Record ID: LVPL100
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold medieval iconographic finger ring. Plano-convex band; oval bezel engraved with standing figure of St. John the Baptist carrying the lamb (worn). Alternatively, the image may depict St. Christopher carying the Christ child. Band misshapen with slight crack. Documented in TAR 1997-1998, 15, no. 31
Created on: Thursday 2nd July 1998
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DERBYSHIRE ALKMONTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL264
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warrington
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, looped with three parallel ribs on each face (faint on one side), trumpet mouthed. Mouth partly missing - damaged in antiquity. Prominent casting seams on each side face. Width of blade (widest) 44mm. Diameter of mouth circa 35mm. Found with two possible bronze casting droplets each approx. 15mm diameter and 7mm thick (see LVPL-FB33CD).
Created on: Wednesday 5th August 1998
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CHESHIRE CUERDLEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-40CFA7
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Bolton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic polished stone axehead made from igneous rock with a mid-brown patina. In perfect condition, still retains sharp cutting edge. Examined by Dr Alan Bowden Curator of Earth Sciences at Liverpool Museum who identified it as not being of local stone, i.e., it has been imported into the region. Dr Bowden could not determine the source of the stone but suggested it could have been imported from the continent.
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2004
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
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Record ID: LVPL245
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Stone shaft-hole axehead with hourglass perforation. Made from a fine grained stone (greywacke?). Shallow pitting over much of surface; smooth around cutting edge. Some minor surface damage.
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 1998
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CHESHIRE ALLOSTOCK', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LVPL239
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Stone shaft-hole axehead with hour-glass perforation. Made from a fine grained grey micaceous sandstone.
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 1998
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CHESHIRE MARSTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL1733
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lozenge-shaped, openwork object with small circular loop at one corner. Central raised lozenge-shaped boss with vertical groove at centre of pendant; around this are four trefoil or lis-shaped perforations. This may have been suspended from the loop (making the object a pendant) or have been mounted on something using the single loop (making it a mount). The style of the object dates it approximately to the 17th or 18th centuries. See an almost identical parallel at NCL-F82F03, and a third (with integral fixing spikes on the reverse) at NCL-97E903. See also Read (2016, 43, no. 340).
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2001
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LINCOLNSHIRE WICKENBY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL1731
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Sexfoil back-plate supporting cushion applied with filigree including four filigree rosettes. Attached to back-plate by rivets. Hook attached to back-plate by solder. Silver gilt. Slightly damaged. Read Class D, Type 10 (compositely constructed, single sharp-hooked clasps with transverse laterally projecting attachment loops, in the shape of a sexfoil).
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2001
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CHESHIRE INCE', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LVPL2438
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of strap handle from a medieval pottery vessel. Ribbed handle, several fingernail impressions, cream coloured fabric with orange outer surface, trace of orange/yellow glaze.
Created on: Monday 17th March 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL1503
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Socketed spear head with side-loops on socket. Leaf-shaped blade with tapering body of socket extending almost to tip. Pitted surface and some corrosion and denudation of blade, one of the side loops is incomplete.
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2000
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE HAWKSWICK', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL1120
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bury
Workflow stage: Published
Socketed spearhead with side loops. Short leaf-shaped blade with prominent central rib extending to the tip. Substantial socket with wall varying in thickness. One of the side loops is partly missing. Retains most of original patina, some slight abrasion at the tip of the blade. Length of blade 40mm, width of blade 22mm, max. external diameter of shaft 23mm. Typical example from the Taunton metal working phase.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd February 2000
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GREATER MANCHESTER PRESTWICH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL768
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Socketed, pegged spearhead, single midrib. Slight damage to tip through use in antiquity.
Created on: Wednesday 25th August 1999
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LANCASHIRE PRIEST HUTTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL261
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Side loops missing. Peg-hole on one side. Narrow bladed. Damage at tip and end of socket. Widest diameter of socket 16mm. Length of blade 52mm. Widest point of blade 12mm.
Created on: Wednesday 5th August 1998
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CHESHIRE BROOMHALL', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LVPL1186
Object type: DRINKING VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Part of stem of glass drinking vessel. No other details.
Created on: Friday 17th March 2000
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CHESHIRE SHOTWICK', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LVPL2377
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Tip of spear head
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2002
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: LVPL2354
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Tip of socketed spear head, midrib visible on one side. In corroded condition.
Created on: Wednesday 27th November 2002
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: LVPL462
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Tip from Bronze Age socketed spearhead. Prominent sharp rib.
Created on: Friday 13th November 1998
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK FOXLEY', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LVPL107
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Middle bronze age side looped spearhead with leaf-shaped blade.
Created on: Thursday 9th July 1998
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SHROPSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL1327
Object type: COIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified gold stater, possibly Indian or Afghanistan. Date uncertain.
Created on: Friday 5th May 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CHESHIRE HUNTINGTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-175114
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Massive and ornately decorated Roman Double headstud type bow brooch dating to the late 1st-2nd century AD. Hinged mechanism, tubular wings pierced at each end support the axis bar. The pin is missing. Knurled rib moulding on the top edge of the wings. A groove runs down each edge of the bow. Enamelled decoration comprising mostly rectangles and triangles is applied to every conceivable useful area of the bow. Only the blue enamel has survived but it can be assumed that at least two and possibly three colours were originally employed. The broken integral chain loop sits atop a rectangu…
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2005
Last updated: Sunday 28th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: LVPL236
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Ludica of Mercia 825-827 AD. Centre of coin only
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 1998
Last updated: Wednesday 26th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BERKSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.