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Record ID: NLM-3634D2
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey stone, possibly limestone (non-specialist identification by MF) possible rubber. An irregular cobble of handy size, with one flattened surface. Such objects are commonly reported from Romano-British and Early Medieval sites - and occasionally from earlier and later contexts - and may have had a range of uses, particularly in smoothing or finishing leather and other materials, or as a muller to grind vegetable products. Suggested date: Roman to Early Medieval, 40-1000.
Length: 57mm, Width: 59mm, Thickness: 53mm, Weight: 240gms.
Created on: Friday 18th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Barton upon Humber', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM381
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Dark green pebble or whetstone. Strong smell of sulphur.
Created on: Saturday 29th August 1998
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2017
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This findspot is known as 'NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-FB075D
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Brown Quartzite [non-specialist identification by MF] water rolled cobble possible polisher or rubber. An oval-ended pebble fragment with a limited flattened and darker area, most clearly distinguished from the rest of the surface by the removal of tiny pale naturally formed abrasion scars which cover the rest of the object. The use of various erratic stones as improvised rubbers or grinders and sharpeners was common from Prehistory through to the end of the Early Medieval period. Suggested date: Unknown, possibly 800 BC-AD 1000.
Length: 50.0mm, Width: 43.5mm, Thickness: 26.1mm, We…
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2015
Last updated: Thursday 22nd January 2015
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This findspot is known as 'Kelstern', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-7CA067
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fine-grained grey sedimentary stone, possible rubber or polisher. A chipped and elongated water-rolled cobble, possibly smoothed on one flat face, chipped, probably more recently. Diagonal lines appearing on the flattened face are the bedding planes of the rock, perhaps here revealed by the use of the stone. This may be an improvised hone or smoother, both categories of object with a broad date range probably extending from the Bronze Age to the Early Medieval period. This was probably noticed and retrieved as a non-local stone, so at all events may have been imported to its find sp…
Created on: Wednesday 5th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 5th December 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Low Burnham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-90E627
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cream coloured Fossiliferous Limestone possible polisher, rubber or smoother. Sub-triangular flat stone, smoothed on upper and lower surfaces and along two edges. This object was recovered as a possible miniature axe-head, a function for which the material is unsuitable. However, its flat smoothed form may be the result of either a natural processes - such as erosion in water - or utilisation. It resembles a pumice stone , an item supplied in recent times for cosmetic use to rub off dead skin; pumice stone inserts were also used in pincushions to sharpen points. Such uses may have bee…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-3F76C1
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pale grey micaceous stone, with a slightly soapy feel, possible polisher. A flat triangular stone with a curving edge which appears to have been ground to a bevelled finish, as do, to a lesser extent, the shorter sides. One side also bears a gentle hollowing which accommodates the thumb and enables pressure to be brought to bear on the putative curved working edge. The stone is presumably an erratic from glacial deposits, perhaps originating in Scotland or even further to the North. Suggested date: Unknown, Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4000-800 BC
Length: 51.2mm, Width: 60.8mm, Thickne…
Created on: Thursday 7th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 7th November 2019
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This findspot is known as 'Low Burnham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-8CE166
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone. Hard black igneous rock with crystalline inclusions revealed at its fracture face. Possible rubber. A naturally water-rounded cobble with one edge flattened, presumably by wear. Further linear scratches on other surfaces are probably the result of plough strikes, and the broken edge may similarly be recent.
The flattened edge could have arisen from this object being set on edge as part of a paved area, but is equally characteristic of handy-sized rubbing and smoothing stones for craft uses including the finishing of leather and linen. Excavated examples are most commonly r…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-92F10B
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark dense igneous or metamorphic stone with rare micaceous flakes, possible rubber or polisher fragment with a smoothed though not glossed surface. An oval flat-sided water-worn cobble, broken towards what appears to have been its narrower end. This might have served to smooth leather or linen, or for other non-percussive tasks; it might be the end of a fishing weight, given a riparian find spot; and of course, may alternatively be entirely unworked and naturally formed. The material is non-local, though possibly derived from Glacial Drift. The use of such improvised stone tools is s…
Created on: Tuesday 4th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Owston Ferry', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-BEAA07
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fine grained compacted Sandstone pebble, rubber or grinder. An originally round water-rolled cobble, now with three flattened and smoothed facets on adjacent sides and with a further flatter surface which may be original to its form and is unmodified. The smoothed facets are each c.40mm in diameter. The form fits happily in the hand. Smoothers and rubbers improvised from locally available stones have a broad Prehistoric to early Medieval currency and were used for a range of tasks, including the grinding of vegetable matter and finishing of textiles or leather. The facets evidencing s…
Created on: Tuesday 18th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 19th February 2020
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NLM-BC44C5
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone rubber or polisher. A four-sided pyramidal object of regular form, and with corners and the aris between each pair of adjoining faces rounded, possibly by heavy wear or prolonged immersion. The object is of an off-white tint. Under the hand lens, the surface has occasional rounded pits, and rare spots - six were counted - of white metal of up to c.0.5mm diameter. The former are fairly evenly distributed but the latter are more commonly situated close to the smoothed arises. The spots of metal may suggest a use as a burnishing or finishing tool, and their bright metallic colour hi…
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
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Record ID: NLM-4B38C5
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone polisher, as kindly identified by the finder. A sub-spherical water-rolled pebble with a pale grey surface and smooth overall, with a restricted very smooth zone of length 27mm. The use of such objects as craft tools is likely until the end of the early medieval period, though the finder opines the find-spot to be especially productive of material dated to the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. Suggested date: possibly Bronze Age, 2350-800 BC.
Length: 45.7mm, Width: 41.8mm, Thickness: 29.6mm, Weight: 77.01gms
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Barnetby le Wold', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-AE2C6B
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone rubber. A water-rolled pebble with abundant black flecks to diameter 3mm, with one flattened sub-triangular surface. The object is of a size to fit snugly in the hand and may have been used for a grinding or polishing task using the flat face. The use of a probable Glacial Erratic for such purposes might be ascribed to Prehistory, or indeed any time up to the Viking Age, when the international supply of stone for specialist purposes was revived. Suggested date: Unknown, Neolithic to Early Medieval, 4000BC-AD850
Height: 42.5mm, Width: 49.2mm, Weight: 136.26gms
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'North Cockerington', grid reference and parish protected.
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