Record ID: LVPL-0867F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman plate brooch, of zoomorphic design, depicting a prancing horse in profile, dating to around 2nd century AD. The front is highly decorative, with the mane and facial features engraved and the body area containing open areas of arabesques and curling designs that would have contained enamel. Only a trace of red remains of this. The tail, end of the muzzle and bottom part of the hind leg are missing due ancient breaks On the reverse the pin, which has a coil attachment, is bent upward from the catch plate, which is broken.It is quite corroded with a green patina. It is…
Created on: Wednesday 24th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Navenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-069445
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman cast copper alloy pin head or terminal fitting in the shape of a three dimensional naturalistically modelled standing hound set in profile upon a plinth. Part of the pin, which is heavily corroded, extends from the middle of the dog's body and through the base of the plinth, ending in a corroded ancient fracture. The figure is finely modelled, the features of the dog's face are lightly engraved and it has a green patina. The tail of the hound forms a complete loop to meet the body, so may also have served as an attachment. From muzzle to tail it is 22mm long and 11mm high, 19m…
Created on: Wednesday 24th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Navenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-1331DA
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axehead. It has a slightly irregular shape in plan with an angled butt and a slight flare on the bottom of the blade, whereas the top edge of the blade only broadens out slightly. One face has more of a bevel from the blade edge than the opposite, which is flatter. It is sub-rectangular in profile, coming to a gentle apex at the blade end. Brown in colour and mainly delaminated, it appears undecorated , apart from a slight raised ridge that follows the bottom curve of the blade on the flatter face. It has a pitted surface with patches of corrosio…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 23rd November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swynnerton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-3DC47D
Object type: PLUMB BOB
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast lead alloy plumb bob. It is sub rectangular in plan and sub-hexagonal in cross section, with a suspension loop which has become misshapen. It has longitudinal recessed areas within the six facets and an off-white patina. It weighs 62.3g, is 52 mm long, (45mm without suspension loop), It is 18mm wide and around 12mm thick.
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-3D2F9A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy weight, sub trapezoid in plan, with a large central recessed area on both faces that may have held a badge or trade emblem. The recessed area on one side is shield shaped 17mm by 31mm, while the recessed area on the other face appears more gouged, with an irregular surface. There is a piercing through the top of the object and also a transverse piercing below this, suggesting the object may have been modified. The object has an off white patina. It weighs 210.9g, is 54mm long, 23mm wide along the top, 40mm wide along the bottom and 12mm thick. The hole from front to back ha…
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-3C608D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete section of Cast copper alloy leg and foot from a Medieval cooking vessel or cauldron. The foot is flat and roughly ovoid, (but broken around outer edge) and is 40mm long by 23mm wide. The leg, which is79mm long by 31mm wide, flares where it meets the base, and then extends at about a 45 % angle and is fluted on the exterior face and convex on the inner side. It ends in an irregular break which appears historic. It is mainly pinky orange in colour with patches of yellow, while the ribs of the fluting have a dark green to black patina, although the inside bottom of the leg is…
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-793914
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Medieval purse bar in two parts, having broken in the middle. The break occurs through the aperture of the central block, which would have held the suspension loop which is missing. The two sections of bar that extend from this are circular in cross section and both have a flat, sub rectangular attachment plate with two piercings, at the bottom half of the bar. The bar is decorated with an inlaid lattice pattern in silver above the plates, although some of the inlay is missing. On one bar section, there is then a small space where the diameter is red…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nannerch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-77AA08
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval Copper alloy sword pommel dating c. AD1250 - 1500. This pommel is a Type VIII wheel-shaped pommel (Ward-Perkins 1993:22). The pommel is subcircular in plan, circumference 35mm, with flattened sections at either end where the handle would pass through. It is 23 mm wide, with a flat band, averaging about 9mm wide, running around the perimeter which then chamfers to the central circular face on either side, which has a circumference of 27mm. The rectangular aperture for the grip (handle) emerges at opposite ends of the band and is 18mm by 8mm at one end and 10mm by 5mm at the …
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B5E74F
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy spindle whorl. The weight is circular in plan, although chipped and abraded around the perimeter, and bi-conical in profile. It is decorated on both sides with a raised design of triangles radiating out from the central perforation to create a six pointed star, with six pellets between the points, although as it is quite worn in places some of the lines can only be supposition. On both sides the internal perforation appears to have a rim and one side also has a raised rim around the circumference. This side also has two circular notches extending at a slight angle, l…
Created on: Saturday 9th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitegate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B56EF3
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy spindle whorl of medieval date. The object is circular in plan and bi-conical with a central circular perforation. The perforation has an internal perforation of 10mm. One face is decorated with raised flower or cross-like mouldings. The opposite face is decorated with four raised flower or cross-like mouldings. The object has a greyish brown patina, It weighs 31.3g, has a diameter of 31mm and the internal hole has a diameter of 10mm.
