Record ID: LVPL-63D2C8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy 'lyre-shaped' strap end with an integral box chape and openwork terminal. The terminal comprises elaborate openwork of inverted M-shape with a lozenge-shaped terminal and side scrolls with four circular depressions on the outside edge of the frame. In the centreme is a bird (possibly an eagle). The box chape is rectangular in cross-section and has two rivet holes for attachment. The box chape has broken on the rear around the rivet holes. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The object has a light green patina. A similar example is no.218, p37, Whitehead, (200…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baschurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-D97C1A
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A shield shaped, heraldic harness stud or mount of medieval date (AD 1250-1400). The mount features the design of gules three lions passant guardant. Most of red enamel has survived with the brownish-green patina of lions. The reverse surface is rough and undecorated with an attachment shank just below centre which is circular in cross-section. Similar objects on the Portable Antiquities Scheme include: NARC-D972A2, PUBLIC-98FF2C. See below for further information on the symbolism displayed on the object. NARC-D972A2: The design is post circa 1198. Whilst the arms of England are usua…
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2016
Last updated: Sunday 25th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke upon Tern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-C2FF53
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy socketed side-looped spearhead dating from the middle to late Bronze Age, (1500-800BC). The spearhead is almost complete. The head is leaf-shaped and the socket has a pronounced midrib. The mid rib is lozenge shape and extends to the base of the socket where it is slightly facetted rather than raised. The tip of the spearhead is thicker than the rest of the blade and there are re-sharpening marks around the edges of the wings. The edges of the blade has been damaged in most places. The string loops are narrow with oval central piercings. In profile they are oval (lent…
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-6CE375
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A middle Bronze Age sidelooped spearhead dating to c. 1300-1200BC. The socketed is slightly flared at its 'open' end, and 20.33mm in diameter, (internal 14.52mm). The loops, which are flattened, are situated roughly half way along the shaft. The head is leaf shaped. The socket is a pronounced mid-rib and the edges of the wings are chamfered. The max width of the wings, and spearhead, is 42.84mm. The outer edge of the wings are 1.58mm thick. The patina is a greenish brown and there is a small amount of corrosion on the wings. The side-looped spearhead dates to the Middle Bronze …
Created on: Tuesday 28th April 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-A65F43
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver hooked tag with central panel decorated with a Trewhiddle-style animal. Description: Hooked tag with a basically drop-shaped plate, with rounded projections at the upper corners, each perforated with a circular sewing hole. The plate has an elegant concave taper towards the base to meet a small but complete backwards-bending hook. The panel of engraved ornament is set inside an undecorated frame and consists of a single, very neatly made, Trewhiddle-style animal in flat counter-relief, whose head points towards the hook and so is best viewed with the sewing holes held to the …
Created on: Monday 21st November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Prees', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-701209
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy gilded harness pendant of medieval date forming a 'set' with its suspension mount. The object consists of a sub-rectangular bar and a hanging pendant. The suspension mount is sub-triangular in cross-section and is flat at the back. It is curved in profile due to damage. At each end there is lobe with an elongated knop which is hemispherical in cross-section. The lobes are pierced with holes to accommodate rivets. At the underside of the centre of the object is a double lugged suspension from which hangs a square sectioned 'pendant'. The pendant is held in place by a pin…
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2016
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke upon Tern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-45D51B
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver-gilt composite dress hook dating to the early Post-Medieval period. The object consists of a silver lozenge shaped reverse plate with a raised and separate quatrefoil riveted to the back plate by a large domed bossed rivet in the centre. Each point of the quatrefoil terminates with a fleur-de-lis. Between each fleur-de-lis is a rounded projection. The back-plate of the object has engrailed edges and trefoil knops on the apexes. The engrailed edges and knops are gilded. The projecting sections of the engrailed edges are decorated with two small linear grooves. The stra…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-00F0F7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver seal matrix dating from the 17th or early 18th century. The matrix face is oval and the conical handle has six facets. The terminal of the handle is an openwork tri-lobed suspension loop, the top loop of which is incomplete. There is a thick hexagonal double collar between the loop and the shaft. The matrix face has a beaded border and the central design is of a crown over a heart pierced by two crossed arrows. There is a very small rounded symbol in each angle of the arrows, except the angle filled by the crown. These are probably intended to be drops of blood, mak…
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke upon Tern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-A00448
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus, probably of Constantine I (AD 306-37), dating to AD 323-4 (Reece Period 16), SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing right, holdiing palm-branch and trophy, spurning captive. Mint unclear.
