Record ID: LVPL-6C36A1
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy early post-medieval dress hook of Read's Class D, Type 6. The object is trefoil in plan with a complete rearward facing hook. The object consists of a copper alloy back plate with undulating edges and three hollow-domed bosses each of which has three circles of twisted wire and six raised pellets. In the centre of the trefoil is a raised wire circle or collet which may have held a stone. A separate soldered wire loop and wire hook are attached to the rear of the back plate. The object has a mid-green patina and silvering is visible on each face. Dimensions: 37mm in l…
Created on: Thursday 25th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 25th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke upon Tern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-597E94
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy incomplete spearhead of late Bronze Age date. The object can be classified from Group 16 Blade openings (Davis, R. 2015. The Late Bronze Age spearheads of Britain. [PBF V.7]. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.). The object has a sub-triangular blade which is broken at the tip. One long barb remains but is damaged and measures 35mm in length, from the break to the base of the blade. The socket flares outwards in width measuring 9mm in diameter. A perforation probably used as a peg hole on the socket has an internal diameter of 4mm. The object has a dark brownish black p…
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-591F0A
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy dress hook of post-medieval date. The object is in the form of a moulded scallop shell with a curved edge which is beaded and engrailed. There is a rounded knop at the juncture of the plate and the hook. The hook which is rearward facing is broken where it begins to curve. The sub-rectangular attachment loop is missing however the small scallop shell knop at either side remains. The object has a dark green patina and is in good condition. Dimensions: 30mm in length, 21mm in width, 1mm thick, 3.4g. A similar example is no.472, p116, Read, (2008). The ob…
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke upon Tern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-5865E5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl of medieval date. The object is circular in plan with a central circular perforation. The perforation has an internal diameter of 9.5mm. The upper face is decorated with four large raised pellets with an average diameter of 5.5mm. The rear of the object is flat and undecorated. The spindle whorl has a light brown patina and is worn. Dimensions: 30mm in diameter, 8mm thick (including pellet), 33.8g 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 …
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke upon Tern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-584EBC
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl of medieval date. The object is circular in plan and conical with a central circular perforation. The perforation has an internal diameter of 11mm. Each face is worn with no visible decoration. The upper face is pitted in places. The object has a mid-white patina and is worn. Dimensions: 31mm in diameter, 7mm thick, 29.5g. 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.
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke upon Tern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-5836C6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy rectangular buckle of medieval date. The buckle frame is oval in cross-section and undecorated. The frame has been distorted probably due to damage within the plough soil. One side of the frame is notched for the pin to rest, the pin is missing. It has a brownish green patina. Dimensions: 18mm in length, 16mm in width, 1.6g Similar examples of buckles can be found in Whitehead, (2003), p26 dated to c.1300-1500.
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke upon Tern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-572F08
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy single looped buckle of medieval date. The buckle has an oval frame and an integral, forked spacer with one sheet plate remaining attached. The buckle frame is lipped however there is no notch for the pin to rest on. The pin is missing. The remaining sheet plate on the outer face of the object appears to be undecorated and has a dark black patina. The plate does not meet the sides of the forked spacer and a sub-rectangular notch remains visible where the pin would have attached. The second sheet on the rear of the spacer is missing. Dimensions: 24mm in length, 40mm i…
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke upon Tern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-56CE09
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy double looped buckle of Post-Medieval date. The buckle would have been trapezoidal when complete however only one loop and the strap bar remains. The rear of the object is flat and the pin is missing. The remaining loop has a pointed expanded outer frame while either side of the strap bar is a lobed protrusion. The buckle frame is decorated with a series of stamped circles or rings. The buckle has a mid-brown patina. Similar examples can be found in Whitehead (2003), p82-83, nos.514-515 which have been dated to c.1620-1680. Dimensions: 21mm in length, …
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke upon Tern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-569EBC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy double looped buckle of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. The object is oval in plan and the frame is D-shaped in cross-section. The rear of the object is flat. The strap bar is slightly recessed and the buckle frame is undecorated. The pin is missing. The buckle has a mid-green patina however the buckle has been coated in olive oil obscuring the patina and damaging the object. Similar examples can be found in Whitehead (2003), p53. Dimensions: 30mm in length, 26mm in width, 3mm thick, 6.0g.
