Record ID: LANCUM-72B396
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast copper alloy object with Latin inscription. It is flat and rectangular, with a broad transverse groove across the complete short end. Along the two long edges are double parallel grooves with oblique incisions between, forming a cable pattern. The inscription is written in seriffed capital letters on two lines, divided by a double parallel line with a bold zigzag line in between, apparently made from a series of V-shaped punches. The first line of the inscription reads DEVM.COLE [ ]; the second reads TIME:TEV [ ], both lines leading up to the break. The revers…
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2006
Last updated: Friday 9th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MITTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DBD9F6
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy casting residue. Ripple marks on the obverse suggest that it is casting waste. Probably Post-Medieval but could be earlier.
Created on: Friday 18th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-DBE606
Object type: DRESS AND PERSONAL ACCESSORIES
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead ornament in the shape of a rosette. The centre piece is a flat oval surrounded by a floral border. Method of attachment unclear as no loop or lugs survive on the reverse.
Created on: Friday 18th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-DBEED1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Plain cast copper alloy finger ring. The join is visible but there is no inscription. The ring dates to the eighteenth century and may have been worn by a child or a teenager - the size of this ring suggests this to be the case - as by this time most adults were able to afford gold or silver. Plain hoops were often preferred.
Created on: Friday 18th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.