Record ID: LANCUM-641FF6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cut and broken silver Islamic dirham, possibly of the Samanid or Abbasid dynasties, which has been 'hacked', possibly by Viking traders. Nearly 1/4 of the coin survives which is cut cleanly along one radius and partially broken along the other. Dirhams circulated for an extended period of time in Arabia, Scandinavia and England and are commonly found as hack silver in the Viking period. This association is likely to date this fragment to the mid 9th - 10th centuries AD. It is similar to YORYM-A2BAFE Dimensions: 18mm long and 19mm wide, 1mm thick and weighs 1.19g
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Dean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B9505E
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl. It is formed of two hemispheres with a straight section between them. On both sides there is a worn pattern of radial lines with dots between. It is likely to be of later date, perhaps AD 1400-1600 Dimensions: 25mm diameter, 13mm deep, the central hole is 11mm diameter. It weighs 31.66g
Created on: Thursday 3rd August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 8th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Casterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-93875E
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl. In section it comprises one shallow, truncated cone forming the top, with a rounded frame and a circular pedestal underneath. The top is decorated with raised four circular shapes, proud of the surface. There is also a raised line around the circumference and another around the central hole.These raised 'turrets' are seen on early medieval weights and gaming pieces, such as WAW-5760D1, which are ascribed to Viking period activity. The rear is more worn and the decoration is therefore more difficult to discern: the inner raised ped…
Created on: Thursday 20th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Appleby in Westmoreland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9379EC
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl. It is biconical in section, and decorated on the top only with lines running into the centre from a frame which runs around the outer edge of the whorl. There is no pattern underneath. It is dark grey in colour. The large central hole may suggest a medieval date for this, it is of Walton Rogers Form C and dates to AD 1100-1500 Dimensions: 31mm outside diameter, the central hole is 11mm. It is 14mm thick and weighs 70.69
Created on: Thursday 20th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Appleby in Westmoreland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-72FF4D
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead spindle whorl of Early-Medieval to medieval date, c.AD 700 - 1200. Walton Rogers Form B2. The spindle whorl is circular with two flat faces, rounded sides and a central hole running through it, and any decoration it might have had is no longer apparant. The metal has a light white patina with darker patches and is worn. The hole is 8mm in diameter, suggesting an early-medieval to medieval date (Walton Rogers, 1997, p.1731). It is also of Walton Rogers Form B2 which dates to AD 700-1200. Dimensions: 28.76mm in diameter, 6.02mm thick and weighs …
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 8th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Houghton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-40C861
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval copper-alloy Northumbrian penny (styca) of Osberht of Northumbria (848/9-62/3), moneyer: Monne, mint: Northumbria. Ref: North 1994: 72 (no. 191); Naismith 2017: 111-27 outlines the coinage and difficulties regarding dating and historical sources. Diameter 12.5mm, thickness 1.5mm, weight 1.15g Obverse inscription: +OSBERHT REX (some letters inverted) Reverse inscription: +.MON.NE (retrograde, some letters inverted) Stycas are not common finds outside of the core area of Deira (southern Northumbria), North Lincolnshire and the northern half of Lincolnshire. 
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0D79AD
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval lead alloy weight with copper alloy inset. The weight is square in plan, and rectangular in section and profile. There is some damage to the lead alloy and is possible that the inset may have had some form of surface embellishment like gilding or enamelling. The square copper alloy inset is decorated with a single central square, flanked on each corner with L-shaped cells. This decorative motif on the mount set into the weight can be closely paralleled in Wales with two examples from Anglesey, one of which was found on the Early Medieval enclosed settlement near Llanbedr…
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1083DF
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Report for HM Coroner Treasure Case 2022 T132 Hoard of six Early Medieval silver hammered coins PAS Database Number: LANCUM-1083DF. Treasure Case Number: 2022 T132. Date of Discovery: January 2022. Find Spot: Near Eden Valley, Cumbria. Circumstances: Found whilst metal-detecting. Date: Early Medieval; late tenth to early eleventh century. Overview: A hoard of six (6) Early Medieval silver hammered coins of the reign of King Æthelred II of England (AD 978–1013, 1014–1016), sobriquet ‘the Unready’. The hoard comprises four (4) complete silver…
Created on: Monday 7th February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Eden Valley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-6C5BE4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast, lead or lead-alloy spindle whorl of Walton Rogers form A1, probably dating from the Early Medieval period, c. A.D. 850-1000. It is discoid in form with a circular perforation of internal diameter 9.73mm located slightly off centre. One face is flat and the other face is convex, but with vertical walls. There is no decoration. The whorl has a light creamy-white patina. Whorls of this type are illustrated in Walton Rogers, 2007 Cloth and Clothing in early Anglo-Saxon England, page 25, figure 2.18. Form A1 whorls date from the Early Medieval period, a…
Created on: Wednesday 13th October 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Brampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-344E99
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a copper alloy spur goad, possibly Early Medieval to Medieval. It is also possible that it may be a Roman or later conical weight (like YORYM-BF10DD). Only the conical goad and a short length of the neck are present. The neck is flaring suggesting it was very short. Assuming it is a goad then the conical goad and short neck suggest an Early Medieval date. Possibly dates to between c700 and c1100 AD. Length 22mm, diameter 13mm, weight 8.46g
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Aspatria', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0F34F3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval to Medieval copper alloy ringed loop headed pin. The shank is circular in section. It starts with a basic loop holding a ring. From this loop, the shank tapers down to a sharp point. The trapped ring is also undecorated and has a small suspension loop projecting from its outer edge. The trapped ring's diameter is 19mm and the pin shank is 91mm long. They are both undecorated. Dates from c800 to c1200 AD, probably c885 to c1025 AD. The length is 115mm, width 21mm, thickness 5mm, and the weight is 10.34g. Similar examples on the database, without the small suspe…
Created on: Monday 21st June 2021
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-6A52CE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy Borre-style zoomorphic buckle plate. It is sub rectangular in plan and slightly curved in profile. There is a twin loop hinge pivot at one end and another at right angle to the main body at the other end for the pin and buckle loop. The central part has a D-section. The outer face is decorated in high relief with a pair of confronting Borre-style animal heads with a now empty socket in which a gem may originally have been mounted. The inner face is flat and undecorated with the exception of a transverse ridge with an incised line on it, at the buckle frame e…
Created on: Monday 26th April 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Wigton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-957AC7
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy polyhedral pin. The head is sub-cuboid and has angled facets at each corner. Each facet, has a single punched ring-and-dot motif. There is a plain transverse collar beneath the head. The head's height including collar is 12mm, and it is up to 8.5mm thick. The shaft is circular in cross-section and tapers from a diameter of 3mm down to the point where it has broken. Dates to between c700 and c900 AD. Length 28mm, width 8.5mm, thickness 8mm, and weight 3.33g.
