Record ID: LVPL-1B5301
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete whetstone, dating to the early Medieval to Medieval period (c.AD 700-1400). The object is broadly triangular in plan tapering in width from the sub-oval pierced end to a rounded point. The wider end or top of the object is pierced with a circular perforation measuring 5mm in diameter. This appears to have been drilled from each face. It is likely that this hone would have been suspended around the neck by means of the hole at one terminal. A fragment of the stone has broken away in recent times at the holed terminal end. Thin horizontal striations or scratches are vis…
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 20th December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skirpenbeck', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-AA5D02
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead and stone weight or gaming piece probably dating to the Early Medieval period, (400-1066AD). The object consists of an oval or sub-oval stone which has been cast in lead leaving the top of the stone exposed. The base of the object is uneven with a rounded projection preventing it from standing flat. The top edges of the lead are irregular and broken. On one side of the object a V shape has been moulded into the lead. The lead has a light white patina and the stone is a pinkish-white. Objects of this form have been identified as either weights or playing pieces; in the latter ca…
Created on: Wednesday 10th November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tilstone Fearnall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-05A5D6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone loom weight of unknown date probably post Roman 800 – 1500 AD. It is oval in plan and oval in cross-section. The stone has a large circular perforation in the centre. The perforation is regular and has an internal diameter of 13.59mm. The stone is worn and there are several linear striations on one side above the perforation. The surface is smooth and it is light brown in colour.
Created on: Thursday 22nd April 2010
Last updated: Friday 21st May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Budworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-01F601
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rochdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a sculpture dating to the Early Medieval period. The top of the stone is rounded and although worn appears to be an original face. The base however is broken. The base is irregular and has not been exposed to much weathering suggesting that it was protected within a structure or the ground while the top remained exposed. The fragment measures 18.5 cm in width, 7.0 cm in length and 5.7 > 2 cm in depth. A decorated stone fragment dating to the Early-Medieval period. The stone is a pointed oval in plan and is rectangular in cross-section. The stone is carved in rel…
Created on: Thursday 22nd April 2010
Last updated: Monday 25th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milnrow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-018000
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rochdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An inscribed stone dating to the Early-Medieval period. The stone is sub-trapezoidal in plan and rectangular in cross-section. It is incomplete, the edges are worn and it now has a greyish white patina. The current extremity measurements of the stone are 15.5 cm (height), 23 cm (length) and 7 cm (thickness). Three faces survive, all in abraded and damaged form. One face carries an inscription written in Latin lettering. To the right of the inscription is an incised line forming a border. At the top left corner is another possible horizontal border. Most of the left face of the stone h…
Created on: Thursday 22nd April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milnrow', grid reference and parish protected.