Find Spot record 14415 - Finds from Bridge Field

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Summary

A group of metal detected finds from farmland adjacent to Nantwich Junction. The finds comprise a buckle, two musket balls, fragments of post medieval pottery and an unidentified metal object.

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Full Description

<1> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-F74007 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

Copper allloy unidentified object. It is linear with a circular cross section which widens towards the end. The narrow end is a broken loop. This suggests it may have hung from something, it is possible it is a long bell clapper but the function of the object, as the date, is unclear.

<2> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-BB88C1 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

Cast copper alloy Post Medieval buckle. It is a double loop rectangular buckle which as moulding on the outside edges. It narrows in the middle and the strap bar is narrowed also. On both outside edges there are three projecting knops as decoration. This sort of buckle dates from the sixteenth to seventeenth centuries.

<3> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-4C4E48 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

Lead spherical musket ball from the Post Medieval period.

<4> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-F73683 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

Lead spherical musket ball dating from the Post-Medieval period.

<5> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-4C4560 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

Three fragments of late Post-Medieval pottery with dark glaze. They are irregular in shape and all edges are broken.

<6> The British Museum, Portable Antiquities Scheme Online Database (Web Site). SCH5176.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <1>XY Digital Archive: Portable Antiquities Scheme. Various. Portable Antiquities Data Import. LVPL-F74007. [Mapped feature: #28578 LVPL-F74007]
  • <2>XY Digital Archive: Portable Antiquities Scheme. Various. Portable Antiquities Data Import. LVPL-BB88C1. [Mapped feature: #28578 LVPL-F74007]
  • <3>XY Digital Archive: Portable Antiquities Scheme. Various. Portable Antiquities Data Import. LVPL-4C4E48. [Mapped feature: #28578 LVPL-F74007]
  • <4>XY Digital Archive: Portable Antiquities Scheme. Various. Portable Antiquities Data Import. LVPL-F73683. [Mapped feature: #28578 LVPL-F74007]
  • <5>XY Digital Archive: Portable Antiquities Scheme. Various. Portable Antiquities Data Import. LVPL-4C4560. [Mapped feature: #28578 LVPL-F74007]
  • <6> Web Site: The British Museum. Portable Antiquities Scheme Online Database. www.findsdatabase.org.uk.

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Location

Grid reference SJ 63 53 (point)
Map sheet SJ65SW
Civil Parish HENHULL, CREWE AND NANTWICH, CHESHIRE EAST
Historic Township/Parish/County HENHULL, ACTON, CHESHIRE

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Record last edited

Nov 10 2022 12:45PM