Record ID: CORN-E82001
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible quern fragment, likely from the base. It looks to be made from a pitted greenstone. Due to its findspot context, it is likely to be Iron Age in dating, although secure dating is impossible, given its fragmentary state, but it is likely to be of prehistoric-Iron Age dates. It still has evidence of a grinding surface, and the curvature around the edge of the grinding surface (where this surface meets the edge of the stone) suggests that when intact, the entire object was circular in shape. Using this curvature to estimate the overall diameter of the grinding surface, it wo…
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Record ID: DENO-71BA2E
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone spindle whorl or loom weight, probably of Iron Age to Roman date, (c. 300 BC - AD 400). The object is a cylindrical disc carefully formed from a fine-grained sandstone. It has a very neatly drilled central perforation, 4.5 mm diameter. Both faces are flat and smooth, without decoration. There is some chipping but the object is generally in good condition. Spindle whorls  are very difficult to date precisely without other evidence (such as pottery) as the general form was in use for a long period. However this spindle whorl closely resembles, in material and form, oth…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 1st March 2023
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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: 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: 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: GAT-F73071
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible stone spindle whorl of prehistoric or Roman date. The find comprises a flat stone disc with a central perforation. The find has been truncated leaving roughly only half of the weight. There is no decoration on either faces.
Created on: Wednesday 1st September 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 1st September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanddyfnan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-D27793
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone spindle whorl of probable later Iron Age or Roman date (400 BC - AD 300). The spindle whorl is circular in plan and rectangular in profile. It has been carefully chipped and ground from what seems to be a coarse micaceous sandstone. Through the middle of the whorl is a circular shaped hole set slightly off centre; the hole has straight sides and it has an approximate diameter of 7.5mm. The whorl is undecorated and is relatively unabraded with crisp fresh edges. The whorl is a grey brown colour. Spindle whorls are used for a long period of time and as such are very difficult to…
Created on: Monday 1st March 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd March 2021
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Record ID: HESH-C7037A
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone spindle whorl of probable later Iron Age or Roman date (400 BC - AD 300). The spindle whorl is circular in plan and rectangular in profile. It has been carefully chipped and ground from what seems to be a coarse micaceous sandstone. Through the middle of the whorl is a circular shaped hole set slightly off centre; the hole has straight sides and it has an approximate diameter of 5mm. The whorl is undecorated and is relatively unabraded with crisp fresh edges. One face has a scar of flaw emanating from the centre to one edge. The whorl is a reddish brown colour. Spindle whorls …
Created on: Thursday 14th May 2020
Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2020
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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: SOM-E9E04C
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone spindle whorl of unknown date. The spindle whorl is circular in plan and in profile bi-conical with a flattened top and bottom. It has a distinct ridge around the centre. Both faces of the spindle whorl are flat and undecorated. A straight sided, sub-circular perforation 8.9mm in diameter runs through it for attachment to a wooden spindle. The spindle whorl is 23.2mm in diameter and 13.0mm high; it weighs 27.77g. The stone is mid greyish brown in colour with part of the outer surface whiter and more powdery. It is relatively heavy for its size. A geologist would need to …
Created on: Thursday 22nd August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 27th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9786AD
Object type: ROTARY QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fine-grained compacted Sandstone rotary quern fragment. The upper stone from a large rotary quern, chipped with loss of over half its fabric. The damage includes the removal of large flakes or chunks from the upper surface, and subsequent reddening of the exposed fracture surfaces by burning. The former could relate to the deliberate 'killing' of the object, a behaviour often sought in prehistoric contexts investigated by controlled excavation, while the latter might arise from its subsequent incorporation into a hearth or oven - a pattern of reuse often found in areas devoid of good …
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetwang', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-752170
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age to Roman (possibly -200 to AD 400) quern fragment: The stone is sandstone with fine to medium sized inclusions which are rounded, brown, white and pink coloured. The base is sub-triangular with two-thirds of the edges being broken, the remaining third appears to be a the original edge which has a steep, slightly angled side. The centre corner of the quernstone is concave vertically which was originally the central funnel of the quern. The base is worn, slightly concave and smooth. In section the quern is a quarter-circle. It measures 128.37mm long, 112.24mm wide across the …
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 11th July 2019
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Record ID: WAW-75062A