Created on: Friday 16th April 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-75FE5B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy buckle with integral plate. In plan the buckle is a D with attached triangular plate. The outer face is inscribed with three parallel transverse lines below the pin hole, a set of five parallel transverse lines at the constriction above the terminal knop. Between the two sets of transverse lines is an inscribed saltire. One of the saltire's diagonals consists of two parallel lines, the other is made up of three parallel lines. The inner face has the remnants of two pierced lugs, one at the terminal end and one towards the frame end, just before the perforat…
Created on: Wednesday 14th April 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 12th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-29DC84
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy pin head. It is circular in plan, and biconical with a wide collar below in profile. The stump of the shaft projects below the collar. The dome of the pin head has 18 or so semispherical impressions varying in diameter from 1mm to 2mm. They probably originally contained some form of enamel or glass or stone mounts. The pin collar's diameter is approximately 5mm, and the shaft's diameter is approximately 2mm. The overall profile resembles the domed top and conical lower half of the bi-conical median band type (Haldenby 2012, p.6, fig. 9) typical of the middl…
Created on: Monday 18th May 2020
Last updated: Thursday 10th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-76F6F3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval to Medieval copper alloy ringed pin of the polyhedral-headed type. The lozenge section ring passes through through the width of a facetted head at the end of a round sectioned shank. The point of the pin appears to have been lost but the 66 x 7mm shank was probably about twice as long it now is. The head and the top of the shank are decorated. The minor facets of the head each have a centrally punched dot or pellet. The decoration on the main faces is more involved. One consists of and inscribed cross which has arms terminating in punched pellets. There is also a punched…
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Barrow In Furness', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-6B9143
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete early medieval copper-alloy strap end of Thomas Class E5 (Carolingian) dating to the dating from the late 9th - 11th century. Ref: Thomas 2004: 4. The strap-end is incomplete missing both its top and bottom ends. The surviving part of the strap end has a split attachment end with the remains of one rivet hole visible on right-hand side. The front of the strap end is decorated with punched ring-and-dot across its face. This is divided into two groups, one at the split attachment end in two rows of decoration, and below this on the main body of the strap end, decorati…
Created on: Wednesday 26th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Ulverston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-6B7592
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy polyhedral pin. The head is sub-square and has angled facets at each corner. Each facet, has a single punched ring-and-dot motif, except the two main faces which have four each and the top which has none. The head's height and width are approximately 7mm and it is 4mm thick.. The shaft is circular in cross-section and tapers from a diameter of 2mm down to a sharp pointed tip and if straight, would be 46mm long. There is a plain transverse collar beneath the head 1mm high and diameter 3mm. Dates to between c700 and c900 AD. Length 50mm, width 7mm, thick…
Created on: Wednesday 26th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 29th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Ulverston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2C5124
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval hoard of 35 base silver and copper alloy hammered coins. The preliminary assessment of the material by Eden Heritage has identified the coins as mainly comprising Anglo-Saxon styca, which were small coins minted in pre-Viking Northumbria. Several coins bear +EDILRED on the obverse, with a cross in the centre relating to the Anglo-Saxon Kings of Northumbria, namely Aethelred (841 to 850 AD). Dimensions: Individual coins diameters range from 12mm to 15mm, weights up to 1g each, total weight 20g. Conclusion: Coins appear to be part of a hoard which has been dist…
Created on: Wednesday 6th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Kirkby Stephen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1767DA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval silver plated copper alloy brooch or possibly a buckle. It is circular in plan and domed in section. It could be seen as a local form of annular brooch but no parallel has been found yet. The sheet of copper alloy that the brooch is formed from is approximately 1mm thick. The outer face is convex with a thick silver plating. The inner face is concave and unplated. There is a sub rectangular perforation 11mm x 6mm in one half. A narrowing in the frame on the edge of this perforation is where the pin is mounted. This pin is 17mm x 3.5mm and formed from a sheet of copper a…
Created on: Tuesday 5th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 1st February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Ulverston', grid reference and parish protected.