Record ID: SF-3EF036
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
4 fragments of a puddingstone quern of probable Roman date. Puddingstone is distinctive conglomerate containing rounded red flint pebbles within a siliceous matrix, the main sources of which lie in Hertfordshire. Research carried out by Major (2004, 2-4) in Essex suggests that puddingstone rotary querns were produced here from at least 10 AD until around 160 AD and a similar chronology seems likely in Cambridgeshire. 1, Length: 34.14mm; width: 23.61mm; weight: 14.24g  2. Length: 56.35mm; width: 54.24mm; weight: 112.57g  3. Length: 37:00mm…
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8DA279
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Neolithic finely worked polished stone axehead. It is an elongated sub-triangular shape and oval in cross-section, with straight slightly outwards curving sides, a narrow, rounded butt and a blade end that curves outwards only very slightly. It is composed of a coarse-grained basic intrusive rock that has probably undergone metamorphism, speckled white and blue-grey in colour. There is a patch of orange-brown straining on one face. It survives in good condition with only a small amount of damage to the butt end. Dr Emily Banfield (pers. com.) kindly comments …
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tostock', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-AC554A
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone whetstone possibly of Bronze Age date. The whetstone is made from a fine-grained grey stone. It is rectangular-sectioned with with worn broadly rounded terminals. The piece is heavily worn.   It is extremely difficult to date whetstones accurately without any supporting contextual evidence. This object was found in an area of known Bronze Age activity, a similar date therefore cannot be ruled out.
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Dedham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-AC2A1B
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone whetstone possibly of Bronze Age date. The whetstone is made from a fine-grained grey stone. It is rectangular-sectioned with with worn broadly rounded terminals. The piece is heavily worn.   It is extremely difficult to date whetstones accurately without any supporting contextual evidence. This object was found in an area of known Bronze Age activity, a similar date therefore cannot be ruled out.
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Dedham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-897B89
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A perforated stone implement of probable Mesolithic to Neolithic date. It is sub-ovoid in shape with one rounded end and one narrower, angular end. There is a cylindrical perforation situated behind the narrower end, c.31mm in diameter. There are linear marks on both faces and around the wider end indicative of impact during use. It is made from a fine grained, light yellow, sedimentary stone. The precise function of these objects is debated, although they are frequently described as 'mace heads'. Dating is also uncertain. Although traditionally thought to …
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2022
Last updated: Friday 27th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BFE750
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic greenstone axehead dating to circa 4000-2350 BC. It is pointed oval in section. It flares outwards from the butt end to the crescentic cutting edge. The butt has some iron staining on it. The surface is singificantly weathered and rolled, with the original polished surface now having eroded. It is formed of greenstone, an igneous rock which found throughout the south west of England. has been subjected to low grade metamorphism, which is found throughout the south west of England. There are clusters around Dartmoor, Exmoor and the Land's End peninsula. Gi…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 27th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Burgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-76516B
Object type: ARM GUARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Early Bronze Age stone arm guard (bracer) dating to circa 2300-2100 BC. Broadly rectangular in plan in section it has polished bevelled edges. At either end are located central circular drilled apertures to enable fixing to the arm. The faces of the stone have been smoothed. One end is slightly wider than the other. Broadly linear striations on both faces are the result of the bow having snapped-back during firing. A very similar armguard was recovered from the Stonehenge Archer burial assemblage, radiocarbon dated to circa 2300 BC (Heath 2012: 122-123) whilst two were…
Created on: Tuesday 8th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7672FA
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of one section of a cylindrical rotary quernstone/millstone of Roman or later date. It is a small section, trapezoidal in shape, of a much larger flat, disc-shaped quernstone, although it is not clear whether it is the upper or lower stone. The outer grinding surface has been dressed with pecking, while the other face is roughly dressed. The fragment is roughly rectangular in cross-section, but the original shape, circumference and the form of the central hole are all unclear due to its fragmentary condition. It is a mid-grey, fine-grained, volcanic stone with vesicular sur…
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2022
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Helmingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-753EAA
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of one section of a cylindrical rotary quernstone/millstone of Roman or later date. It is a small section, sub-triangular in shape, of a much larger flat, disc-shaped quernstone, although it is not clear whether it is the upper or lower stone. The outer grinding surface has been dressed with transverse, parallel raised ridges, each one roughly 20mm apart from one another, while the other face is roughly dressed. The fragment is roughly rectangular in cross-section, but the original shape, circumference and the form of the central hole are all unclear due to its fragmentary …
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2022
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Helmingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-99EF4B
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone Roman quernstone dating to circa AD 43-410. The surviving element is around half of the lower stone. The stone is sandstone. It is a flat quernstone. It is straight sided with a now convex but now uneven based. The grinding surface is flat and heavily worn. The spindle hole is circular in plan with steep, oblique sides. The spindle hole is completely perforated and is 45mm in diameter. Shaffrey notes that flat quernstones came to be in use in southern England during the 1st century AD and are predominantly worked from sandstone (2021). Diameter: 400mm; Th…
Created on: Tuesday 21st September 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-082196
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Neolithic polished stone axehead dating to circa 4000-2200 BC. It is broadly trapezoidal in plan and pointed oval in section. The surfaces are polished though now slightly damaged and pitted. The butt is crude and slightly rounded. he cutting edge is crescentic. The stone is of a grey-green colour consistent with the sedimentary volcanic rock from the Langdale Axe factory in the Lake District. Length: 74.4mm; Width: 53mm; Thickness: 22mm; Weight: 123.57g.