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age to Roman (possibly -200 to AD 400) probable quern fragment: The stone is sandstone with fine to medium sized inclusions which are rounded, brown, white and pink coloured. The base is an irregular shape with broken and abraded edges, although one edge has the original edge which tapers to a curved edge. The base is worn flat and smooth. In section the quern is a sub D-shaped with the upper edge being slightly domed. The remaining surface of the possible quern is rough. It measures 120.36mm long, 118.73mm wide across the smooth side face and 47.27mm thick. It weighs 782g. T…
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 11th July 2019
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Record ID: WAW-74E841
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age to Roman (possibly -200 to AD 400) probable quern fragment: The stone is sandstone with fine to medium sized inclusions which are rounded, white and pink coloured. The base is a sub-rectagnular with broken and abraded edges. The base is worn flat and smooth. In section the quern is a sub rectangle with the upper edge being slightly domed. On side face is also worn quite smooth, but has fine linear striations. This face is forms a right-angled to the base. The remaining surface of the possible quern is rough. It measures 119.28mm long, 104.42mm wide across the smooth side fa…
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 11th July 2019
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Record ID: CORN-E27859
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete upper stone of a rotary quern of coarse-grained greisen, dating from the late Iron Age to the Roman period. The quern is broken across its diameter, the remaining fragment representing about half of the original stone, being D-shaped in plan and plano-convex in section. There is a large fragment missing from the lower surface at one end of the break and a smaller fragment from the upper surface at the opposite end; the damage is mostly ancient although there are several smaller areas of recent plough damage. Allowing for the damage, the external diameter is approximately…
Created on: Thursday 4th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 14th November 2019
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Record ID: DENO-7E28DB
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete puddingstone 'beehive' quern probably dating to the late Iron Age to Roman period (c. AD 10 - 160). The quern is circular, with a manmade circular depression in the centre of the flat side. Overall, the quern measures 290 mm in diameter and 210 mm in height.
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2019
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2019
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Record ID: CORN-14AEB7
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sandstone bead, round in plan and sub-rectangular in profile with almost straight sides and a small central cylindrical perforation which is 6 mm in diameter. The diameter of the perforation and of the bead, at 23 mm, suggests that it was not wide enough to use as a spindle whorl and the perforation too narrow for a spindle, so its likely function was as a bead or pendant. The bead is pitted where inclusions have been eroded out of the basic fabric and there are still fragments of quartz and felspar visible. Threipland (1956) illustrates a stone bead-like spindle whorl, tall with s…
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2019
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Record ID: CORN-111E0B
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A spindle whorl of mica schist dating from the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c.700 BC- AD 500). The whorl is circular in plan and rectangular in profile: 28 mm in diameter, 12 mm in height, 10 mm in thickness and 15.42 g in weight. The whorl has a circular perforation which is 9.5 mm in diameter and within 1 mm of the centre, ensuring that it would be well balanced when in use during the spinning process. The perforation is slightly hour-glass shaped, indicating that it was drilled from both sides, probably with a bow drill using a flint or metal tip. The schist is a pale pinky-g…
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2019
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Record ID: CORN-08B6B8
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A micaceous hornfels spindle whorl dating from the Iron Age to the Roman period. The whorl is sub-circular in plan, varying between 42 mm and 42.5 mm in diameter, and sub-rectangular in profile, varying between 6.5 mm and 9 mm in thickness, weight 27.75 g. The circular perforation is 6.5 mm in diameter and is distinctly off-centre, being at its closest 8 mm from the circumference and at its furthest 20.5 mm; the perforation appears to have been drilled from one side only, resulting in some slight splitting of the stone around its edges on the side where the drill emerged. Stone spindl…
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2019
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Record ID: NMS-0CDBC5
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Almost complete upper stone from a Late Iron Age - Roman rotary quern of East Anglian type dating to the period c. AD 1 - 100. The stone is "bun-shaped" as is typical for quern stones of this type, the sides gently sloping to generate a broad conical profile with a rounded top which is somewhat damaged, although it is unclear whether this occurred during working, or subsequently. It exhibits a central conical perforation forming the hopper; the interior surface is well-worn. At the bottom of the hopper are the corroded remains of the iron spindle sleeve. The grinding surface has been …
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
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Record ID: CORN-23155B
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete micaceous pink slate spindle whorl, circular in plan and sub-rectangular in profile, with parallel faces. ranging in colour from grey, black and pinkish. The whorl has been perforated through the centre and the hole is circular in plan and cylindrical in profile, 9.1 mm in diameter and 6.8 mm deep, and very close to the centre so that the whorl would be balanced while used in the spinning process. The hole is slightly flanged as it opens out at the surface of each face and was probably drilled with a bow drill with a flint or metal tip. There appear to be circular recesses …
