Record ID: LVPL-43D895
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy object of uncertain date and function. The object has an oval bowl or bag like base and is D-shaped in cross-section. The object is flattned at the back with several scratches and nicks on the surface. It tapers towards the top where it terminates with an oval opening or neck. The object has a mid-brown patina. It was suggested due to a similar form that the object could be an ampulla however the lack of decoration, handles and the shape of the 'bowl' make this unlikely. Another possibility based on the angle of the object is a lead alloy covering for a foot of a large…
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 24th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-E13493
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy sword hanger dating to the Post-Medieval period. The object is irregular in plan and flat. The outer face is decorated with a foliate design and the reverse is flat. There is a small rivet hole at one end of the object for attachment. The opposite end which terminates in a break would have had a hooked projection. The object has a dark green patina. A similar example which can be found on the database is LVPL-D09037.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2011
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-7CAB1F
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy object, probably a strap end. The object is shaped like a circle, with a slightly flattened base and an extending edge opposite to this. The object is uniface, with the plain back holding a slight bump or projection at the 'base'. The decorated face is split by two lines raised in slight relief which, meeting, form a triangle. This is filled with four hollow, slightly raised circles. Three of the same circles fill the outside of the triangle on either side, and a further two go into the projecting edge. It is possible that the circular decorations continued, and …
Created on: Wednesday 5th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 15th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-A1A372
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Meadieval cast lead spindle whorl. It has an offset conical shape. It has a white patina and a large central preforation.
Created on: Tuesday 30th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-E584DC
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy spindle whorl dating from the Roman to the Post-Medieval period, (AD 43-1700). The object is circular in plan and bi-conical. It has a central circular perforation with an internal diameter of 9mm. One face of the object is decorated with a very worn moulded sunburst pattern. The opposite face is decorated with a sunburst design which in term appears to be divided up with cross-hatch moulding. The object has a light-white patina and is in fair condition. Similar examples of spindle whorls have reportedly been found in contexts dated from the Roman through to the P…
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-E5A836
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy spindle whorl dating from the Roman to the Post-Medieval period, (AD 43-1700). The object is circular in plan and bi-conical. It has a central circular perforation with an internal diameter of 9.5mm. One face of the object is decorated with worn moulded lines. There is no visible decoration on the oppostie face. The object has a light brown patina and has been damaged along one edge. Similar examples of spindle whorls have reportedly been found in contexts dated from the Roman through to the Post-Medieval period although the majority are typically dated broadly to…
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-297561
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl of medieval to post-medieval date. The object is circular in plan and bi-conical with a central circular perforation. The perforation has an internal diameter of 8mm. Each face is decorated with moulded hearts and flowers. The object has a mid-cream patina and is in fair condition with one edge damaged. Similar examples of spindle whorls have reportedly been found in contexts dated from the Roman through to the Post-Medieval period although the majority are typically dated broadly to the medieval period c.1100-1500. Dimensions: 30mm in diameter, 10mm t…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-E00585
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead spindle whorl dating from the Roman to the Post-Medeival period, (43-1700). The object is circular in plan and biconical. The object has a central circurlar perforation with an internal diameter of 8.50mm. On one face the object is decorated with oval and linear mouldings which radiate out from the central perforation. These are worn and can not be clearly made out. On the opposite face the object is decorated with two raised pellets. On either side of these pellets are two lozenge shaped mouldings which are made up of four smaller lozenges. The outer circumfrance is decorat…
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2011
Last updated: Thursday 5th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-98B696
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead spindle whorl probably dating to the Medieval period, (1100-1500). The object is circular in plan and conical. It has a large central circular perforation. The upper face is decorated with decorative ridges which radiate out from the perforation. The lower face is flat and undecorated. It has a white patina. Similar examples of spindle whorls have reportedly been found in contexts dated from the Roman through to the Post-Medieval period although the majority are typically dated broadly to the Medieval period c.1066-1500.
