Record ID: DENO-EC9686
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
While this object was initially described as a cannon ball there is no doubt that it is in fact a fossil sponge and dates from the Cretaceous period. These objects are flint and not uncommon in chalk areas of the country. The slightly irregular, spherical shape and the small scar are typical features. Any future finds should not be recorded.
Created on: Friday 8th April 2011
Last updated: Thursday 29th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swarkestone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-99FDB0
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a hand-turned rotary quern, made from volcanic basalt lava probably imported from the Rhine area. Probably the lower stone. Includes the outer edge and the inner edge of the central hole (diameter c.40mm) which would have taken the spindle. The lower surface is pecked. The upper surafce is smoothed through use, although with numerous voids natural to the stone (up to c.15mm length). Outer edge slightly bevelled towards the underside. Mid grey with two large white inclusions visible in one of the breaks (6.8mm-9.2mm). Width c.200-210mm, thickness c.45mm, radius c.220mm, est…
Created on: Monday 4th April 2011
Last updated: Monday 4th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Torksey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-4DA072
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic polished stone axehead fragment. From towards the butt end, but both ends broken and large flake broken off one surface (ancient damage). Longitudinal striations on middle of both surfaces, and diagonal striations at the edges/sides - presumably from polishing. Patinated brown-grey all over, except for tiny chip revealing blue-grey stone - probably Great Langdale stone. Length 52.1mm, width 39mm-50.5mm, thickness 22.4mm, weight
Created on: Wednesday 23rd February 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-EA2DC5
Object type: PROJECTILE WEAPON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable sling shot - stone sphere, circular in plan, sub-circular in section, coarse-grained buff sandstone. Uncertain date, possibly Roman. Diameter 35mm, thickenss 29mm, weight 48.7g.
Created on: Friday 20th August 2010
Last updated: Friday 20th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Asgarby and Howell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-974E15
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Whetstone, narrowed at the top, expanding gradually in one plane to form a bulbous terminal. Pierced for suspension at the top - drilled from both sides, minimum internal diameter 3.8mm. Concave wear at the edge of one side close to the piercing - width of wear up to 45mm. Fine grained ?sandstone, mica-rich, the stone is light orange-brown where freshly scratched, and darker grey-brown weathered surface. Length 131.2mm, width at top (level with piercing) 20.4mm, width at end 45.2mm, min thickness (at top) 9.3mm, max thickness (at end) 17.0mm, weight 115.8g. Uncertain date - Roma…
Created on: Thursday 29th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 24th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wragby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-26AB57
Object type: AMULET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Spherical fossil sponge (called 'porosphaera', from the cretaceous period, 70-135 million years ago) with naturally occuring, slightly tapering, hole through it. Diameter c.78mm, diameter of perforation 12mm-10.5mm, weight 480.8g. Wear around the edges of the hole may indicate that this has been suspended at some point, although the wear is not in the same position at both ends - possibly just damage. Stones with holes through them are sometimes called hag stones and are thought to have amuletic powers, warding off withcraft/bad luck etc. This was found buried beneath the flo…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wirksworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-FCF2A7
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone sculpture; sandstone head. Orange-yellow fine-grained sandstone. Short hair, no fringe, cut around the ears, lumpy appearance as if thick and curly; there is a groove running from the front hairline just off-centre along the top of the head to the crown (possibly damage or meant to be a parting). Forehead has a bulge on the right and slopes downwards and inwards on the left. Simple oval eyes, now damaged, apparently originally undetailed. The nose is large, aqualine and broad and slopes to the right. The lips protrude slightly and have an upwardly curved groove between. The righ…
Created on: Friday 27th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-681CA6
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic polished stone axehead. Tapering slightly to the butt end, sides flatenned. Light grey-buff find-grained stone. Chips on both butt and blade ends - these appear to be old damage, apart from one more modern chip on the blade end; large modern chip to one side, and four modern scratched on one surface. Length 97.33mm, width at blade end 50.8mm, width at butt end c.32mm, thickness 24.5mm, weight 158.6g.
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Longdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-5D54D4
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic polished stone axehead. Rounded (not flattened) sides, flattened butt end. The stone is fine grey-green in colour, probable source Great Langdale. Good condition with just three small area of damage on the butt end. Length 160mm, width 70mm, weight 650.4g.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-135943
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a perforated object, Mesolithic or Neolithic, broken across the haft hole, just under half remaining. Medium/coarse-grained metamorphic rock, probably dolorite (the finder has been told it is Welsh dolorite). Originally oval in plan. Central drilled circular haft hole, which is slightly hourglass in section having been drilled from both sides. Convex surfaces, pointed oval in section. Length (broken - roughly half original length) c.65mm, width 87.5mm, maximum thickness 26mm, internal diameter of hole c.20mm (minimum), weight 184.3g.
