{"id":1370,"date":"2023-03-05T19:09:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T19:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2023-12-20T18:28:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T18:28:00","slug":"medieval-purse-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-purse-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIEVAL –\u00a0 Purse Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finds from Wirral<\/h1>\n

MEDIEVAL –  Purse Bar<\/h4>\n

\"\" \"\"<\/h1>\n
\n

When this find came out of the ground of caused a bit of head scratching as we didn’t recognise it.
\nSome good searching of the Portable Antiquities Scheme database by one of our members led us to believe that it was an incomplete medieval purse bar.
\nThis was confirmed when it was submitted to PAS and the below link will take you up the full description.
\nThe vertical bar in the photos above still rotates which is impressive as it dates from 1400-1600.<\/p>\n

Portable Antiquities Scheme Statement:<\/h5>\n

An incomplete copper alloy purse bar dating to the late medieval to post medieval period (c.AD 1400-1600). Williams (2018) Class C1.<\/p>\n

The object consists of a central sub-rectangular block with a small arms protruding from each side. One arm is broken, the other is complete and has a circular section and terminates in a rounded knop. Separately attached to the arm is a small suspension loop with a worn break. Atop of the block is an incomplete oval loop which  has an integral shaft that penetrates through the central block to the other side and is finished with a rounded knop. This acts as a swivel and still moves. One face of the is worn and shows the shaft of the swivel. The object is undecorated and has a worn surface with a light green patina.<\/p>\n

Dimensions: Length 31.2mm; width 40.7mm; thickness (block) 7.6mm; weight 15.64g<\/p>\n

https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1090915<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

