Record ID: LANCUM-2BE374
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy developed flat axehead dating from the Early Bronze Age, that is c. 2000-1900BC. The axehead survives in good condition with a very shiny, glossy surface and smooth patina. The surface is slightly pitted, but there is no sign of the later stages of bronze disease. The axehead is lenticular in profile, with slightly raised but not pronounced flanges. It does not have a stop ridge, but a very slight raised section across the centre. This is curved and made more visible but being undecorated above the 'ledge' and decorated below. The decoration consists of a untidy 'rain'…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2BBD52
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy axehead dating from the Early Bronze Age, that is c. 2200-2100BC. The axehead survives intact and in good condition with some bronze corrosion coming through along the sides. Most of the original olive-green patina is still in place, but the surface is pitted with corrosion showing through. The axehead has curved, diverging sides with a curved, splayed cutting edge/blade. The butt is semi-circular and the the axe is lenticular in profile. The casting seams were removed and the axehead shows signs of repeated resharpening along the cutting edge (striations). It is decor…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2B1A5D
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper or copper-alloy axehead probably dating from the Chalcolithic/Copper Age or the very Early Bronze Age, that is c. 2400-2300BC. The axe survives in good condition with a rusty-coloured surface and rough patina. It has straight diverging sides, a straight butt and a gently curved cutting edge/blade. Its profile is flat lenticular and it is undecorated. According to Needham's Classification of Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Copper and Bronze Axe-Heads, this is most likely a Class 2B or 2C axe, dating from the 24th or 23rd C BC. Needham's classification is mainly based on axehea…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-EBF1C7
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A probable copper alloy pendant of possible Roman date. A broadly conical object. At the top is a large, arched loop joined to a discoidal plate or skirt. Projecting from the underside is tapering circular cross sectioned shaft decorated with a series of moulded girth ridges. Date: Roman (probably) Dimensions: 47.65 mm x 23.01 mm x 10.03 mm Weight: 25.56 g Similar to LANCUM-35D573 on the PAS database.
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd August 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-C3029D
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy double-hooked dress fastener. The fastener comprises a central, solid, cylindrical body with a large circular hole through the transverse axis. The cylinder tapers slightly towards the flat ends.The surface is decorated with slightly irregular incised rectangular cross hatching. At each of the flat ends of the cylinder projects an incomplete integral drawn wire hook. The hooks are sub-circular in cross section and curved both taper slightly to the breaks. Reference: Read 2008 early medieval Class M Date: Early Medieval - c. 700 - 900 Dimensions: 50.72 …
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2018
Last updated: Friday 30th April 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-BC9F2F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cut halfpenny of Henry III dating from c. AD1258-70. Class 5g; late variety. Minted by Renault at London. Obv: [hENRICVS] REX III Rev: RENAVD [ON...]
Created on: Monday 9th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-3255D9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Groat of Henry VIII minted under Archbishop Thomas Wolsey dating from c. AD1538-41. Mintmark: lis. North 1799. Obv: HENRIC VIIID G R AG C Z FRANC HIB Rev: CIVITAS EBORACI TW beside shield; Note: Apologies for the low quality of this image: this coin was recorded at a Finds Day in 2007.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-9FD77A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cut halfpenny of Henry III dating from AD1258-1270. Class 5g (late variety) minted by Willem of London. Obv: [hENRICVS] REX/III Rev: [WIL]/LEM/ONL/[VND]
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9FC0E6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Domitian, denarius, Rome, AD 90. RIC II (2nd edition) Domitian, no. 690. O: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIIII. Laureate head right. R: IMP XXI COS XV CENS P P P. Minerva standing right on top of rostral column, holding spear and shield; owl right.
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9F975E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cut halfpenny of Henry III dating from c.1258-1270. Class 5g. Voided long cross. Minted by Walter of London. Obv: hENRI[CVS II]I Rev: WA[LTER/ON/L]VND
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9E45FD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cut halfpenny of Alexander II (in his own name) dating from c. AD1235-49. Phase D. Minted by Andrev or Alain and Andrev at Roxburgh. At this time Roxburgh was the principle mint in Scotland. Obv: A[LEXSANDER] Rev: [ALAIN AN or just AN]DREVONR[OC]
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9B4D71
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval halfgroat of Edward I dating from c. 1298? Class 3b (Roman N in DNS and no pellet on neck). Berwick mint. Obv: [+EDWA]RAN[GL]DNShYB Rev: [VILL/A]BE/REV/VIC[I]
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9AE72C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Halfgroat of Elizabeth I dating from 1591-1595. Mintmark: tun. North 2016. Obv: Crowned bust left, two pellets behind / E D G ROSA SINE SPINA Rev: Long cross over royal shield / CIVITAS LONDON
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-85FC79
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval sixpence of Elizabeth I dating from AD1561. Mintmark pheon. Obv: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA Rev: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV Ref: North 1997.
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Muncaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-85E577
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy ampulla fragment dating from the medieval period, that is c. late 12th-14th century. Only the lower part of the body survives with fluted mouldings on one side and what looks like the remains of a moulded circle on the other. The complete ampulla had a flat-rectangular neck and a sub-circular body and two handles. One side of the body may have been decorated with a floral or star motif within a double circle, as seen, e.g. on LANCUM-F68AD4, the other cast in the shape of the scallop, the sympol of St James of Santiago de Compostela in Spain, a well-known shrine and des…
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-85CF53
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sixpence of William III dating from the late 1600s. Obv: laureate bust right / [GVLIELMVS III DEI GRA] Rev: cruciform shields / [... MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX 16]
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-7387C3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cut short cross halfpenny of Henry III dating from c. AD1222-29. Class 7b1, minted at Canterbury by an unknown moneyer. Obv: hE[NRICVS R/E]X Rev: +[... ON]CANTE
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D52B0C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Radiate of Gallienus probably dating to his sole reign, from C. AD 260-68
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2017
Last updated: Sunday 29th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Well', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D5108D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Halfgroat of Elizabeth I dating from 1582-1583. 6th coinage. Initial mark bell. North 2016. Obv: E D G [ROSA SI]NE SP[IN]A Rev: [CIVI]TAS LONDON
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2017
Last updated: Sunday 29th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Well', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D4E266
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Dutch duit of Gelderland dated 1760. Obverse: Crowned arms of Gelderland Obverse Legend: IN • DEO • EST • SPES • NOSTRA • Reverse: Inscription, date within baroque cartouche Reverse Inscription: *D*/GEL/RIÆ/date/mintmark (tree)
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2017
Last updated: Sunday 29th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Knaresborough', grid reference and parish protected.