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2019
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Record ID: CORN-1728DA
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Schist spindle whorl, circular in plan and biconical in profile with a central perforation that is 9 mm in diameter and 9 mm deep and slightly waisted in profile. The centre of the whorl is 9 mm in thickness and it tapers to a narrow edge which is on average about 4 mm thick. The schist is grey in colour with small specks of reflective mica and darker platy elongated minerals which could be hornblende or graphite as these are typical inclusions. The edges of the whorl have broken away through wear or damage, as the schist fractures along its planar layers. The surface is pitted and cr…
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-19779A
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fine grained compacted pale sandstone whetstone fragment. The remaining fragment is sub-rectangular and rounded on the unbroken face. There are four smooth surfaces worn on the unbroken face, and the object appears to have been used to sharpen small implements, such as knives. The object fits comfortably into the palm of the hand for the purpose of sharpening implements. The use of probable local stone for sharpening stones is characteristic of the period between the later Iron Age and the middle Saxon period. Other finds from the site would probably make a Roman or later date most …
Created on: Thursday 8th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th March 2018
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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: HAMP-C08387
Object type: ROTARY QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of sandstone rotary quern, dating to the Iron Age - Roman period (c.400 BC - AD 410). The fragment is from the top half of the quern and is triangular in both shape and cross-section. The underside is a little concave with an area in one corner that is worn smooth. At the edge, the object measures 65.2mm in thickiness/ height; this narrows to 22.9mm at the opposite end. The fragment measures 125.7mm in length and 113.0mm in width. It weighs 860g (to the nearest 2g).
Created on: Monday 27th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton and Shawford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-DC5D73
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Iron Age carved stone head.The head is carved from a single piece of limestone with a high quantity of shelly material within it.The face is tilted slightly to the left.It has distinctive lentoid eyes and a large wedge-shaped nose with a very simple slit mouth.The ears are also very simply carved.The back of the head is very smooth, although there appears to have been some attempt to create some form to the back of the head.The head has been truncated at the neck with a straight cut. ​The head has some lichen adhering. Height: 455mm; width: 267mm; thickness: 120mm.It …
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2017
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanfiar Dyffryn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-B73031
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment hemi-ovoid shaped Sarsen saddle or grinding quernstone dating to period c. 800 BC- AD 410. Half of the quern is missing. The upper surface is longitudinally concave. In the concavity is a small circular recess possibly part of its original function or later reuse. There is iron staining on the incomplete quern suggesting that the quern may have been used for iron working. Tap slag from iron smelting has been recovered from the field, perhaps supporting this suggestion. The object measures 274mm in max length and 67mm in maximum thickness.
Created on: Tuesday 4th July 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 11th December 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3E7BBE
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fine grained compacted pale sandstone whetstone fragment. The remaining fragment is sub-rectagular in shape and has a rounded shape to the outer unbroken face. There are three smooth surfaces worn on the upper unbroken face and the object appears to have been used to sharpen small implements, such as knives. The object fits comfortably into the palm of the hand for the purpose of sharpening implements. The use of probably local stone for sharpening stones is characteristic of the period between the later Iron Age and the middle Saxon period. Other finds from the site would probably …
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 5th April 2017
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Record ID: GAT-22C7BD
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sub rectangular stone with a circular hole worn through the thicker end. Shaped with two protrusions at the thinner end, but both damaged in antiquity. The central hole is very cleanly drilled. The object has been handled regularly and is very smooth except on the damaged portions.
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Record ID: GAT-2277ED
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Disc spindle whorl, made of stone and damaged in antiquity in two places on the edge. The face with the most damage is characterised by dipping within the thickness of the edge, which has subsequently been handled and made smooth. The central hole is very cleanly drilled.
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Record ID: GAT-21FCD2
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Disc spindle whorl, made of stone, and damaged in one place on the edge. The face displaying the most damage has incised parallel lines radiating outwards from the central hole. Also on this face there is incised decoration which forms an uneven circle about halfway across the diameter. On the opposing face there are three radiating parallel incisions covering part of the face, whilst the remainder has been rubbed smooth, partially removing the decoration which consists of incised lines running across the diameter of the face.
