Record ID: LANCUM-644668
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy double loop buckle frame. It is the same form as Whitehead No.291. The frame is complete but the tongue is absent. Dates to between c1350 and c1650 AD. Length 34mm, width 24mm.
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Skipton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4E9AE6
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead alloy shy cock in the shape of a cockerel. The flat figurine and it's thick oval base are a single cast piece. Shy cocks seem to have been a British phenomena that were popular from the late fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. This one is unusual as it appears to be decorated on both sides. A similar looking example is illustrated as Type 1 Design 1 in Toys, Trifles & Trinkets 1200-1800 (Forsyth, H. & Egan, G., 2005, p.240, fig.7.1). Suggested date range c1700 to c1800 AD. Length 28mm, width 25mm, thickness 9.5mm, weight 10.8g…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Gisburn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4E8D55
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to early Post Medieval lead alloy shield shaped pan weight. Equates to 60 drams or 3.7 ounces (almost 4 ounces or quarter a pound) under the ‘binary’ averdepois system. The decorated side consists of a crowned fleur-de-lis, surrounded by a recessed border approximately 5mm lower than the decorated area. The border is largely absent from the top edge of the weight. The weight is lightly abraded and the decoration is still clearly visible. Dates to between c1390 and c1588 AD. Length 48mm, width 37mm, thickness 11mm, weight 105.35g. The weight illustrated on p4…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Settle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4DC9E0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy finger ring in the form of a belt, probably a 'fairing' ring. Fairing rings were cheaply made finger rings given as prizes, or sold, at rural fairs, or sold by tinkers etc. Many are found at sites traditionally associated with fairs. Some of the bands decoration has been lost to corrosion. When new, fairing rings would have been polished up and made to appear golden in colour. They vary greatly in design. Some copy older traditional designs, other decorative motifs seem to occur only on low cost copper alloy rings. Interestingly, a number of the forms…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Whalley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-03EBA3
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix. It is circular in plan and more or less plano convex in profile. The matrix consists of a central forward facing stags head with cross between antlers surrounded by a circumferal legend reading, +TIMETE DEVM (Fear the Lord). The rear is undecorated. There is a longitudinal strengthening rib across the reverse and the remnants of a suspension loop at the top of the rib. Harvey and McGuinness attribute such anonymous personal seals of the form to the fourteenth century, and cite 'Timete deum'…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-31FEA1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver half crown of Charles I. Probably Tower mint under the King. The coin has been clipped. There are three centrally intersecting lines scratched onto the obverse, possibly an attempt at a Union Flag. Dates c1625 to c1642 AD. Diameter 33mm, weight 13.74g. Obverse - equestrian portrait left Reverse - garnished round shield Obverse inscription - CAROLVS.D.[ ]I[ ] Reverse inscription - CHRISTO.AVS[PICE REGNO]
Created on: Friday 8th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Wigton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5ED37B
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy chafing dish handle. The handle is a voided T in shape. It would have been attached to the chafing dish by a short lug. There would have been another handle on the opposite side of the dish. Suggested date range c1500 to c1700 AD. Length 64mm, width 50mm, weight 29.46g. Similar examples on the database include YORYM-1721CB, LANCUM-836D15, & WMID-427F61.
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Last updated: Sunday 18th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Blackburn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-FB291E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment, probably one third, of a possible Iron Age to Early Medieval copper alloy strap distributor. It would originally have been circular in plan (see reconstructed image), and is flat in section. There is ring and dot decoration on one face. Suggested date range c400 BC to c1066 AD. Other suggestions for object type include fob dangler, openwork disc brooch, and even Early Medieval continental sun disc. Length 52mm, width 41mm, thickness 4mm, weight 14.9g. Probable original diameter 54mm.
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5282EF
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead alloy pan weight. The weight is circular in plan, The lower face is plain. The upper face has a raised circumferal ridge. The weight appears to have been made in imitation of officialy stamped trade weights. Suggested date range c1600 to c1900 AD Height 6mm, diameter 16mm, weight 106.8g.
