Record ID: LVPL-3E1509
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy casting gate (jet) of Bronze Age date to Post-Medieval date. The object is oval in cross-section. This fragment is from the neck (funnel / well) of a composite probably two part mould. One end is circular and slightly concave, the object then tapers in width and thickness to form a circular sectioned arm. Casting seems are visible along each edge of the object. It has a rough, light green patina. Casting waste is very hard to date in isolation. They are waste products which form at the top of a two-piece clay mould when the moulten metal has filled the object-shaped …
Created on: Thursday 26th March 2015
Last updated: Thursday 26th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heswall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-3FFA63
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Published
A lithic implement dating to the Prehistoric period. The object is possibly a knife, indicated by the low angle retouch, which is made from a tertiary flake. The object is sub-oval in plan and trapezoidal in cross section with a large bulb of percussion at the proximal end below the striking platform. The dorsal face is smooth and worn while conchodial ripple marks are visible on the ventral face across the bulb of percussion. The retouch is short, sub-parallel and low angle. The large bulb of percussion and the thickness of the flake suggest a later Prehistoric date. It probably d…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 8th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hilbre Island', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-1A46E6
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Barbed and tanged flint arrowhead from the late Neolithic period through to the Early Bronze Age. Made from a light grey flint, the barbs are quite short. There is working on both faces, on both edges. The tang is rounded.
Created on: Wednesday 7th May 2008
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-1A2E13
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Barbed and tanged flint arrowhead from the late Neolithic period through to the Early Bronze Age. Made from a grey flint, one of the barbs has broken off. A very small fragment of the brown cortext remains at one end. The working is mainly on the edge where the barb is still present. Little working has been done on the other edge.
Created on: Wednesday 7th May 2008
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greasby', grid reference and parish protected.