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Record ID: HESH-1B967F
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Eardisland History and Heritage Group Eardisland Excavation 2013 Site Summary: Finds made during excavation of a single trench 16m x 1.25m across crop marks on cultivated land. Site number: RHYD 13 Context number:004 Description: A stone spindle whorl of Iron Age date (100 BC - 43AD). The spindle whorl is circular in plan with one edge being especially flattened There is a circular shaped hole set slightly off centre. It was made by drilling from each side. It is likely that this would have been done with a bow drill and sand, which acts as the abrasive. The cent…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2016
Last updated: Friday 2nd June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eardisland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-B69D3A
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone Iron Age 'pillar stone' or stele dating to the fourth to first centuries BC. The pillar stone is broadly square in cross-section with slightly rounded corners. It tapers slightly towards its rounded top. The bottom surface of the pillar stone is covered with rectangular grids of small holes. The top half/third of the side faces are decorated with a continuous but irregular pattern of horizontal grooves, occasionally broken with a vertical groove or terminating altogether. Each face is decorated with a different set of carvings. Face 1 is decorated with a rectangular panel w…
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2016
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Record ID: DENO-B52638
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone head, probably dating to the late-Iron Age to early-Roman period (c.100 BC-AD c.100), but possibly 19th century. It is missing fragments from its sides. The head has some features which are common on Iron Age heads. These include the lentoid eyes, triangular nose and flat face with a blank expression on it. The head has a bushy but short beard and mosutache. Also notable are the 'radiates' around the top and sides of the face which may represent brushed back hair. The head also appears to wear a large headdress which covers the entire top and back of the head. …
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2016
Last updated: Friday 3rd June 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: CORN-9BE2F7
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Micaceous argillaceous shale spindle whorl, ranging from pink to light brown in colour with a sparkling surface from the mica inclusions. The whorl is oval in plan and flat in profile, with smooth parallel faces, and a slightly off-centre tapering depression in each face which do not meet in the middle and perforate the stone. On one face the depression is 2 mm in diameter and 3 mm deep and the other depression on the opposite face is 4 mm in diameter and 2 mm deep. The depressions have been deliberately drilled from each face but not completed so that the spindle whorl was never used…
Created on: Saturday 30th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-F96693
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron age? possible saddle quern grinder c.200mm long, 160mm wide and 68mm thick. (not weighed). The object is circular in form and eliptical in section with one slightly concave surface and one quite rounded. It is formed of millstone grit and has signs of wear on the rounder surface.
Created on: Thursday 16th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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Record ID: SF-30F879
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
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: 74.91mm, width: 65.36mm, thickness: 56.96mm
Created on: Friday 13th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isleham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-106084
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Uncertain but quite possibly a hollow flint?
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wonersh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-C2EBDD
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a Late Iron Age to Early Roman rotary quern stone. The piece represents just under half of the originally ring-shaped upper stone. The stone is of classic 'bee hive' form, being domed, with a flat underside, and retains part of its inverted-conical hopper, located centrally. Part of a conical handle socket extends horizontally from the outer face, terminating a short distance from the hopper. Another feature of the stone is a recessed perimeter band, which probably represents a seating for a driving strap. The puddingstone itself is a conglomerate comprising small to medium…
Created on: Saturday 13th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 12th January 2015
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Record ID: HAMP-6565FE
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of glauconitic or greensand quern, triangular in cross-section with breaks along all edges except that of the curved outer edge. One face is concave while the other, though flatter, has a rougher surface finish and several grooves perhaps from blade-sharpening. The curved outside edge also features a similar mark. Measures 185x133x(max)52mm (narrowing to min.21mm thick) and weighs 1316g. The stone probably originates in Midhurst, West Sussex, and the quern is of Iron Age - Roman date (c.600 BC to AD 410).
