Record ID: NLM-CDD795
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Group 6 Langdale stone axe. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2500 BC. Length (from drawing): 90mm
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 17th August 2022
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Record ID: WAW-BAC34E
Object type: POT BOILER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of fire-cracked stone or possible 'pot boiler' of unknown exact date. The fragment is roughly pyramidal in shape with a thick and two thinner layers of quartzite between a hard, reddish, fine-grained stone. The thick quartzite layer shows clear cracking caused by heat.  It is possible this stone was used in the heating of large quantities of water or was in the formation of a hearth. The stone has been found in an area with lithic implements and ceramic vessels dating to the Mesolithic to Medieval periods, thus a similar date has been applied.  The o…
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A35309
Object type: GEOLOGICAL SAMPLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of stone or lead ore (galena), probably from a lead mining operation of uncertain date, Roman to Medieval, AD 43 - 1600. It is from an area where there was Roman lead mining, but it could also have been extracted at a later date. It is hard and fine grained, dark grey in patches on the surface, and light grey in other areas. There are small angular clear quartz inclusions embedded in the matrix. The sample is 47.4mm long; 29.3mm wide and 21mm thick. It weighs 101.05g.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
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Record ID: NARC-7B47B7
Object type: HEARTHSTONE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of 6 Hearth stones of probable Iron Age to Medieval date (400 BC-AD 1800). The stones are sub-ovate, with cracking and pitting resulting in the partial loss of portions of some of the stones. The stones each have a fire blackened side. The stones are composed of metamorphic stone with a high quartz content. This sort of material is impossible to date without scientific analysis, and there is occupation evidence in this area from the Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman, Medieval and Post Medieval to modern period. Given that the stones were recovered from t…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-13223E
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Neolithic end scraper, dark grey chert/flint. Dorsal face with bulb of percussion and a damage removal scar at the distal end. Ventral face is faceted with longitudinal removal scars, traces of retouch at the rounded edge, and later shatter damage to the lower portion.  
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-11F0A9
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A struck and worked flake of probable Palaeolithic date. It is a worked naturally-occurring flake, with a thick profile, no evidence of a bulb of percussion, but clear retouch down one edge. Water worn with small areas of post-depositional shattering and damage, but the retouch is clearly discernible.  Width (max): 22 Thickness (at proximal end): 10.5mm Thickness (at distal): 5.2mm 
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-118515
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small lower Palaeolithic chopper tool or handaxe. Bifacially worked. Orange surfaces (iron-stained) with small patches of underlying grey material visible, and a patch of cortex at the apex.
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-110A78
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete Lower Palaeolithic ovate handaxe. Orange chert, bifacially worked, with small areas of later shattering to the edges and a small removal scar (damage) to the right lower edge of one face which reveals the underlying grey colour. 
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-E85497
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible worn piece of a quartz and mica rich sandstone whetstone of probable Post Medieval to Modern date, about AD 1700 - 1900. The stone is rounded at both ends and is oval in section. There are worn facets along the sides.The regular shape of this stone suggests that it is part of a manufactured hone or scythe stone. When in use, a scythe would have needed sharpening every 15 minutes or so, so hones were vital pieces of equipment for every farm worker.  Measurements are; length 88.8mm, width 33.5mm, thickness 19.5mm and weight 84.17g.
Created on: Monday 25th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2022
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Record ID: LIN-91E3A6
Object type: BATTLEAXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone perforated battleaxe of probable very late Neolithic or early Bronze Age date (2500-1800 BC). Probably belonging to Roe Group 1, early form. Only about 50% of the axe has survived but it is finely. It is broadly sub-triangular / wedge shaped with gentle concave sides, expanding towards the cutting edge with a flared crescentic edge. The cutting edge has a small, probably more recent, chip. In profile the axe is broadly sub-rectangular. The perforation is now semi-circular due to an old break, with the patina matching the body of the axe. The but…
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2022
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Record ID: SUR-D373BB
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete polished hardstone axehead of Neolithic date. The axehead is 123.6mm in length and 61.3mm wide, with a lenticular side profile and an oval cross section 37mm thick. The butt is rounded and the sides flare slightly towards the blade end before narrowing into the curved cutting edge. One face demonstrates damage from weathering, whilst the other side remains smooth with visible striations from polishing. This suggests that the axehead has spent considerable time partially buried in riverbed sediment with only one face exposed to the moving water. The axehead is made from…
Created on: Tuesday 12th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2022
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Record ID: DYFED-C2B41C
Object type: MARBLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Object is a complete stone marble of unknown date but could possibly date from the Roman to the Medieval Period.  It is completely spherical, and has a smooth surface with a white/light grey patina. The object weighs 3.2g, and is 13.98mm in diameter.
Created on: Monday 11th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llansantffraed', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-59F178
Object type: ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kirklees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone architectural fragment in the form of a carved human head, of Post Medieval date, probably AD 1600 - 1850. The head is that of a male with a beard and moustache. The head and neck project from a sub-square block of stone. The hair (or a wig) is depicted, with what appears to be a side parting. The ears are damaged and one is missing. The eyes have recessed pupils with the upper and lower lids moulded, as well as what appears to be a fold or "bag" under the eyes. The nose is damaged. The mouth is closed. The neck is truncated. The back of the head is integral with a plinth whic…
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-41E3DF
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A struck flint flake of Mesolithic or early Neolithic date. An orange/brown/black flint with a clear striking platform, bulb of percussion and conchoidal marks. The ventral face is recorticated, suggesting the flake was removed from a surface find core, with one removal (right) revealing the underlying darker colour.  
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warsash', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-D65539
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of puddingstone probably representing a 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). The fragment is 63.8mm long, 4…
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-C402E8
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lower palaeolithic small ovate handaxe. Dark grey/brown flint with a band of white across the lower half of one face.   Width (butt): 63.5mm at widest point (butt). Width: 61mm (mid point). 
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warsash', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-4485BE
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe of chordate form (Wymer Type J), struck from a pale brown flint which is heavily patinated with a thick white patina from prolonged secondary deposition in calcareous sediments. The axe measures 92.6mm long by 74.6mm wide and 38.4mm thick and is bifacially worked with invasive soft hammer flaking covering both faces. The cutting edges are heavily abraded and the pointed tip has broken off.
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2022
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Record ID: BH-3244BB
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of rotary hand mill or quern, probably of Late Iron Age to Early Roman date. The fragment is just under half of the upper stone. It is sub-D shape in cross-section with uneven surfaces, rounded edges and corners, and is very worn. The underside is flat with a pitted surface and widespread scratching. The breaks each side are uneven and have the same wear as the other surfaces. The object measures 223mm in external diameter, 60mm maximum thickness and weighs 1882 grams. Ruth Shaffrey kindly states that: “The wide hopper is suggestive of LIA/early Roman but i…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-C49A3D
Object type: MACE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone mace head or pebble hammer of Neolithic or earlier date. The object is made from an oval pebble, 101.5mm in length, 84.4mm wide and 35.8mm thick with an oval cross-section on both the long and short axis. The perforation hole is circular and has an hourglass cross section, tapering on both sides from 38mm diameter at the surface to 20mm at a ridge around the mid point of the channel. The hole was bored from both sides of the stone (to meet in the middle) probably using a rotating drill and sand abrasive. Both ends of the macehead have patches of battering damage suggesting tha…
Created on: Friday 17th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-8A7578
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single Roman limestone tessera of sub-cuboid shape. 
Created on: Tuesday 14th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 15th November 2022
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