Record ID: LANCUM-53CCA2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to ealry Post Medieval ceramic vessel body sherd. The variably fired brown/red to grey, well sorted, gritty fabric can be scratched with a thumbnail. There are many voids and inclusions under 1mm. Probable remains of internal and external pale grey slip. Suggested date range c1250 to c1600 AD. Length 37mm, width 21mm, thickness 5mm, weight 6.07g
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Blackburn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0FC5E5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to early Post Medieval ceramic vessel body sherd of a reduced sandy ware. The stub of a probable 'strap' handle has been attached at the top of the sherd. It may originally have been part of a large jug or storeage vessel. The light grey fabric’s core is mid grey. The inner face has remnant brown coating, possibly a glaze slip undercoat, and the outer face has a streaky covering glaze that varies from mid brown to orange. It is lightly abraded, is scratchable with a thumbnail, and has many inclusions and some voids, mostly under 0.5mm, with one linear v…
Created on: Monday 6th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Millom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C86607
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval ceramic vessel handle sherd of a variably fired gritty ware. The fabric is pale buff where oxidised and grey where it isn’t. It is scratchable with a thumbnail and has many inclusions and voids mostly up to 1mm. There is a yellow green outer glaze and remnants of sooting. Probably dates from c1200 to c1500 AD, most likely 14th or 15th century. Length 57mm, width 37mm, thickness 16mm, weight 36.45g.
Created on: Monday 9th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 27th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Millom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C85224
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to early Post Medieval ceramic vessel body sherd of a reduced sandy ware. The fabric’s core is grey, the inner face is orange, and the outer face is a lighter orange with areas of pale grey. It is scratchable with a thumbnail and has many inclusions and voids up, mostly under 1mm with some up to 2mm and one linear void 7mm long. There is a degraded yellow green outer glaze. Probably dates from c1250 to c1600 AD, most likely 13th or 14th century. Length 75mm, width 44mm, thickness 11mm, weight 28.07g.
Created on: Monday 9th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Millom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-79BE47
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval ceramic vessel body sherd of a gritty reduced pale grey fabric with a dark grey core. No sign of glaze. Majority of inclusions and voids 1mm or less. Ome abrasion and can be scratched with a thumbnail. Probably dates to between c1066 and c1600 AD. Length 38mm, width 25.5mm, thickness 7mm, weight 9.64g.
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2022
Last updated: Sunday 23rd October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rippingale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-08D58E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to Post Medieval ceramic vessel base sherd. It has an oxidised brown/red well-sorted fabric that cannot be scratched with a thumbnail. The fabric has what appears to be a vitrified purple surface though this may be a well fired slip. Both interior and exterior faces are partly covered with a brown/black glaze. There are similarities with Midlands Purple ware though the fabric is the wrong colour and it may well be a locally produced version of it. Suggested dates c1450 to c1750 AD. Length 55.5mm, width 32mm, thickness 16mm (wall 6mm), weight 21.95g.
Created on: Monday 20th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rippingale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-96E063
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval ceramic gritty ware vessel rim sherd, probably from a large storage vessel. Reduced orange/shed (dark grey core) gritty fabric. The majority of inclusions and voids are sub 1mm. The majority of inclusions are angular to sub-angular quartz or quartzite. It can be scratched with a firmly applied pin and is only lightly abraded. There is a splashed yellow/green glaze on the rim, some of which has dribbled onto the internal and external faces. Dates from c1150 to c1400 AD. Length 121mm, width 49mm, rim thickness 24mm and wall thickness 5mm.
Created on: Monday 11th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Burnley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9AD035
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval ceramic vessel rim sherd with handle scar. Probably from a jug. It has an abraded reduced gritty buff fabric with a dark grey core that can be scratched with a thumbnail. The fabric has a number of inclusions and occasional voids, both mostly less than 1mm in size but some up to 2mm. Remnant yellow green covering glaze externally. The sherd has a 4mm high horizontal ridge (width 15mm) 35mm below the rim. Probably dates to between c1350 and c1600 AD. The length is 77mm, width 60mm, rim thickness 12mm, maximum thickness 15mm, and the weight is 61.81g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th February 2020
Last updated: Saturday 22nd February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Askam in Furness', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-3B3477
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early Medieval to Medieval ceramic vessel body sherd. It has an abraded, apparently oxidised, gritty buff fabric that can be scratched with a thumbnail. The fabric has a number of inclusions and occasional voids, both mostly less than 1mm in size but some up to 2mm. There is no evidence of glaze. Probably dates from c1000 to c1400 AD, most likely late 11th to 13th century. The length is 36mm, width 28mm, thickness 5mm, and the weight is 6.69g.