Created on: Friday 20th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-061903
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete cast copper alloy socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date (1000 - 800 BC). The object can be classified as the Ewart Park phase of metalwork. The object is sub-rectangular in plan with the cutting edge expanding outwards to form a convex cutting edge. The cutting edge is damaged and worn which occurred both in recent and ancient times. The cutting edge measures 46mm in width and is 3mm thick. The socket has a sub square mouth (internal width 27mm, internal length 25mm, external width 38mm, external length 34mm and the wall of the mouth is 4-5mm thick). The top of …
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2012
Last updated: Thursday 13th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-2C9507
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver seal matrix with lion rampant (right) motif, of Post medieval dating (AD 1500 to AD 1700). Around 50% of the matrix is present, with an incomplete handle. The die face is oval and it has a hexagonally facetted conical handle. The handle is a double-collared probable trefoil terminal. The motif is a lion rampant within incised line and beaded border. The seal matrix has a height of 11.3 mm. The die face measures 17.2 mm by 15.6 mm. It weighs 3.8 g. The lion rampant motif was a familiar heraldic symbol, and a matrix of this type would have been a gene…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-FE4801
Object type: NUT CRACKERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half of a pair of copper alloy nut crackers, of Late Post Medieval to Early A Modern dating (17th to 18th Centuries AD). When complete the nutcrackers would have consisted of two complete arms, joined at a single point hinge. The remaining arm tapers gently from the hinge down towards an acorn shaped molded terminal. The object is semi-circular in cross-section and the outer face is decorated by three sets of paired horizontal ribs. Below this the arm is plain until the acorn molding. The inner face has multiple horizontal ridges which would have prevented the nut from slipping…
Created on: Friday 9th January 2015
Last updated: Friday 9th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-801163
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy belt or box mount dating to the late Medieval period. The object consists of a narrow bar with a pierced palmate terminal at either end. The object is D-shaped in cross-section and has a dark green patina. It is in good condition. A similar example is no.1789, p19, Crummy, (1988).
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-987E50
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy mount dating to the Post-Medieval period. The object is asymmetrical and flat. The obverse is decorated with a foliate design. On the rear of the object are two integral lugs. The object has a dark green patina and can be dated to the 17th century. Similar examples can be found on p35, Read, (2001).
Created on: Friday 20th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-98CCC5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy mount in the form of a fleur-de-lis dating to the Medieval period, (1100-1500). Each side petal curves downwards and is complete. The central petal is bevelled. The base of the object is oval with a raised central rectangular panel. In the centre of the panel is a horizontal groove. To each side of the panel is a drilled circular hole. There is a small oval projection at the centre of the base. To the rear of the object is a central lug with iron corrosion. The outer face has been filed and has a dark green patina.
Created on: Friday 20th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-98D508
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small cast copper alloy mount in the form of a fleur-de-lis. The object is flat. The tip of one side petal has broken. The upper face is decorated with a foliate design and is corroded. A single rivet projects from the central petal and is corroded. The reverse of the object is undecorated. The object has a dark green patina.
Created on: Friday 20th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-48FE76
Object type: LITHIC
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large primary flint flake, dark brown/black in colour it still has the cortex present on one face. It is sub-triangular in plan with a rounded base. It has been worked along one side.
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-F189F1
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Robertson 2000, 137 no. 605: ""In 1820, a mole-catcher, working in Brereton, at a short distance from the farm mentioned, and that of about four miles (direct) from the Kinderton Station, at a point where a small brook is crossed by the footpath from Brereton to Sandbach, struck his paddle against something resembling a mass of fused metal, contained in a decayed box, but afterwards found to consist of about a thousand Roman Coins, bound together by verdigris and rust. Nearly six hundred of them are in my possession, which are partly broken and corroded, and partly good specimens o…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brereton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-A3E1D8
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy and iron furnature fitting in the shape of a cup dating to the post-medieval period. The object is probably a caster to retain a wheel or ball allowing a heavy item of furnature to be moved with ease. The object is circular in plan with sloping sides and a turned out rim. On the base of the object within the is a lump of iron corrosion which obscures a rivet and a white adhering substance. The sides are decorated on the outside with an incised line just below the rim and two above the base of the object. There are three equally spaced holes in the sides round …
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2012
Last updated: Friday 21st February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-BA4936
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman gold finger ring with an oval gem setting. The gem is of a blue glass, possibly nicolo glass, with chamfered sides and a flat, light-blue upper surface. The gem is plain and not engraved. The gold band of the ring is wide but thin at the shoulders, and thickens and narrows at the back of the hoop. The back of the hoop has suffered damage and is distorted with deep scratches. The shoulders are decorated with two engraved swirls on either side.
Created on: Tuesday 21st May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.