Record ID: LVPL-2C1556
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete ground and polished Type 1, Cornish greenstone axehead dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4000-2400 BC). The axehead is pointed oval in cross section at the cutting end and butt end. When viewing its side profile (looking at the larger, flatter faces of the axe), it tapers steadily from the broader cutting edge towards the butt end. When looking at the axe along the longer edges, both the cutting edge and butt end of the axe are a similar width, with the widest section being in the middle of the axehead. It has suffered some damage, with the original polished sur…
Created on: Friday 22nd October 2021
Last updated: Friday 29th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Handbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-AB3E05
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete stone object, possibly a loom weight for a warp weighted loom of Uncertain date (AD 1066-1500). The object is composed of fine grained sandstone, is roughly semi-circular in plan though it would have been sub-circular in form, the object has been broken across the midsection. The object retains an off centre perforation. The object has a convex upper and roughly flattened base. Loom weights were used to keep the vertical threads, or warp, tight on a loom during weaving while the horizontal thread, or weft, was passed through the warp. Length: 110.35mm, Width: …
Created on: Thursday 30th April 2020
Last updated: Friday 4th December 2020
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Record ID: CORN-381806
Object type: DISC
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incised slate disc made from a piece of micaceous silty slate, possibly with volcanic ash content, from the Gramscatho formation, and the brown staining is the result of a ferruginous deposit penetrating along the cleavage of the rock (Roger Taylor in S.Taylor (ed.) Down the Bright Stream: the Prehistory of Woodcock Corner and the Tregurra Valley, forthcoming). The upper face is decorated with incised lines to produce a chequerboard pattern in which alternate squares have been either left blank or filled with a cross-hatched grid of varying number of smaller squares. Several flint …
Created on: Thursday 19th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 26th September 2019
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Record ID: GLO-6EEA07
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Bronze Age stone shafthole implement dating to the period c.2100 - 1250 BC. The item is broken in half across the centre of the shaft hole, the remaining portion is sub-ovular in plan and tapers from a central shaft hole to a very narrow terminal (just 16mm wide) that is slightly rounded. The shaft hole is formed by pecking from either side this has created an hourglass effect when viewed in cross-section, 17mm in the centre of the shaft and about 34cms at the top of both sides. Unfortunately because of the missing half it is impossible to define this item as a mace as o…
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2016
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2016
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Record ID: WAW-6E1FBE
Object type: FLAKED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic (-3500 to -2100) flaked axehead: The axehead has been knapped from a fine-grained dark grey volcanic tuff which weather to a mid grey colour on one face and a mid grey-green on the other face. Broadly the axehead can be classed as a cordate in shape. The axehead has been bifacially flaked to produce an asymmetrical pointed oval section. The upper tip is rounded and this is due to some wear but also more recent abrasion. The surface of the axehead has a patination as described previously, and along the edges there is some recent damage and scaring. The axehead measures 95.…
Created on: Friday 19th August 2016
Last updated: Friday 19th August 2016
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Record ID: CORN-89FC47
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete whetstone for sharpening metal tools or flensing tool for cleaning hides with both ends broken off, engraved with a lobe and circle pattern on one face that is comparable to the decoration seen on Iron Age metalwork. There is also the beginnings of this pattern with S-shaped scrolls on the opposite flat face of the whetstone. This decoration is under, and therefore earlier than, one set of parallel linear grooves on the side edge of the whetstone, that consist of three shorter, wider lines, 5-6 mm in length and 2-3 mm in width, followed by another nine lines, 8 mm in length…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: WMID-49DD1B
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete unifacial quartzite handaxe, of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (400, 000 BC to 50, 000 BC). The quartzite handaxe has been struck from a pebble core. It has been worked unifacially (one side). Approximately 50% of the pebble has been worked. Two large flakes have been removed, to create the main shape, with a couple of smaller flakes removed from the right hand side to create a slightly serrated edge. It measures 102.1 mm in length, 58.5 mm wide and 33.1 mm thick. It weighs 314 g. The quartzite is a mid brown colour, with a couple of curved red veins.