Created on: Friday 13th December 2019
Last updated: Saturday 22nd February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Askam in Furness', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-3AFD9F
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval ceramic vessel sherd assemblage of 28 lightly abraded sherds from a cistern. It has reduced very fine grained fabric that has a salmon pink to pale grey external face, a mid-grey core and the majority of the internal faces are a very pale grey. It is powdery to the touch, soft and can be scratched very easily with a thumbnail. The fabric has a number of inclusions and occasional voids, both mostly less than 2mm in size but some up to 5mm x 2mm. Remnant yellow green covering glaze internally and externally. In places there is also a dark brown finis…
Created on: Friday 13th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Askam in Furness', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EDD144
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to early Post Medieval ceramic vessel base sherd of unglazed variably fired gritty ware. The fabric is orange red, dark grey where unoxidised, lightly abraded, and can be scratched with a firmly applied thumbnail. Inclusions and voids mostly under 2mm and sub rounded. Probably dates to between c1066 and c1600 AD. Length 54mm, width 40mm, thickness 12mm (9mm base), weight 24.52g.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Clitheroe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DAABD1
Object type: ROOF TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic imbrex roof tile, possibly Roman but it maybe Post Medieval. It has an orange red oxidised fabric with frequent stoney inclusions and voids up to 8mm. It has been heavily abraded but two original edges are still clearly discernable. The tile is curved in section, sub rectangular in plan and profile. Probably dates between circa AD 43 and circa AD 410 but it could date to between c1500 and c1900 AD. Similar to BERK-A5F6AE, WAW-97AB66 and DEV-E63344. The length across the curve is 175mm, the width is 125mm, the wall thickness is 15mm, and the weight is 1200g.
Created on: Tuesday 16th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Preston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-316C85
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman ceramic vessel body sherd, probably Oxford or Nene Valley Colour Coated Ware. The sherd has remnants of a brown/green coloured slip coating the interior and exterior. The oxidized fabric is white/cream, fine, well sorted, is scratchable with a firmly applied thumb nail and exhibits some abrasion. The fabric has occasional inclusions and voids up to 1mm, and a few up to 3.5mm. Dates to between c150 and c410 AD. The length is 45mm, the width is 35mm, thickness 8mm, and the weight 12.3g.
Created on: Friday 9th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-316A46
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to early post Medieval ceramic vessel body sherd. It has a gritty, reduced off white to cream fabric, interior face mid grey, and is scratchable with a thumb nail. The exterior and interior have remnants of a covering buff slip. The fabric has numerous inclusions and voids most up to 1mm, but some up to 3mm. Probably dates to between c1300 and c1600 AD. The length is 33mm, the width is 26mm, thickness 6mm, and the weight 8.97g.
Created on: Friday 9th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-31688D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a Roman ceramic vessel body sherd, possibly a product of the Oxford or Nene Valley potteries. The oxidized fabric is cream/off white, well sorted, is scratchable with a firmly applied thumb nail and is lightly abraded. The fabric has occasional inclusions and voids up to 1mm, and a few linear voids up to 2mm. Probably dates to between c150 and c410 AD. The length is 28mm, the width is 25mm, thickness 8mm, and the weight 6.85g.
Created on: Friday 9th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-3166DB
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early Medieval to Medieval ceramic vessel split body sherd. It has a gritty, reduced dark grey fabric with a light grey core. There is decoration on the external face in the form of a 5mm wide horizontal circumferal groove. The fabric can be scratched with a thumb nail and has numerous inclusions and voids most up to 1mm, but some up to 2mm. The sherd is unglazed. Probably dates from c900 to c1500 AD, most likely 12th or 13th century. The length is 40mm, the width is 32mm, thickness 10mm, and the weight 15.52g.
Created on: Friday 9th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-316537
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably Late Early Medieval to Medieval ceramic vessel rim sherd. Probably an eleventh to thirteenth century fine tableware copying an earlier, probably Roman, form but executed in a poor fabric. It has a gritty, variably fired, dark grey to light grey to buff/red fabric that can be scratched with a firmly applied thumb nail. The fabric and has numerous inclusions and voids most up to 1mm, but some up to 2mm. The sherd is unglazed. Probably dates from c900 to c1500 AD, most likely eleventh to thirteenth century. The length is 29mm, the width is 26mm, rim thickness 12mm, wall thick…
Created on: Friday 9th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-316317
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post Medieval ceramic vessel body sherd. It has a gritty, oxidized grey fabric. There are remnants on exterior of a possible applied finish, but it is too degraded to make any firm prediction as to what it was. The fabric can be scratched with a thumb nail and has numerous inclusions and voids most up to 1mm, but some up to 2mm. Some of the inclusions appear to be quartzite and iron stone Probably dates to between c1250 and c1600 AD. The length is 43mm, the width is 31mm, thickness 8mm, and the weight 13.74g.
Created on: Friday 9th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-3160B1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval ceramic vessel sherds. Sherd 1 - Body sherd of an oxidized buff fabric. It is scratchable with a pin and has occasional inclusions and voids up to 2mm and one inclusion 4 x 2mm. It has an external brown slip and an internal manganese streaked brown glaze. Dates to between c1600 and c1750 AD. The length is 28mm, the width is 22mm, thickness 6mm, and the weight 5.03g. Sherd 2 - Body sherd of oxidised off white fabric. It is finely potted and can be scratched with a pin. Glazed internally and externally with a green/brown glaze. The outer face is decorated with fou…
Created on: Friday 9th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-7D7BD4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early Medieval to Medieval ceramic vessel body sherd with light abrasion. The reduced fabric has a buff external face and a light grey internal core. It can be scratched with a thumbnail. The fabric has a number of inclusions and occasional voids, both mostly less than 1mm in size. There is a large (10mm x 1mm) void that seems to have occurred as part of the potting process. It is unglazed. Probably dates from c1000 to c1400 AD, most likely 12th or 13th century. The length is 40mm, the width is 36mm, thickness 7mm, and the weight 14.06g.
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Friday 9th March 2018
Spatial data recorded.