD. The weight is rectangular in cross-section and circular in shape with a central hole for the spindle. All surfaces are patinated white and rough to the touch. The upper surface of the whorl is decorated with four large Xs between four large raised moulded dots. The reverse/underside appears undecorated Lead weights like these are common finds, but only rarely from excavated contexts which is why date and origin are difficult to pinpoint. Decorated lead-alloy weights are very rare finds in excavations,…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2C75AC
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy weight, probably a spindle whorl dating from the 13th-15th century AD. The weight is biconical in cross-section and circular in shape with a central hole for the spindle. All surfaces are patinated white and rough to the touch. The whorl is decorated with an untidy criss/cross pattern, probably a number of 'X's within linear borders (possibly pseudo lettering). The decoration is the same on obverse and reverse. The spindle whorl was made in the same mould or from the same mould template as LANCUM-2C663F. Lead weights like these are common finds, but only rarely from exca…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2C663F
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy weight, probably a spindle whorl dating from the 13th-15th century AD. The weight is biconical in cross-section and circular in shape with a central hole for the spindle. All surfaces are patinated white and rough to the touch. The whorl is decorated with an untidy criss/cross pattern, probably a number of 'X's within linear borders (possibly pseudo lettering). The decoration is the same on obverse and reverse. The spindle whorl was made in the same mould or from the same mould template as the whorl recorded as LANCUM-2C75AC. Lead weights like these are common finds, but…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2C5969
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy weight, probably a spindle whorl dating from the 13th-15th century AD. The weight is biconical in cross-section and circular in shape with a central hole for the spindle. All surfaces are patinated white and rough to the touch. The whorl is decorated with alternating radiating lines/spokes and dots, all moulded/in profile. The decoration is the same on obverse and reverse. Lead weights like these are common finds, but only rarely from excavated contexts which is why date and origin are difficult to pinpoint. Decorated lead-alloy weights are very rare finds in excavations…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.