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Record ID: LVPL-0624AD
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone bead of uncertain date. The object is circular in plan with a large central perforation. The internal diameter of the perforation measures 6.84mm. Each face is undecorated. The object has a smooth dark green patina and is scratched in several places probably due to the workings of the plough. Birgitta Hoffmann states: The bead is probably Iron Age. The inclusion of blue beads in Iron Age necklaces is well known, but in some cases blue stones are used. Typical for the Iron Age, rather than later periods is the comparatively large diameter of the perforation, which can be fou…
Created on: Friday 29th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barrow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-900426
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silty sedimentary stone spindle whorl, ranging from pink to brown in colour, with small flecks of mica, so it may be a micaceous argillaceous shale. The whorl is circular in plan and sub-rectangular in profile, with parallel faces apart from a thinner edge on both sides where a layers of the shale have broken away through wear or damage. The central aperture is circular in plan and cylindrical in profile and measures 9 mm in diameter and 10 mm deep. The central position of the aperture would enable the whorl to be balanced while used in the spinning process. The aperture has concentri…
Created on: Thursday 6th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2018
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Record ID: BH-7892B1
Object type: ROTARY QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Part of Late Iron Age to Early Roman rotary quern. The surviving piece represents approximately one third of the originally ring-shaped upper stone of classic 'bee-hive' form. The outer sides angle inwards, towards the top. The inverted-conical hopper is centrally located and there is also a conical handle socket which extends horizontally through the stone, from the outer face to just short of the hopper. The flat underside of the stone is well worn through use. Length of piece: 190mm; width: 90mm; height: 90mm; weight: 2.345kg. Chris Green has examined this quernstone and i…
Created on: Friday 21st February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 7th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Farnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-26DCB6
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete slate spindle whorl, circular in plan and sub-rectangular in profile, with parallel faces apart from thinner edges where several layers of slate have broken away, ranging from grey to black in colour. The whorl has been perforated through the centre and the hole is cylindrical in profile, 6 mm in diameter and 7 mm deep, and very close to the centre so that the whorl would be balanced while used in the spinning process. The hole is slightly flanged as it opens out at the surface of each face, and was probably drilled with a bow drill with a flint or metal tip. Slate is commo…
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2013
Last updated: Thursday 8th August 2013
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Record ID: CORN-0283E7
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete micaceous argillaceous shale spindle whorl, ranging from pink to brown in colour with a sparkling surface, which makes it look like schist, but without planar mica flakes. The whorl is circular in plan and sub-rectangular in profile, with parallel faces apart from a thinner edge on one side where a layer of the shale has broken away to expose almost half of that face. Both faces are partially perforated in the centre, and the apertures are 13 mm in diameter and 5 mm deep on one side and 9mm in diameter and 3 mm deep on the broken face. The shallower aperture is off centre, …
Created on: Tuesday 6th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2013
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Record ID: NMS-8D6C56
Object type: ROTARY QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Upper part of a beehive rotary quern in coarse grained sandstone. Sub-circular, with wide off-centre hopper tapering slightly towards the base, circular handle-slot in side which penetrates through to the hopper. On the upper edge there is a wedge-shaped groove with a u-shaped profile, 40mm long and 20mm wide at maximum. Diameter at base 240 - 255mm. Height 145mm. Behive querns were in use over a long period and are not very closely dateable. They are known from Iron Age and Roman contexts.
Created on: Monday 13th August 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-ADF947
Object type: SLAG
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large fragment of Iron bloomery slag. The fragment is rich in iron with iron corrosion products over parts of its surfaces. It strongly attracts a magnet. The fragment also contains a large number of air bubbles and is heavy for its size.One side has a distinct, smooth curved profile which may be where the bloom was shaped by the inner wall of the furnace. The process of smelting iron ore to produce iron has not changed much from the Iron Age to the Medieval period.
Created on: Monday 9th July 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skidbrooke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-91A7F8
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Slate spindle whorl, oval in plan and flat in profile, with parallel faces, a smooth flat edge, and a slightly off-centre perforation. The perforation is about 6 mm in diameter at the surface of each face, and has been drilled from each face, but has only just met in the middle, exposing a small hole about 0.6 mm in diameter. Both of the apertures are off-centre, suggesting that the whorl would not be quite balanced while used in the spinning process, and perhaps this is why the piece was never completed. Slate is commonly used in the county for spindle whorls as it is light and easy …
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2012
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Record ID: ESS-0408E5
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Late Iron Age to Early Roman Puddingstone beehive quern dating to c.1st Century BC - c.1st Century AD.
Created on: Friday 13th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 16th December 2013
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Record ID: BH-E52682
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Approximately half of a roughout for a rotary quernstone of Late Iron Age or Early Roman date. The original form of the piece would have been circular. Both the upper and lower surfaces are convex with no attempt having been made to flatten a griding surface. The material employed is puddingstone, probably of East Hertfordshire origin. The object measures approximately 210mm in diameter, 110mm high and weighs 3510g.