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke upon Tern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-55F601
Object type: STUD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case 2017 T668: A complete silver Medieval to post-Medieval stud (c.1400-c.1550). The stud is lozenge-shaped with a trefoil knop at each corner. Moulded decoration at the front is in the form of a formal flower motif consisting of a central pellet surrounded by twelve similar but slightly smaller pellets. The twelve pellets form a lozenge and follow the outline of the edge of the stud. The rear face is flat and has a central spike which appears to have been bent into a coil. The rear of the object is pitted and the front a shiny silver grey. Dimensions: 25mm in lengt…
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 26th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-41DB0D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy token dating to the Post-Medieval period. This type of token is known as 'Lyon counter', and dates c. 1575-1589. The obverse of the token depicts a lion facing left, rampant, within a circular border in the form of a belt or garter. At the top of the token above the lion, a tri-lobed crown is visible. The legend set within the circular border (now largely illegible) would have originally read; 'HONI SOI QUI MAL Y PE', the motto of the order of the garter. The reverse of the token depicts the crowned arms of France (modern) between two crowned pillars. These pillars are th…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marbury cum Quoisley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-401BFD
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper of Mesolithic to late Neolithic date, (10,000-2,500BC). The object is sub-oval in plan and sub- trapezoidal in cross-section. The outer curved edge has short, parallel semi-abrupt retouch typical of a scraper. The ventral face has a large smooth bulb of percussion. Several flakes have been removed from the dorsal face. The flint is mid-grey. Dimensions: 35mm in length, 25mm in width, 3mm thick on retouched edge, 10mm thick on thickened edge. 7.9g
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
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Record ID: LVPL-3FB3D7
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint core probably of late Neolithic to Bronze Age date. The object is oval in plan and D-shaped in cross-section. Multiple flakes have been removed from each face of the object which has one definite platform and two more potential platforms. There is no visible sign of retouch. The flint is mottled mid-grey to white. Dimensions: 45mm in length, 45mm in width, 17mm thick, 33.8g
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-F03405
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy seal matrix of medieval date. The object is circular in plan and flat with an integral sub-rectangular loop or handle which is pierced. The front of the object has a central design of a long cross with a single pellet in each quarter and a pellet in the centre. Surrounding this the legend may read (S'CASOVW) however it is very shallow, difficult to decipher and possibly blundered. The object has a light brown patina and is in fair condition. Dimensions: 25mm in diameter, 10mm thick, 21.3g. A similar example which can be found on the database is SUSS-1845E4.
Created on: Friday 19th May 2017
Last updated: Monday 22nd May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malpas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-EFED18
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy rotary key. The key handle (bow) is in the shape of a flat lozenge with four circular perforations, one of which is incomplete. The upper point of the lozenge is surmounted with a, squat cylindrical terminal with two piercings in the base (one to either side of the faces of the lozenge).One of the piercings is incomplete due to ancient damage. The lower edge of the lozenge is incomplete and the bit is missing. The projecting tip is hollow and terminates with a recent break. Dimensions: 65mm in length, 24mm in width, 6mm thick (of stem), 24.40g. Keys of…
Created on: Friday 19th May 2017
Last updated: Monday 17th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellesmere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-EF9E4D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Magnentius (AD 350-353), dating to the period AD 350-351 (Reece period 18). FELICITAS [REI PVBLICE] reverse type depicting the Emperor in military dress standing left holding Victory in a globe and standard. Mint of Arles. As RIC VIII, p. 213, no. 137.
Created on: Friday 19th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chorlton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-EEFF6A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
A worn copper-alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine, dating to the period AD 321-324 (Reece period 16). IOVI CONSERVATORI reverse type depicting Jupiter standing left leaning on eagle-tipped sceptre, holding Victory on a globe, to left an eagle, to right a captive. Uncertain eastern mint.
Created on: Friday 19th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chorlton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-EDBF1C
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy tinned or silver mount of uncertain date. The object is in the form of a figure advancing left holding a long staff in the figure's left hand (right when viewed facing). The figure wears a knee length garment with diagonal ridges representing either straps or folds in the garment. The figure's right arm (left when viewed facing) is bent upwards at the elbow with the hand against the face. The facial features are worn and undistinguishable. The figure wears knee height boots which are infilled with a light coloured enamel or pain on the calve with red above at the top of…
Created on: Friday 19th May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 12th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chorlton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-AC2326
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable piece of casting waste of uncertain date. The object is U-shaped in plan and irregular in cross section. One face is relatively flat and smooth while the opposite face is of varying thickness. Adhering to the object is a black carbon deposit often found on the feet of cooking vessels. It is possible that this object is a medieval cooking vessel foot such as LVPL-142D8A or LVPL-4CD149 however due to the uneven thickness this is questionable. Casting waste is very hard to date in isolation. As casting waste represents re-usable metal, it was often retained and regularly…
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malpas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-5972D7
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two complete forged, wrought iron horse shoes probably dating to the Post-Medieval period. Each horse shoe is U-shaped in plan and obscured by corrosion. Large horse shoe: the horseshoe narrows towards the rear and is wider at each side due to wear and has thickened a heel calkin at each terminus. Three large sub-rectangular rivets remain in situ. The object is covered with an adhering black substance which may be a carbon deposit. The object is corroded. Dimensions: 141mm in width, 123mm in length, 10.5mm thick at terminus. Small horse shoe: The small horse shoe is U shaped …
Created on: Friday 12th May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 11th July 2017
Spatial data recorded.