Record ID: NLM-A4FAF4
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably Jet; the material appears to be laminated, black, and with a low gloss, though the outside is coloured brown by adhering soil. This identification was kindly confirmed by John Cherry. Seal Matrix fragment. Carved oval seal matrix baring a central fleur de lis motif and a circumferential legend in late 13th to 14th-century script. The legend reads: S:IOH:FI(---) DE:CE [Seal of John Son of... ? ?]. The back bears a central ridge, though this is broader than usually appears on metal versions. Just over one half of the object survives. It may have been made with the intention of…
Created on: Wednesday 8th May 2013
Last updated: Friday 24th May 2013
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Record ID: CORN-C1AA06
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: CORNWALL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone ball or hammerstone, sub-circular in plan, ovate in profile and rhomboidal in section. The upper and lower or base surfaces have both been ground and the upper face has also been pecked, suggesting use as a hammerstone and possibly a pestle. Such pieces do turn up on domestic sites but not in any quantity compared to mullers and rubbers. On these objects the waterworn cobble surfaces are all fresh and unweathered, appropriate for selection from a beach during the Neolithic. The beach selection would ensure hard enduring pieces. It is quite possible that the wear on these objects …
Created on: Monday 15th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2013
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Record ID: CORN-C0EC45
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: CORNWALL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete stone adze, tear-drop shaped in plan and section and triangular in profile, with angled sides that taper towards the butt end and widen towards the blade end. About half of the original tool survives, the sightly flanged blade end, while the longer but tapering butt end that would have been hafted is missing. The adze may have originally been about three times as long, judging from similar ethnographic parallels, in order to balance it with the wooden haft or handle. In profile the blade is plano-convex suggesting that the tool was used as an adze for carving and smoothing t…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2013
Last updated: Monday 17th June 2013
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Record ID: NMS-C0C8C7
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: NORFOLK
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
About half of a polished flint chisel in light grey / white patinated flint with some spotty iron staining. The cutting edge is undamaged, finely ground and still sharp. The break is also patinated and shows "bending fracture" characteristics and was probably broken in use (cf. a complete example found in 1989 at Bradenham (HER 25486) and now in Norwich Castle Museum). 70 x 25 x 18.5mm. Chisels of this type were in use throughout the Neolithic, c.4000 - c.2350 BC
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2013
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Record ID: LON-C57670
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: GREATER LONDON
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy button dating AD1697-1718. This button is a flat disc with the semi-circular shank on the reverse. The front of the button is decorated with moulded bust right with the inscription "CH XII REX S[---]" around the edge all within a linear border and then finally a pelleted border around the edge of the button. This button depicts the bust of Charles XII or Karl XII of Sweden who reigned AD1697-1718. Dimensions: diameter: 11.72mm; thickness: 4.47mm; weight: 0.76g.
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2013
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2013
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Record ID: LIN-B38633
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete shist or ragstone whetstone. The object is rectangular in cross-section and flares slightly towards the terminal. The terminal is curved - both in plan and cross-section - somewhat like a blade. The other end is broken.
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2013
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Louth area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-76FD15
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone: Volcanic Tufa from Langdale, Cumbria Polished Axe. Greenstone Group 6 axe, probably originally of lentoid section but now with one flat edge; as this surface is smoothed and polished it represents repair or modification during the working like of the object. So, too, does a group of several chips on one side, mostly damage incurred by impact on or close to the cutting edge. The axe head was probably significantly larger and has been reduced in size through a long or busy working life. The cutting edge remains remarkably sharp. The butt end of the axe is heavily chipped and rew…
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2013
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Record ID: YORYM-5C8535
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: NORTH YORKSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete ground axe head of Neolithic date (4500-1500 BC). Both surfaces of the lithic have been completely ground. The axe head is sub-trapezoidal in plan with a broad distal edge, tapering to a narrowed proximal edge. The ventral surface contains two negative scars caused by post depositional/taphonomical processes. The lithic is composed of a soft rock, a fine grained probable silicaceous form, most likely either a mud stone or volcanic stone from the Lake District. Bond, P 136, Fig 5.123, No F70.