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2011
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ugley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-2FAB17
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone: Moderately compacted sandstone with occasional black flecks, perhaps from Coal Measures (non-specialist identification by MF). Beehive Quern top stone. Carved plano-convex top stone fragment from a beehive quern; about one half of the stone remains, having broken across the feeder hole and, apparently, two handle holes - one presumably replaced the other. The top of stone has been flattened, albeit at an eccentric angle to the lower flat working surface. A broad hopper of estimated diameter 110mm narrows to meet the lower part of an hour-glass shaped feeder chan…
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 8th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-E81E20
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age beehive quern, 155mm high and 270mm in diameter at its base. The object represents the upper part of a Hunsbury type beehive quern. It has roughly carved tapering sides with a sub rectangular hole in its side to take a handle and a hole in its base for the grain to pass through. It is probably made from Derbyshire millstone grit and was found in garden in Brixworth, Northants. The object was in-situ when the house was purchased so its original location is unknown.
Created on: Monday 1st November 2010
Last updated: Friday 9th October 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-0E44E5
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large beehive quern stone dating to the Iron Age, (800BC-100AD). The object is circular in plan and beehive shaped in form. It is the upper stone of a quern. The object has a central circular perforation. The surface around the perforation on the upper surface has been worn due to its use as the working surface. At one side of the object is a socket for a handle which would probably have been made of metal. The quern stone is granite and in very good condition. Beehive querns were in use during the Iron Age and continued until the 1st century occupation.
Created on: Friday 3rd September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 30th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crawford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-A87C57
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete whetstone of unknown date. The whetstone or hone is formed from a very fine grained sedimentary, mica rich sandstone or siltstone. It is a light grey colour. It is sub-rectangular in shape, with tapering sides. The cross-section is sub-rectangular. Five sides are finely smoothed, with one edge demonstrating a rough fracture. It measures 48.03mm long, 67.76mm wide and maximum thickness is 27.73mm. The minimum thickness is 11.70mm. It weighs 102.7 grams. Whetstones or hones are hard to date due to the fact that as it is a function artefact, shapes or styles do not tend to …
Created on: Tuesday 16th February 2010
Last updated: Friday 27th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brailes', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-D99616
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Hertfordshire pudding stone rotary quern. Part of the top, curved surface survives(42mmx32mm)and more of the lower surface, c.50mm x 60mm. The vertical, curving groove, 23mm in width, which runs through the centre of the quern is also extant. The fragment measures 91.82mm in height, 78.6mm in width and weighs 643g.
Created on: Monday 25th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-F36727
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A roundish lump of non local, sedimentary stone, with several pieces broken off it. There are no signs of systematic working or wear resulting from grinding. Found with the pot & querns.
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Neweport Pagnell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-F32927
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the lower stone of a millstone-grit rotary quern. The grinding surface has circular striations and is worn concave.
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newport Pagnell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-F1FB57
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the lower stone of a millstone-grit, rotary quern with part of the central spindle hole and a heavily worn grinding surface.
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newport Pagnell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-3476B7
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of six pieces of gritty grey stone, either natural or part of a quern, total weight 1024.19gm.
Created on: Monday 12th October 2009
Last updated: Sunday 12th August 2012
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Record ID: DOR-222171
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone spindle whorl. A circular pebble of fine grained limestone. It has a central circular perforation (10.46 mm in diameter) made using a hollow drill. the edges of the object are rounded producing and oval cross section Date: Probably Iron Age (Peter Bellamy, pers. comm) Dimensions: 38.90 mm x 37.81 mm x 15.51 mm Weight: 32.88 g
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-5C2318
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This discoidal stone spindle whorl probably dates from the Iron Age and is typical of examples found at the Llangynog defended enclosure in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The disc is well formed and smoothed; it has two pairs of incised parallel lines forming a cross on one face. In each case, the lines tend to converge. One quadrant has an additional radial line. The lines seem to be too coincident to have been accidental and similarly marked stone whorls have been found in context at Meare Lake Village (Somerset). In one case, the resemblance is remarkably similar - see http://www.g…
Created on: Sunday 2nd August 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 19th April 2011
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Record ID: SOM-680915
Object type: BEEHIVE QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large beehive quernstone, made from medium grained quartz sandstone, typical of those found in the North Yorkshire area. The stone would have originally been sub-hemispherical in shape. However, two sides have become damaged leaving portions of the stone missing. One on of the damaged sides, towards the base, a small indentation may be seen, which is probable the remains of a handle-hole. Through the centre of the stone is a hole; the feedpipe. Where this enters the top of the stone it has become very well worn, producing a funnel shape. Circular scratch marks produced during use ca…
Created on: Friday 22nd May 2009
Last updated: Friday 10th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newton Mulgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: CAM-835642
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pudding stone quern fragment. The object is roughly triangular in section with a curving outside edge, a flat grinding face and a rough edge where it has broken off from the rest of the quern stone. The pudding stone it is made from has a light greyish brown mica-rich matrix with 60-70% inclusions of semi-circular flint pebbles ranging in size from 5.54mm in length to 68.54mm. Length: 160.5mm; width: 120.32mm; thickness; 10.78mm; weight: 297g.
