{"id":2303,"date":"2025-07-05T23:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T23:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/?p=2303"},"modified":"2025-07-09T21:53:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T21:53:29","slug":"bag-seals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/bag-seals\/","title":{"rendered":"Bag Seals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Finds From Wirral &#8211; Bag Seals<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"2076\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/bag-seals\/bag_seal_1189237\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bag_Seal_1189237.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bag_Seal_1189237\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Bag Seal&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Bag Seal&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bag_Seal_1189237-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2076\" src=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bag_Seal_1189237-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Bag Seal\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bag_Seal_1189237-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bag_Seal_1189237-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bag_Seal_1189237-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bag_Seal_1189237.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Although younger than the 300 years that PAS Liverpool normally consider the limit for recording finds these are considered of area interest. They are three bag seals from bone meal bags used in agriculture. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">They are from a firm called Proctor and Ryland who operated a factory at Saltney on the River Dee near Chester. On the outer two you can see the company name while the one in the middle shows the company logo of a plough. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The factory operated from AD 1856-1894<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1189237\">https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1189237<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1175975\">https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1175975<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1116310\">https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1116310<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finds From Wirral &#8211; Bag Seals Although younger than the 300 years that PAS Liverpool normally consider the limit for recording finds these are considered of area interest. 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The PAS database only has 21 finds listed from Wirral found\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Finds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Finds","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/category\/finds\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Strap End","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strap_end_1129667.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strap_end_1129667.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strap_end_1129667.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strap_end_1129667.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strap_end_1129667.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2367,"url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/fun-finds\/","url_meta":{"origin":2303,"position":3},"title":"Fun finds","author":"Wirral Archaeology","date":"31\/08\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Find From Wirral - Fun finds During summer while the crops are on the fields our opportunities to dig are limited so the stream of finds being verified by the Portable Antiquities Scheme lessens.\u00a0 This gives us an opportunity to show some finds that aren't old enough to be considered\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Finds&quot;","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\/2025\/08\/image2.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image2.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image2.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image2.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image2.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":708,"url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/pas-finds-released\/","url_meta":{"origin":2303,"position":4},"title":"PAS Finds Released","author":"Wirral Archaeology","date":"04\/05\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Wirral Archaeology CIC is proud to show a few of the finds from our project 'The Search for the Battle of Brunanburh' These finds have been assessed by PAS - Portable Antiquities Scheme and can be viewed on our Search for Brunanburh gallery page. 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