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: LVPL-E2F8BD
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete stone object, probably a whetstone or hone, of uncertain date. The object is rectangular in plan and cross-section. It is formed of a fine grained dark grey stone, possibly slate. The base of one face of the object and almost all of the opposite face is damaged where some of the stone has split away from the main body of the object. Riveted to the top of the object is a rectangular strip of copper alloy forming an attachment loop. One end of the strip is cut in a diagonal while the opposite end is irregular. The strip measures c.10mm in width at each end and narrows t…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 4th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Washingborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-54DE92
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete pendant whetstone of uncertain date. The object is formed medium to dark grey fine grained and micaceous schist. It is rectangular in form and cross-section. At the top of the object the stone has been carved forming a circular collar and rounded projection. On top of this a piece of lead has been cast forming a 'cap'. The lead 'cap' has been perforated to enable suspension. The lead 'cap' has separated from the stone however originally would have been firmly attached. There is damage to the base of the 'cap' and to the base of the whetstone also. Whetstones or hones,…
Created on: Tuesday 14th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rossett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-D074B2
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / knapped quartzite pointed biface handaxe of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 250,000 BC). The biface exhibits working on both interior (upper) and exterior (lower) faces, making it a biface handaxe (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Approximately 40% of the surface has been worked, with the original surface or cortex covering the remaining 60% of the surface. The biface has an ovoid shape with a slight point at the tip, with a rounded thick profile which thins at the tip. The butt is smooth, rounded and made of cortex. The cortex itself is d…
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd May 2017
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Record ID: WMID-D066C6
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / knapped quartzite bifacial core-axe of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 40,000 BC). The biface exhibits working on both interior (upper) and exterior (lower) faces, making it a biface (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Approximately 60% of the surface has been worked, with the original surface or cortex covering the remaining 40% of the surface. The biface has an ovoid shape, with a rounded tip and a smooth rounded cortex but. The cortex is a dark orange/brown in colour, with worked areas being a lighter shade of orange/brown. The Cortex on th…
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 7th May 2014
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Record ID: WMID-D05146
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / knapped quartzite pointed biface handaxe of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 40,000 BC). The biface exhibits working on both interior (upper) and exterior (lower) faces, making it a biface handaxe (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Though rolling has made it difficult to approximate how much of the surface has been worked. The handaxe has a trapezoidal shape, with a rounded butt and a pointed tip. There is an of center rise on the interior face that begins left of the butt and convexes towards the tip. Visible from the interior face the right …
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 7th May 2014
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Record ID: WMID-D03E04
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / knapped quartzite pointed biface handaxe of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 40,000 BC). The handaxe exhibits working on both interior (upper) and exterior (lower) faces, making it a biface handaxe (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Approximately 70% of the surface has been worked, with the original surface or cortex covering the remaining 30% of the surface. The interior is of a mainly smooth surface compared the exterior which is rough, ridged and has been knapped on the right side creating a concave from the tip of the butt to the mid point…
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
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Record ID: WMID-540221
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / knapped quartzite pointed biface handaxe of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 40,000 BC). The handaxe exhibits working on both interior (upper) and exterior (lower) faces, making it a biface handaxe (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Approximately 60% of the surface has been worked, with the original surface or cortex covering the remaining 40% of the surface. The biface has a trapezoidal shape with a pointed tip and a rounded smooth butt made of cortex. The cortex is a dark grey/brown in colour. The exterior face has a central strip of cortex …
Created on: Tuesday 16th July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-408A20
Object type: PICK
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete struck / knapped quartzite unifacial elongated pick of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 40,000 BC). A series of flat retouch scars are presented. The pick exhibits working on the exterior (lower) face only (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Approximately 60% of the surface has been worked, with the original surface or cortex covering the remaining 40% of the surface. The cortex has been hammered flat creating a flattened interior. The butt has also been flattened and just above there is a smooth indent which is almost like a thumb print. On the exterior…
Created on: Monday 15th July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 22nd August 2013
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Record ID: WMID-400B60
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / knapped quartzite plano-convex pointed biface of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 40,000 BC). The handaxe exhibits working on both interior (upper) and exterior (lower) faces, making it a biface handaxe (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Approximately 80% of the surface has been worked, with the original surface or cortex covering the remaining 20% of the surface. The biface has a pointed oval shape with a rounded butt, with a rounded thick profile. The tip has broken away. The butt is made of smooth cortex. Both the cortex and the worked surf…
Created on: Monday 15th July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
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Record ID: WMID-3F5DC4
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / knapped quartzite subcordate biface handaxe of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 40,000 BC). The biface exhibits working on both interior (upper) and exterior (lower) faces, making it a biface handaxe (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Approximately 40% of the surface has been worked, with the original surface or cortex covering the remaining 60% of the surface. This biface has a curved oval/egg shape with the tip being more pointed than the butt. There is a thick profile that slightly thins towards the tip with a slight curve. From the interio…
Created on: Monday 15th July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
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Record ID: WMID-004DD6
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete struck / knapped quartzite plano-convex pointed biface handaxe of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 40,000 BC). The biface exhibits working on both interior (upper) and exterior (lower) faces, making it a biface handaxe (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Approximately 70% of the surface has been worked, with the original surface or cortex covering the remaining 30% of the surface. The handaxe is incomplete as the tip has been broken away. The biface is oval in shape with a thick profile. The butt is curved and made of cortex which is dark brown…
Created on: Friday 12th July 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 7th July 2021
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Record ID: WMID-2E33A5
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / knapped quartzite subcordate biface handaxe of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 40,000 BC). The handaxe exhibits working on both interior (upper) and exterior (lower) faces, making it a biface handaxe (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Due to rolling, it can not be approximated how much of the biface has been worked. The biface has a pointed oval shape with a curved butt. The butt has been hammered flat and is dark brown. More visible from the exterior face the right hand edge has a slight concave inwards towards the tip before rounding off. …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
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Record ID: WMID-2DFE06
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / knapped quartzite subcordate biface handaxe of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 40,000 BC). The handaxe is sub circular in plan, and exhibits working on both interior (upper) and exterior (lower) faces, making it a biface handaxe (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Approximately 75% of the surface has been worked, with the original surface or rind covering the remaining 25% of the surface. This biface has a curved thick profile. The butt is curved and smooth on both faces. The exterior face has been knapped from about a third from the butt. Th…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.