Created on: Wednesday 29th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
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Record ID: DEV-302C35
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The top half of a circular stone rotary quern. Rotary querns were used to grind food- usually grain to make flour for bread. The top stone had a hole in the centre, where a wooden handle was slotted in. The handle could then be used to turn the top stone over the lower stone, in order to grind up the grain. Rotary querns first came into use in the Iron age, and were used throughout out the Roman and Medieval periods. Querns were generally replaced with the advent of large mills and windmills, although in some parts of the world, they are still in use today. This …
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BH-B2C4D4
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of quernstone made from a light pinkish-grey coarse-grained sedimenatry rock (possibly millstone grit). A similar quern fragment was found nearby - see PAS record no. BH-B2C4D4. The piece described here is darker in colour than BH-B2C4D4, and may have been burnt. Curwen suggests that small hand mills and rotary querns - the likely origin of this piece - probably came into use in the late Iron Age, continuining through the Roman period and possibly beyond (1937; pp. 137-151). The piece is irregular in shape but has flat upper and lower surfaces. It measures 59.9mm long, 51…
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sharnbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-B1F656
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub-triangular fragment of stone which probably formed part of a small rotary quern. According to the chronology proposed by E.C.Curwen (1937; pp. 137-151), such querns probably came into use in the late Iron Age, continuing in use throughout the Roman period and possibly beyond. The stone used is a coarse grained sedimentary rock of non-local origin (possibly millstone grit?). It has flat surfaces and a curved outer edge. It measures 89.3mm long, 74.2mm wide, 39.6mm thick and weighs 327.95g.
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sharnbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-750873
Object type: TOUCHSTONE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large piece of naturally shaped quartz crystal, possible associated with a scatter of finds of Iron Age date. The quartz piece is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and D shaped in cross section. It measures 43mm length, 25.4mm width, is 14.3mm thick, and weighs 20.6 grams. The upper domed face has a series of linear lines; these on first examination would appear to be carved. Daniel Locket (Curator of Natural Sciences for Shropshire County Museum Service) has examined the quartz and suggests that the lines present are due to the nature of the growth of the quartz crystal rather than huma…
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellesmere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-398B78
Object type: SLING SHOT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of 12 rounded pebbles mainly of Greensand Chert, recovered from Ham Hill and possibly representing sling shot from the late Iron Age. The smallest example is a worn Ham stone bivalve fossil. The remainder are probably Greensand Chert. The size ranges from 38.43mm x 28.22 x 28.60mm (80.90g) to 20.49 diameter (11.75g).
Created on: Monday 16th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke Sub Hamdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-BFC5A0
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone incomplete whetstone or burnisher of unknown period. The whetstone is triangular in plan with one corner missing. The other two corners are rounded and one side has been rubbed very smooth. The stone is dark grey and close grained. Dimensions: length: 20.77mm; width: 12.45mm; weight: 5.41g.
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Letcombe Regis', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-144BF0
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Whetstone, comprising an elongated and rounded light brown stone, with streaks of rust on one side. Of unknown date.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-B9F8A6
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete set of upper and lower stones from a mid to late Iron Age rotary quern for grinding grain to create flour. The quern is of the beehive type, named as a result of its domed shape. The upper stone has a moulded rim, a U-shaped hopper and a handle socket which penetrates through to the hopper. All of these features are characteristic of the Hunsbury Hill type Beehive Quern, named after a site in Northamptonshire from which around 150 examples were discovered (Ingle 1993/94 21-33). The upper stone has a lower diameter of 30 cm and an upper diameter of 18 cm. The diameter of the …
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2006
Last updated: Saturday 8th December 2012
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Record ID: NARC-A02688
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn curved stone fragment, probably from a loomweight. Dark grey granite fabric with flecks of orange iron corrosion product. Worn upper and lower surfaces but discernible central circular perforation and original bun form. A late Iron Age or Roman date is suggested for this artefact given the contemporary material found in the vicinity.