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2013
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Record ID: CORN-F2BF35
Object type: BOWL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: CORNWALL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a stone bowl, rectangular in plan, C-shaped in profile, with a flat base, and semi-circular in section, with a rounded rim. The curvature of the rim suggests a diameter of about 240 mm and the depth of the bowl from rim to base is about 70 mm. The bowl has been derived from the greisen stone and consists of quartz and yellowish gibertite type of muscovite. The greisen probably derives from the nearby outcrop which flanks the granite at Tregonning Hill in Breage (Roger Taylor pers comm). Greisen is an altered granite where the felspar has disappeared and been replaced by whi…
Created on: Thursday 28th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 28th February 2013
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Record ID: CORN-E1A492
Object type: ADZE HAMMER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: CORNWALL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete stone shafthole adze or cushion macehead (hammer), ovate in plan, tapering slightly towards each end, and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. Both ends would have been worked to form an edge which could have been used for chopping as well as hammering. One edge is angled more towards the upper, darker face, which suggests that this edge could have been used as an adze for woodworking. The opposite face is lighter having been stained with lichen from its findspot since deposition. The shafthole implement was probably originally derived from a beach cobble with little resha…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2013
Last updated: Saturday 13th April 2013
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Record ID: CORN-DCF786
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: CORNWALL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone axehead butt end, triangular in plan and profile and ovate in section, tapering to a rounded point at one end and broken in the middle so that it is missing the blade end of the axe. The surface appears to have been ground into this shape from a cobble, rather than weathered, and there are traces of pecking, but no deliberate polishing. The colour of the axe is a green-grey with dark green areas on both faces where the axe has been polished, perhaps through use from the haft or wooden handle where it was held, but also from wear since it has been in the ground. The rock type has …
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 28th February 2013
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Record ID: NLM-B321A4
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark grey igneous stone with black inclusions, possibly from Scotland Axe head. Polished stone axe head of sub-rectangular form and section with oval ends and straight flat sides. The cutting edge is angled by wear and is chipped on one side, the latter is recent damage. The narrower butt end is chipped on the same side, but this damage was inflicted less recently. A further elongated chip on the other side bears rusty staining, and may be damage incurred in antiquity. To this reporter the dark stone appears distinct from the more commonly occurring Lake District tufa used to make gro…
Created on: Monday 25th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 28th February 2013
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Record ID: NCL-5E71F8
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A groundstone axe of the Neolithic period, c . 3500-2100 BC. The axe has been ground from a fine mudstone of grey-green colour that is possibly from the Langdale geology of the Lake District. The axe is incomplete, leaving approximately half of the axe from the centre of the body to the ground edge. In plan view, the axe is rectangular, though irregular; in section at the break the axe is oval; in profile the axe is triangular with convex sides. The axe has been ground very smooth, but there are a number of shallow scratches on both faces, probably from modern agriculture. If the axe…
Created on: Thursday 21st February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st February 2013
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Record ID: NCL-502AE0
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A white quartz gaming piece, probably of Roman date, c. 43-410. The stone counter is discoidal, with rounded outer edges and smooth faces that are slightly convex. There are no further distinguishing features, but the stone was probably ground into its current shape.
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st February 2013
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Record ID: CAM-BAD957
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A polished flint axe of Neolithic date. This axe is mostly complete but has a couple of fresh post-depositional flakes removed from the surface by later damage. This type of axe is haftable and therefore is likely to have been used with a haft (handle) attached. Weight is in excess of 200g (too heavy for this set of weighing scales). Length is 129.90mm, maximum width is 50.64mm tapering to c.16.26mm, maximum thickness is 27.54mm.
Created on: Friday 1st February 2013
Last updated: Friday 26th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Kesteven Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-AF2F47
Object type: MULLER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: CORNWALL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone muller or rubber, oval in plan and oblong in profile and section, made from a fine-grained granite elvan beach cobble which is sparsely porphyritic (Roger Taylor pers comm). The edge of the cobble is slightly patterned and pecked and both faces are flat and polished through use, suggesting that it was likely used as a rubbing stone or muller, perhaps within a quern to grind grain. There is damage at one end of the muller, which has exposed the different sizes of the crystals within. Examples of similar pebble implements have been found on Bronze Age sites in Cornwall, such as the…
Created on: Thursday 31st January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2013
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Record ID: BH-FEA9A6
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: DORSET
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint axehead of Neolithic date. The piece probably represents approximately half of the original tool, the patination of the break suggesting the upper portion was lost in antiquity. The axehead is pointed-oval in section, its straight sides flaring towards a convex cutting edge. On both surfaces there are smooth areas where the tool has been ground and polished; sharpening flakes, which angle down towards the sides, appear to have been struck through this surface, indicating that this is a finished piece that has subsequently been reworked. The exposed flint is light gr…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 31st January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterborne St. Martin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-2E7F21
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: ISLE OF WIGHT
Workflow stage: Published
A complete and remarkably large Neolithic stone axehead (3500 BC-2100 BC). The axe is an elongated piriform shape in plan and pointed oval in side view. It has been ground overall. A small area at the butt end is bevelled (almost flat) and the sides flare evenly to the rounded cutting edge. The surfaces are coarse. This axe was found on the surface in the inter-tidal zone at high water mark. The colour of the stone is olive grey and falls between Munsell Colours 5YR 5/1 and 5/2. Length: 307.0mm; width: 103.0mm; thickness: 46.0mm. Weight: c. 2028g Found at the same location as: IOW-C2E6B4.
Created on: Sunday 13th January 2013
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-AE5326
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: CORNWALL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Granite lower stone or base from a rotary quern with a central hole that would have contained the wooden staff or spindle to hold it to the upper stone of the quern which would have also been perforated centrally. The spindle would have allowed the upper section of the two-part quern to be rotated over the base section, with the grain between the two, so that it was ground into flour. The stone is about 480 mm in diameter and about 230 mm in height at the hole or eye which is 40 mm in diameter and a complete perforation. Such perforations may have enabled the spindle to have been fixed…
Created on: Monday 7th January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 14th February 2013
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Record ID: SF-F3DB22
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: SUFFOLK
Workflow stage: Published
A complete polished stone axe of Neolithic date. The axe is formed from a finely grained stone that is green/brown in colour with some evidence of post-depositional damage in the form of iron staining on both faces. It is oval in form and section with sharp, crescentic cutting edge that shows little sign of use-wear or retouch. It has good all-over polish with a slightly flattened butt end and two small areas of damage or flake removal, but is otherwise undamaged. The entire object measures 123.53mm in length, 56.01mm in width, 28.02mm in thickness and 267.51g in weight. This polished …
Created on: Monday 17th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.