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Blackburn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-40684D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval contemporary forgery of a third coinage fourth head Laurel or 20 Shilling of James I. Mintmark spur rowel. The surface's gold coating has largely been lost and the metals (largely fairly poor gade silver) beneath somewhat eroded. It is, however, surprisingly legible. Dates of original coin from c1619 to c1620 AD, suggested date range for the copy c1619 to c1625 AD. Diameter 37mm, weight 5.69g. Obverse inscription: IACOBVS D G:MA[G B]RIT FRA ET HIB[B?]RN REX Reverse inscription: [FAC]IAM/EOS[I]N/GE[NTE]M/VN[AM]/
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Gisburn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C8662E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy halfcrown of James II, gun money from August 1689. Stop before J. No stop after II - Spink 6579 B2 or 3. Dates to August 1689. Diameter 32mm, thickness 2mm, weight 11.2g. Obverse inscription - DEI:GRATIA .JACOBVS.II Reverse inscription - [168]9.MAG.BR.FRA.ET.HIB.REX
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Kendal', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-A3F78C
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy spehrical suspended bell with an iron pea. This form of suspended bell is known colloquially as a crotal or rumbler. It is largely complete but heavily worn. In spite of the wear, it is still possible to discern the remains of the raised ridge around the centre and raised 'sunburst' decoration on the two hemispheres. The robust suspension loop is sub-triangular with a compatively large perforation (6mm) and is 12mm high. At right angles relative to the suspension loop, there are two circular sound holes on each side of the upper hemisphere. In line wi…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Knutsford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-A3AB72
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy vessel fragment. Probably part of a handle from a cooking vessel like a posnet. The fragment is sub rectangular in plan. One side is flat, the other has a low logitudinal ridge from which the surface drops to the edge, making the overall form plano convex It is undecorated. Suggested date range c1100 to c1750 AD. Length 20mm, width 14mm, thicknes 5mm, weight 7.33g.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Gisburn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-A389B3
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mid to Late Bronze Age casting gate or jets.The object consists of two conical sprues or flashes with a casting well that is a figure '8' in plan. Casting jets, such as this, are waste products which form at the top of a two-piece clay mould when the molten metal has filled the object-shaped void below and around the gate piece which had two conical apertures. These sorts wsate material are made uo of re-usable metal, and would have been retained for resmelting. They turn up in base metal hoards of the period and later Suggested date range c1500 to c800 BC, probably after c1000…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Barnoldswick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-FE0081
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval dagger or knife cross piece, quillion, or guard. possibly from a parrying dagger. Only one arm and the central section containing the perforation for the blade tang are present. The edge around the perforation is decorated with two pairs of four short raised vertical ridges. There is a further ridge where the guard arm joins. The arm ends in a collar and a spherical terminal knop. Dates to between c1350 to c1600 AD. Length 53mm, width 17mm, thickness 5mm, weight 13.53g.
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Appleby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-FDFBB9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy brooch. It is comprised of two distinctive elements. A traingular section forms the largest part, and in a square moulded in recess are cells formed by three dimaond shapes. A series of horizontal ribs then finishes the bottom of this across the narrow section. There is then a diamond shaped section at the bottom, point downwards, with a circular cell in the centre of this. It is likey that these cells would have contained enamel. The larger triangular section is flat and has a central vertical rib moulded in on the reverse, the diamond shape…
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Appleby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-FDFA34
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a brooch, possibly a Roman T shaped example. The is a copper alloy piece which is triangular both in secton and in plan. On the widest part there are the remains of two lugs or other fitment, represented as short stubs. Through the widest sides at the bottoem are drilled two holes, and a shaft is inserted into these. Behind the centre of this the main body is hollow, and a pin is fitted here around the shaft. The whole has an even brown patina, no decoration is apparant Dimensions: 9mm wide and 25mm long including the pin. It weighs 1.76g
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Appleby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-FDE408
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible knife guard. It is moulded in copper alloy and is basically a sub rectangular shape. In the centre is a rectangular hole through which the blade of a small knife would have passed through. At either end the shape narrows to form the muzzles of a zoomorphic design. From the snout, two shallow circular lines extend toward the hole, but at the snout this deepens, making the centre section raised above the outer, emphasising the snouts. The eyes are located inside these circular shapes and there are dots for the nostrils and a triangular shape at the top of the head, f…
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Appleby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-FDD24E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A section of a possible penannular brooch. It is of copper alloy and has a design of groups of parallel lines which form triangles moulded into it. These are bordered by circular lines running around the border at the inside and outside. It has been gilded at some point, traces remain within these lines. Dimensions: It is 31mm wide and 1.5mm thick, it weighs 2.16g
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Appleby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-FDA3D9
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval to Modern copper alloy probable handle or spout in the form of an Early Medieval style crocodile or dragon head. It originally had jewelled or glass or enamel eyes. The fineness of the raised decoration suggests that the head may originally have been enamelled. Possibly the handle to a walking stick or vessel. The basal collar has four attachment perforations opposite each other which means the attachments cannot have gone all the way through whatever it was attached to. It may have been riveted to a hollow tube to make a spout, or attached to something solid to act as a …
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 31st July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Appleby', grid reference and parish protected.