Created on: Tuesday 30th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 8th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-7F2920
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy spur dating to the Post-Medieval period, (1500-1700). The spur is formed of two curved arms, the neck and box of a rowel spur. The arms form a U-shape and are D-shaped in cross section. The neck is oval in cross-section and angled upwards. The box is angled slightly downwards. Each of the terminals has a central circular apertures one of which is incomplete due to an old breaks. The arms are decorated with punched dots interspersed with three diagonal grooves. The object has a dark green patina and is in good condtion.
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Friday 20th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Darliston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-14D2C7
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy rowel from a spur of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. The rowel is in the form of a six pointed star and has a central circular perforation for attachment to the spur. The perforation has an internal diameter of 4mm. The object has a mid-green patina and shows file marks are visible. Such rowels are undiagnostic and a wide medieval to post-medieval date is therefore offered; similar examples can be found illustrated in Read (2001, 66; refs. 505-507). Dimensions: 49mm in diameter, 3mm thick, 6.7g.
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Much Wenlock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-A0C106
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman brooch. Varient of dolphin type, it is small and undecorated. It dates from the late 1st Century to the early 2nd. The pin is missing.
Created on: Tuesday 30th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oswestry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-7167B5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman dolphin brooch. Sprung bow brooch with a seven coil spring. The catchplate and the pin are missing. The spring is set inside a cylindrical wing case. The top of the bow is humped with the remains of a hook which would have held the spring in place. The bow gets narrower towards the foot. The foot is bent slightly to one side and damaged.
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-DD5DF2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman dolphin brooch. The bow is humped just before the head. The bow narrows towards the foot which is broken. The wings are short and tubular. There are four vertical mouldings on the top of the head of the bow. The rest of the bow is undecorated and the catahplate broken. The pin is missing.
Created on: Tuesday 21st April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oswestry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-707375
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large cast copper alloy dolphin brooch dating to the Roman period. The object is a sprung example. The wings are tubular and each end terminates in a raised cap. The caps are decorated with vertical beading around the edge and each end is decorated with a transverse V-shaped groove. In the centre of the groove is the end of the access bar which forms part of the spring. The spring is secured by a triangular shaped rearward-facing hook and is largely complete. The head of the brooch rises up from the wings and tapers downwards forming the bow of the object. The bow is decorated with a …
Created on: Wednesday 21st July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-0672C6
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast iron horseshoe dating from the late Medieval to the Post-Medieval period. The circular horseshoe was used to give extra support at the heel for orthopaedic reasons and is not diagnostic of date. The nail holes for the shoe to be attached to the horses hoof are corroded over and can not be ascertained. The shoe is sub-oval in plan and arches slightly inwards at one end. The object is in poor condition due to corrosion.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Myddle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-F80CE3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy disc brooch dating to the Roman period. The object is oval in plan with a central setting, probably for a glass or semi-precious stone which is now missing. It consists of a two sheets of copper alloy which have been pressed together. The circumference is decorated with gilded raised pellets. In the centre of the object is a raised rim. Surrounding the rim is a beaded border. In the centre of the setting is a small circular depression. On the rear of the object the pin and catchplate are missing although a scar remains. One side of the object has been heavily damag…
Created on: Friday 23rd November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oswestry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-31143E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy and silvered trumpet brooch of Roman date. The brooch has a typical oval or 'trumpet' shaped head. The bow tapers in width towards the small oval foot. In the centre of the bow is an oval waist moulding of outward-bowing diamond shapes. Above and below the waist moulding is a double transverse collar. On the head of the brooch are two elongated oval mouldings with a groove in the centre. The leg of the brooch is decorated with a central vertical groove. At the rear of the brooch the spring is formed with a central axis bar passing through a pierced lug …
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-FA9A48
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete cast copper alloy socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date (1000 - 800 BC). The object can be classified as the Ewart Park phase of metalwork. The object is sub-rectangular in plan with the cutting edge expanding outwards to form a convex cutting edge. The cutting edge is damaged and worn which occurred both in recent and ancient times. The cutting edge measures 51.89mm in width and is 1.97mm thick. The socket has a sub square mouth (internal width 28.15mm, internal length 28.16mm, external width 37.37mm, external length 39.63mm and the wall of the mouth is 4-…
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oswestry Rural', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-948654
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver artefact, roughly triangular in shape. Possibly a mount with two studs on the back for attachment to leather or textile. Central square hole, on the front curved flange near the square hole with two triangular compartments of floral decoration. Possibly a mount for a belt (?). The object is well made and the floral design may suggest an early 16th century date. The age and precious metal content of this item therefore qualify it as treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. Dora Thornton
Created on: Thursday 28th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Myddle', grid reference and parish protected.