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-0A8382
Object type: BEEHIVE QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Complete rounded upper stone of a beehive quern. The hopper is a straight-sided funnel leading to a long narrow feed pipe. There is a handle slot low down on the side of the stone. The quern is carved from millstone grit and is well finished. Beehive querns are generally acknowledged as being a native form of rotary quern with a wide date range and a wide variety of forms. Dating is difficult but they seem to have originated in the 2nd century BC (Welfare, A.T., 1985, 'The milling stones' in Bidwell, P.T., The Roman Fort at Vindolanda at Chesterholm, Northumberland, Hist. Build. Mon…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2005
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peover', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-D83266
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron age/early Roman flat quern fragment, 146mm long, 97mm wide and 28mm thick. The quern has a grey/brown patina and is made from a volcanic honeycomb rock. The fragment has an even thickness and appears to be part of the base stone. It has clear grooves worn into one surface.
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SF-0D5262
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fragment of a quern made of Hertfordshire puddingstone. The surviving grinding face is about 60 by 40mm, with an edge and top which rises to a thickness of 47mm at the break. Insufficient survives to determine diameter, and it might be either top or bottom stone. The nodules in the matrix are all red with grey. Puddingstone querns are late Iron Age and Roman in date.
Created on: Monday 14th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charsfield, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0BA3F0
Object type: PLOUGH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A plough stone. One end of the stone is very flat and has been highly polished. The length of the stone is 27.26mm, the width is 19.97mm and the weight is 10.68.
Created on: Thursday 28th October 2004
Last updated: Sunday 24th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxby Cum Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-83B473
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible fragment of a green stone quern. Quern stones were used for grinding materials, usually during food processing operations.
Created on: Wednesday 15th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WINCHESTER', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-6E7D42
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a fragment of a probable quern stone. The stone is a poorly sorted sandstone. It is immature textually and compositionally. This sandstone is found in the upper carboniferous coal measures, possibly from the Warwickshire coal fields. It is an unusual stone for querns compared to other examples found in Warwickshire. In plan the fragment is a sub-trapezoidal shape, which is really incidental to the original shape. Only one edge is possibly a portion of the original surface. All the other side edges appear to be relatively fresh breaks. The lower surface is smooth, …
Created on: Tuesday 14th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-7B4D00
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Published
Stone spindle whorl.
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-7B3C03
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Published
Damaged stone spindle whorl.
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-3E0E73
Object type: BEEHIVE QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The upper half of a Late Iron Age or Roman beehive rotary quernstone. The quernstone is of the Yorkshire or unpierced type. The quernstone has a flat, circular base and is cone shaped. There is a central hole which widens towards the top. On the side of the quernstone, there are two circular handle slot, one lower than the other. The lower slot is older than the upper and such an arrangement is not uncommon on beehive querns. The quernstone measures 225mm in height and has a maximum circumference of 300mm. Beehive rotary querns tend to found on Late Iron Age and early Roman settlement sites.
Created on: Monday 19th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-9D1591
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Chalk spindle whorl, probably prehistoric in date, and most likely to be Iron Age. It is roughly circular, 16.5mm in thickness, and has a diameter of c.39mm. It has a central piercing c.10mm in diameter. The edges are slightly angular but smooth. Both faces have a number of scratch marks, probably through age.
Created on: Thursday 18th March 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
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Record ID: SOMDOR-984376
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone spindle whorl. It is a sub-circular stone with a circular hole drilled in the centre. It is an irregular disk with flat upper and lower surfaces and ventrical sides. One face is smoothed and worn as is the edge and the wall of the hole. The other face is somewhat rougher and damaged. Hole diameter 8.67mm
Created on: Thursday 18th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT4643
Object type: GRINDSTONE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hand grindstone, "possibly Iron Age or Roman".
Created on: Friday 6th September 2002
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'A20 Lenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF4816
Object type: ROTARY QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of rotary quern made from puddingstone. Plano-convex, less than a quarter survives with no trace of the central hole. Probably an upper stone, although there is also no trace of a hole in the outside for a turning stick, or of iron bands to hold a handle for turning. Rounded orange or occasionally orange/red inclusions. Original diameter approx. 320 mm, height 90 mm, too heavy to weigh with a conventional balance. The stone for these querns comes from Hertfordshire and the centre for their manufacture may have been the Verulamium area.
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CREETING ST PETER OR WEST CREETING', grid reference and parish protected.