Created on: Tuesday 14th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BF2D70
Object type: ROTARY QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Two fragments of rotary quernstones of probable Roman date. The larger fragment was found initially and the smaller one discovered close by on a subsequent visit. Both finds comprise small sections of larger disc-shaped quernstones, each featuring part of the original curved outer edges. The stone from which they are formed appears to be volcanic. The larger fragment has parallel, diagonal grooves across one face, while both faces of the smaller fragment are smooth, suggesting that they are not part of the same object. The form of the quern and the volcanic nature of the stone in…
Created on: Friday 30th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 30th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harkstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3A0B7B
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A probable fragment of an Iron Age or early Roman puddingstone quern. Only a small chunk, bearing breaks on all faces, survives. Puddingstone is distinctive conglomerate containing rounded red flint pebbles within a siliceous matrix, the main sources of which lie in Hertfordshire. Research carried out by Major in Essex suggests that puddingstone rotary querns were produced here from at least 10 AD until around 160 AD and a similar chronology seems likely in Cambridgeshire (2004, 2-4). Length: 61.06mm, width: 43.98mm, thickness: 24.77mm, weight: 70.40g
Created on: Monday 24th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 9th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-13FA27
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a perforated whetstone, or shapening stone, of uncertain Bronze Age to post-medieval date. It is an elongated rectangular shape with a small circular hole through the surviving end. The rock is fine-grained grey-brown with a laminar fracture. Length: 47.79mm, width: 13.35mm, thickness: 5.39mm, weight: 5.71g
Created on: Monday 10th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 10th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BDE2BD
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A perforated stone implement of probable Mesolithic to Neolithic date. It is roughly oval in shape with one rounded end and one straight end and is pointed oval in cross-section. There is a small circular hour-glass-shaped perforation through the centre. There is a small amount of damage to both faces and around the edges. The stone appears to be igneous of uncertain origin. The precise function of these objects is debated, although they are frequently described as 'mace heads'. Dating is also uncertain. Although traditionally thought to be of Mesolithic date, their use seems to …
Created on: Thursday 6th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 24th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F80482
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of pudding stone, probably from a Roman quern stone. The fragment is irregular in shape and has a sub-triangular cross-section. One of the face has been made deliberately flat and it might have been the grinding surface. Pudding stone is a conglomerate of pebbles held together in a natural cement of silica and sand. Length: 86.66 mm Width: 74.83 mm Height: 70.01 mm Weight: c. 400 g
Created on: Monday 16th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 13th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westhorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B84023
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pebble mace head of the Mesolithic to the Neolithic period, dating to 10.000 BC - 2500 BC. It consists of an oval pebble with a slightly pointed oval cross-section, which has been perforated in the centre; the hole has circular edges on both faces and tapers towards the core of the stone with a hourglass-shaped cross-section. The precise use of these object is uncertain but are frequently referred to as mace heads or ceremonial sceptre. They do seem to relate to the less esoteric and more clearly defined polished mace and axeheads dating to the Mesolithic or Neolithic from whic…
Created on: Friday 15th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 7th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ufford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-0DC5B5
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary flint flake, dating to 4000 BC- 1500 BC. It is sub-rectangular in plan; it bears part of the cortex on the dorsal face (20%). The dorsal face has three parallel negatives removed as primary knapping work on the core. The ventral face has the bulb of percussion and concentric ripple marks; one plain striking platform. The bottom left corner has signs of probably directly applied abrupt retouches. Length: 53.33 mm Width: 34.38 mm Thickness: 12.54 mm Weight: 25.98 g
Created on: Monday 25th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Streith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BB954E
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A mostly complete puddingstone 'beehive' type quern dating to the Late Iron Age or early Roman period, c. 1-160 AD. Ground from a grey conglomerate with large orange, pinkish and black flint inclusions, the quern has suffered some minor losses to its edge though is otherwise preserved in reasonable condition. It is broadly circular in plan and domed, with angled sides that give it a 'beehive' like appearance. It demonstrates a central circular aperture, though this is now clogged at its upper edge with a large broken flint nodule which has apparently been jammed in the aperture- wheth…
Created on: Thursday 21st December 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cavendish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-145F64
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic flaked an polished flint axe. It is roughly triangular in shape, with largely straight sides and a slightly outwards curving blade end. Both faces are covered with scaled, covering retouch and have been partially polished on the ridges between the flaking scars. The blade end has also been polished to create a sharp cutting edge. There is an abrupt break across the butt end and its tip is missing. The flint is an opaque light grey in colour with some surface patination. Length: 94.87mm, width: 48.86mm, thickness: 11.93mm, weight: 16.37g
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 20th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lackford', grid reference and parish protected.