Created on: Friday 8th September 2006
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinderby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-560207
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Whetstone. Very fine-grained purple-brown stone (possibly a sort of metamorphosed slate?). Trapezoidal in plan (tapering towards one end) with bevelled terminals, rectangular sectioned, perforated for suspension towards the wider terminal. Wear along the lower half of the narrower sides. File marks on the bevelled faces of the terminals. The perforation has been bored from both sides. Uncertain date - probably medieval or post medieval. Length 105.42mm, maximum width (perforated end) 14.7mm, minimum width (distal end) 8.3mm, thickness 9.0-9.7mm, diameter of perforation c.4.3mm, weight 32.93g.
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chelmorton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-2FF205
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Mesolithic-Neolithic perforated object. Circular stone disc with central perforation. The perforation has a slightly "hour-glass" profile, although this is not marked (c.14mm narrowing to c.11.5mm at the centre). The stone does not appear to be quartzite, (the usual stone for these objects), but appears to be a very fine grained, apparently sedimentary rock (sandstone?), with some mica, a slightly orangey-buff coloured where fresh rock is exposed. There is an area of dark staining at one edge, with an associated shallow chip on one surface; there is also more recent slight damage arou…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 3rd July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caunton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-C83845
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman gritstone bust of human ?male. Sub-circular head, flattened at the back and front, roughly hexagonal face with pointed chin, which protrudes slightly when seen from side, simple slightly dished eyes, low relief wedge shaped nose, short horizontal groove as mouth. The chin is defined by a groove, no neck, squared shoulders, no deifinition for the top of arms. There is a shallow depression on each side of head, probably to represent ears. The base is slightly curved towards the back, so the object does not stand up on its own. Damage to the right front chest, the back and top of th…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Newark', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-E933B7
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic polished ground stone axe, incomplete. Coarse grained igneous rock, probably diorite or a coarse grained dolorite, neither of which are found locally, so this must have been imported into the area. Both the butt and blade end are broken. The butt end, broken at an angle, may have been deliberately broken in antiquity, possibly for re-use as another tool. The blade end break is more uneven, and probably due to plough damage. Length 126.1mm, width 76m, thickness 41mm.
Created on: Friday 6th January 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fledborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-7F0C72
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic polished axe. Bifacially worked ground axe. Probably Craig Llwyd stone. Length 118.92mm, width 57.04mm, thickness 30.16mm, weight 294g.
Created on: Tuesday 21st December 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 26th July 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-7EC2D5
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone head, probably post medieval, 17th century (possibly 19th century). Large human head, carved in the round from a single block of fine grained gritstone. Sub-spherical with high-relief pointed projecting nose, simple pointed oval eyes with no detail modelled, and small, narrow, straight slashed mouth. No modelling of ears, hair or neck. The underside is rough and uneven - this may be broken, or possibly never shaped. It measures 255mm from the nose to back of head, 210mm side to side, and 190mm top to bottom.
Created on: Tuesday 21st December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chinley Buxworth and Brownside', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-47D631
Object type: MORTAR (VESSEL)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
White/cream coloured marble or limestone mortar. The vessel walls flare outwards from the base to the rim. The rim is flat on top, and has four equally spaced projecting lugs, all with rounded ends and tapering to join the outer wall about half way down it. One of the lugs has a shallow runnel (pouring channel) carved into it. The end of this lug is slightly damaged and there is a crack running all the way through the wall along the right side of this lug. The opposite lug is badly chipped. The outer surface is quite smooth. The inner surface is smoother in the bottom then around the t…
Created on: Monday 6th December 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-63A605
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic polished stone axe. The edges are slightly flattened. Both ends are pointed. Oval with flattened sides in profile. One face has an line of damage - this does not look recent. Length 119.7mm, width (max)74.2mm, width (cutting edge) 68.10mm, width (butt) 42.1mm, thickness 33.44mm, weight >200g. The finder took this to Sheffield Museum who identified the stone source as Langdale.
Created on: Wednesday 20th October 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 29th August 2018
Spatial data recorded.