interested in finding out more about what we do then get in touch – Contact<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finds from Wirral MEDIEVAL –  Purse Bar When this find came out of the ground of caused a bit of head scratching as we didn’t recognise it. Some good searching of the Portable Antiquities Scheme database by one of our members led us to believe that it was an incomplete medieval purse bar. This was confirmed when it was submitted to PAS…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[117,6],"tags":[100],"class_list":["post-1370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finds","category-news","tag-finds"],"yoast_head":"\nMEDIEVAL -\u00a0 Purse Bar - Wirral Archaeology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-purse-bar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MEDIEVAL -\u00a0 Purse Bar - Wirral Archaeology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Finds from Wirral MEDIEVAL –  Purse Bar When this find came out of the ground of caused a bit of head scratching as we didn’t recognise it. Some good searching of the Portable Antiquities Scheme database by one of our members led us to believe that it was an incomplete medieval purse bar. This was confirmed when it was submitted to PAS...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-purse-bar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wirral Archaeology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-05T19:09:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-20T18:28:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-85D3EB.jpeg?fit=2000%2C1797&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1797\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Wirral Archaeology\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Wirral Archaeology\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/medieval-purse-bar\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/medieval-purse-bar\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Wirral Archaeology\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7c11bbb24a220063d0c8f3c708fa19bb\"},\"headline\":\"MEDIEVAL –\u00a0 Purse Bar\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-05T19:09:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-20T18:28:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/medieval-purse-bar\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":273,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/medieval-purse-bar\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/LVPL-85D3EB.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Finds\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Finds\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/medieval-purse-bar\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/medieval-purse-bar\\\/\",\"name\":\"MEDIEVAL -\u00a0 Purse Bar - Wirral Archaeology\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/medieval-purse-bar\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/medieval-purse-bar\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/LVPL-85D3EB.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-05T19:09:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-20T18:28:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/medieval-purse-bar\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/medieval-purse-bar\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/medieval-purse-bar\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/LVPL-85D3EB.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/LVPL-85D3EB.jpeg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1797},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/medieval-purse-bar\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MEDIEVAL –\u00a0 Purse Bar\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/\",\"name\":\"Wirral Archaeology\",\"description\":\"Wirral's Hidden History Revealed\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Wirral Archaeology\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/cropped-WA_LOGO_820x312_FB.webp?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/cropped-WA_LOGO_820x312_FB.webp?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Wirral Archaeology\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7c11bbb24a220063d0c8f3c708fa19bb\",\"name\":\"Wirral Archaeology\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/39be98f5fd890255e76c6a141f299c5c3800b7ec2c8927d685bc567b80c38e9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/39be98f5fd890255e76c6a141f299c5c3800b7ec2c8927d685bc567b80c38e9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/39be98f5fd890255e76c6a141f299c5c3800b7ec2c8927d685bc567b80c38e9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Wirral Archaeology\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wirralarchaeology.org\\\/pages\\\/author\\\/wirral-archaeology\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"MEDIEVAL -\u00a0 Purse Bar - Wirral Archaeology","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-purse-bar\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"MEDIEVAL -\u00a0 Purse Bar - Wirral Archaeology","og_description":"Finds from Wirral MEDIEVAL –  Purse Bar When this find came out of the ground of caused a bit of head scratching as we didn’t recognise it. Some good searching of the Portable Antiquities Scheme database by one of our members led us to believe that it was an incomplete medieval purse bar. This was confirmed when it was submitted to PAS...","og_url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-purse-bar\/","og_site_name":"Wirral Archaeology","article_published_time":"2023-03-05T19:09:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-20T18:28:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":1797,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-85D3EB.jpeg?fit=2000%2C1797&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Wirral Archaeology","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Wirral Archaeology","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-purse-bar\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-purse-bar\/"},"author":{"name":"Wirral Archaeology","@id":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/#\/schema\/person\/7c11bbb24a220063d0c8f3c708fa19bb"},"headline":"MEDIEVAL –\u00a0 Purse Bar","datePublished":"2023-03-05T19:09:36+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-20T18:28:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-purse-bar\/"},"wordCount":273,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-purse-bar\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-85D3EB.jpeg","keywords":["Finds"],"articleSection":["Finds","News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-purse-bar\/","url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-purse-bar\/","name":"MEDIEVAL -\u00a0 Purse Bar - Wirral Archaeology","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-purse-bar\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-purse-bar\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-85D3EB.jpeg","datePublished":"2023-03-05T19:09:36+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-20T18:28:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-purse-bar\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-purse-bar\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-purse-bar\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-85D3EB.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-85D3EB.jpeg","width":2000,"height":1797},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-purse-bar\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MEDIEVAL –\u00a0 Purse Bar"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/","name":"Wirral Archaeology","description":"Wirral's Hidden History Revealed","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/#organization","name":"Wirral Archaeology","url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cropped-WA_LOGO_820x312_FB.webp?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cropped-WA_LOGO_820x312_FB.webp?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Wirral Archaeology"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/#\/schema\/person\/7c11bbb24a220063d0c8f3c708fa19bb","name":"Wirral Archaeology","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39be98f5fd890255e76c6a141f299c5c3800b7ec2c8927d685bc567b80c38e9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39be98f5fd890255e76c6a141f299c5c3800b7ec2c8927d685bc567b80c38e9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39be98f5fd890255e76c6a141f299c5c3800b7ec2c8927d685bc567b80c38e9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Wirral Archaeology"},"url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/author\/wirral-archaeology\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1169,"url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/post-medieval-finger-ring\/","url_meta":{"origin":1370,"position":0},"title":"Post Medieval – Finger Ring","author":"Wirral Archaeology","date":"22\/02\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Finds from Wirral LVPL-27F72B - POST MEDIEVAL finger ring Portable Antiquities Scheme Statement An incomplete copper alloy finger ring of probably late medieval to post medieval date (c.AD 1400-1700) The object is cast in one piece and has a roped design on the outer edge. The interior of the band\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-27F72B-300x200.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1173,"url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-arrowhead\/","url_meta":{"origin":1370,"position":1},"title":"Medieval – Arrowhead","author":"Wirral Archaeology","date":"22\/02\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Finds from Wirral LVPL-18B0A6 - MEDIEVAL arrowhead A very interesting find\u00a0 Arrowhead from AD800-1100. Portable Antiquities scheme statement: A complete iron tanged arrowhead dating to the medieval period (c.AD 800-1100) See Jessop (1996: 193-5) type T2.\u00a0 The arrowhead has a small leaf-shaped blade with prominent shoulders and has a lentoid\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-18B0A6-300x200.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1171,"url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-weight\/","url_meta":{"origin":1370,"position":2},"title":"Medieval – Weight","author":"Wirral Archaeology","date":"01\/03\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Finds from Wirral LVPL-25CB9D - MEDIEVAL weight A weight or gaming piece. A wide date range as they are hard to date.\u00a0 Portable Antiquities Scheme Statement A lead object, possibly a gaming piece or a weight, possibly dating to the early medieval period onwards (c.AD 850-1700).The object is small and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-25CB9D.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-25CB9D.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-25CB9D.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-25CB9D.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-25CB9D.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-25CB9D.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1161,"url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/post-medieval-hooked-tag\/","url_meta":{"origin":1370,"position":3},"title":"Post Medieval – Hooked Tag","author":"Wirral Archaeology","date":"22\/02\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Finds from Wirral Hooked Tag Two of our verified finds. Can you guess what they are ? Portable Antiquities Scheme Statement A complete copper alloy hooked tag dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1450-1500). The object is cast in a single piece and comprises of an oval plate with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-D21E93.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-D21E93.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-D21E93.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-D21E93.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-D21E93.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-D21E93.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1950,"url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/post-medieval-coin\/","url_meta":{"origin":1370,"position":4},"title":"Post Medieval Coin","author":"Wirral Archaeology","date":"12\/03\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Finds From Wirral Post Medieval Coin Front and rear views of an Elizabeth I silver sixpence from the London Mint. This is a very simple one to date as the reverse is very well preserved so you can clearly see it dates from AD 1569. The face has survived less\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Finds"","block_context":{"text":"Finds","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/category\/finds\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/COIN2_ID_LVPL-F2F0BE.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/COIN2_ID_LVPL-F2F0BE.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/COIN2_ID_LVPL-F2F0BE.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/COIN2_ID_LVPL-F2F0BE.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/COIN2_ID_LVPL-F2F0BE.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/COIN2_ID_LVPL-F2F0BE.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1153,"url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/finds-from-wirral\/","url_meta":{"origin":1370,"position":5},"title":"Early Medieval – Strap End","author":"Wirral Archaeology","date":"21\/02\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Finds from Wirral EARLY MEDIEVAL strap end Look into the eyes of one of our finds dated AD800-1100.\u00a0 \u00a0 Portable Antiquities Scheme Statement A mostly complete copper alloy early medieval zoomorphic strap end dating to c.AD 800-1100. Thomas class B4d.The plate is narrow, with concave sides and sub rectangular cross\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-D1C896-300x200.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LVPL-85D3EB.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1370"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1428,"href":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions\/1428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}