Record ID: LVPL-078D84
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Neolithic flint blade. The blade is trapezoidal in shape and in cross-section. 2 flakes have been knapped from one face, one on each side. One edge of the tool has been worked to give it a serrated edge. The tool has broken and so is incomplete- it would have been longer when it was made.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-079CD2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Polden Hill booch fragment. The crest of the head is quite rounded and the bow tapers to a point at the end, although no foot remains. The hinged pin, catchplate and pin mechanism are all missing. The brooch is quite corroded all over but it is quite likely that this brooch would have been plain anyway.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-07AAB3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Saxon, copper alloy, polyhedral pin head. Only a small part of the shaft of the pin remains. No collar can be seen. Each face is lozenge shaped and plain, with no decoration
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-30D863
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cast buckle frame. It is a double looped rectangular buckle with moulded decoration on the frame. On each corner is a lis-shaped knop. There is a bifid knop on either end of the strap bar and one on each end of the buckle frame. A very similar example can be seen on p79 of R. Whiteheads book (2003), no.488 which has been dated to c. 1600-1700
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-30F986
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy early post-medieval dress hook imitation made from one piece of sheet metal. Consists of 3 semi-spherical hollow domes connected by a central flat area. In the central piece is a circular perforation. Each dome is decorated with 3 sets of ring and dot decoration. The hole probably had a backplate with bar and hook rivetted on which has now broken off. It is also possible that this was an unfinished frontplate. A similar example made from lead, but not as complete can be seen at SOMDOR-01C437.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-4042D6
Object type: INDUSTRIAL BY PRODUCT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
2 pieces of very highly vitrified clay. They are both broken on 3 edges and join together to form one piece. The clay is a dark reddish brown. One piece is triangular whilst the other is sub-rectangular. The clay has quite a lot of inclusions in, pieces of stone (quartz) about 2mm in size. The high level of vitrification suggests they were used in a high temperature industrial activity such as metalworking or glass working. The fact that it is vitrified and vesicular on both sides suggests it was used inside a furnace as some sort of support, rather than being part of the furnace wa…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-582E65
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver half-cut penny of Henry II, a Tealby cross and crosslets type.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-6A42C4
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint leaf shaped arrowhead from the Neolithic period. It appears not to have been finished. It is made of a light brown flint and is very thin in places so the light can be seen through it.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-3F8372
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval brooch, much distorted, with a small break in the frame. The frame is decorated with notches on its front surface to create the impression of twisted wire. The pin is intact. It is sword-shaped, and has a lozenge shape in cross section. The front surface is decorated with two twisted wavy lines. The brooch is silver and dates from the fourteenth century. Dimensions: length 21 mm, width 12 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-403FA4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Uncertain Roman coin, c. AD 260-388
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-51E626
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver sixpence of William III, dated to 1696, the coin has been bent.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-546024
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead conical spindle whorl from the Medieval period. It is circular in plan with a circular perforation. It is very worn and corroded and no decoration remains. These spindle whorls are very hard to date precisely as the same form remained in use for a long time.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-7E28B6
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy crotal bell of post-medieval date. It is complete with a rectangular attachment loop and the rumbler still inside. There is a central sound hole at the bottom from which there are four sound slots which have circular terminals. The bell has a green and red patina caused by corrosion.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-68C9F3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy button from the 17th-18th centuries. The button is circular and concave on the back. The attachment loop is broken but still present. It is rectangular in shape and one corner has broken off. The front face of the button is decorated. This consists of an 8-point star in the centre with its points reaching the edges. In between each of the points is a heart shape. The design is cast.
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-7FF1F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Shilling of James I, 2nd coinage, dating to 1606/7; North no.2100.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-BAEE55
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead trapezium shaped weight. The surfaces are not smooth- probably due to corrosion and wear. All the edges and corners are rounded. No typology has been made of weights so they are very difficult to date precisely. This is most likely to date to the Medieval or Post-Medieval periods.
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-BB0727
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight in the shape of an acorn. The weight appears complete but there is the remains of some iron corrosion at the wider end. Also at this end is a small hole. This could be the remains of an attachment. These weights have not been put into a typology so they are very hard to date precisely. This one probably dats to the Medieval or Post-Medieval periods.
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-50BDB5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circular lead alloy weight probably from the Medieval period.The front of the weight has a circular depression in the centre, in which is an 'I'. The depression is surrounded by 2 incised circles which look as though they have been cast in at the time of making the weight. The 'I' appears to have been added later, by hand. The back of the weight is flat and has 2 lines scratched into it. It is likely these have been made through wear, or from the plough once the weight was in the ground. There are chips on the weight which are also likely to be plough damage. No typology has been m…
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-3A2D01
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Henry III, Wren class 7b, D, North No. 979, dating to c.1222-1236. This was minted in Canterbury by a moneyer called Ioan
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-61A213
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub-rectangular fragment of a pottery vessel measuring 52mm by 45mm. This is a self-coloured ware (the colour of the glaze has been taken from the pot) and is a light brown glazed colour. The fabric is light orange and fairly hard. This type of pottery dates to around the 18th century. It is possible that this fragment is from the lid of a vessel.
Created on: Thursday 12th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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