Created on: Saturday 9th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitegate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-88F05F
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy weight of uncertain date. The weight is crudely conical in shape with a small lipped suspension hole slightly off centre at the wide end of the cone, which is concave. It is an off-white colour, mottled with patches of brown and has an irregular surface being extensively gouged and pitted. There is a gash evident partway across the wide end, which maybe the result of plough damage. It weighs 183.9gms, with a diameter of 34mm at the wide end, is 30mm in height and the suspension hole has a diameter of 5mm Weights can be hard to date; due to being a functional artefact, …
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Delamere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-ECD4AA
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy socketed side-looped spearhead dating from the middle to late Bronze Age, (1500-800BC). The spearhead is sub triangular in plan and profile with an incomplete and abraded sub-oval / leaf-shaped blade, and conical socket. The socket appears oval in cross-section. The tip of the spearhead is missing and the break is concave in plan and does not appear to be recent. The base of the socket is incomplete, with an irregular break revealing the interior which is compacted with material, including what appears to be remnants of the wooden haft still in situ. There …
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitegate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-48BB61
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A circular copper alloy harness pendant of medieval date. The front appears to have a heraldic design of two coats of arms quartered. The design depicted in the top dexter, bottom sinister compartments may have a field of red (gules), with a coat of arms that incorporates bands, or crosses. The emblems in the opposing fields are more heavily obscured by the green patina and difficult to discern. The reverse is quite heavily covered by corrosion and slightly dished. The perimeter is bevelled. The attachment appears integral, and defined by a cusp which then extends into a flattened …
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-484F0F
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A shield shaped, (scutiform) copper alloy harness pendant with heraldic design of five bendlets (diagonal bands running top left to bottom right) on the front face. The reverse is plain. It has a patina of green corrosion on obverse and reverse, with the four alternate stripes of the heraldic design standing out a paler green. There is a short attachment bar, rectangular in cross section where it meets the shield, and then transversely flattened and circular at the top where there is a hole for suspension. Dimensions: Weight 4.1g, total length 32mm, length of shield shape 23…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2017
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-DBD421
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy shield or spade-shaped harness pendant of medieval date. The shield face is decorated with what appears to be a heraldic design in gules, with a raised design of red enamel that suggests a stylised three lions passant. The reverse is plain. The fitting widens towards the top and is rounded in plan, with a square sectioned integral rivet that protrudes from the reverse (5mm long). There is a transverse hole below this for an attachment bar to go through. It has a brown patina with some green corrosion. The object is 41mm long altogether, the attachment section …
Created on: Thursday 16th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 23rd November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-DA4CA7
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy lozenge shaped harness pendant, with transverse suspension loop. The front has an off-white enamel inlay of a standing elephant, in profile and facing left, shaped to fit the space it occupies, with a long flared trunk that follows the angle of the lozenge, raised over its head. The elephant has a small pointed tusk behind the trunk and a raised tail. The shape of the ear is suggested by a paler line, all four legs are visible (although they do not depict a realistic stance). There is a small depression that marks the eye (that may have been distinguished with a differe…
Created on: Thursday 16th November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B3FE8B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman radiate of Herennia Etruscilla (AD 249-251), dating to the period AD 249-251 (Reece period 12). PVDICITIA AVG reverse type depicting Pudicitia standing left raising hand to veil and holding transverse sceptre. Mint of Rome. As Cunetio no. 331.
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2017
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beeston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-BAC118
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy badge or brooch of probable medieval date. The badge is decorated on the front with a King's head in the centre,face frontal, wearing a crown and with hair and a beard, and surrounded by a circle of raised beads. Around the outer circumference of this circlet is a series of roundals each with a pellet in the centre. On the underside are the remains of what maybe a catch for a pin attachment. The object has a white patina, and is slightly misshapen. Although no direct comparisons could be found in the available literature, the style of the king's head is simila…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnwell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LVPL-BA0914
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy double looped buckle frame with oval shaped loops and a narrowed strap bar that has rounded knops at either end. The central bar has a deposit of corroded iron that maybe the remains of the pin. The front of the buckle loops are D shaped in cross section and flat on the reverse. The item has a mainly green patina with traces of black lacquer. It is 33mm long, 27mm wide, 3mm thick and weighs 6.3g. According to Whitehead (2003) most buckles that feature these kind of knops date from the 16th and 17th centuries, although buckles with knops as a decorative feature have b…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-57E22B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative, hinged brooch. The brooch has an even pale green patina, it is T shaped in plan and comma shaped in profile. A single ridge runs down the centre of the bow, the lower part of which is missing. The wings are short and semi circular in cross section There is a cylindrical notch between the wings, where the top of the hinged pin would have been located. The catch plate, foot knop and pin are missing. Dimensions: Height 25mm, width 21 mm, weight 4g.
Created on: Thursday 5th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 12th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnwell', grid reference and parish protected.