Record ID: YORYM-9E0464
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete light white brown quartz stone cobble possible polisher or rubber of uncertain date, probably Iron Age to Medieval, c. 800 BC - AD 1000. The object is an oval-ended pebble with a flattened and polished edge. An irregular break is present to one end of the stone. The object is 71.3mm long, 52.7mm wide, 58.9mm thick and weighs 294g. A similar example recorded on the PAS database as LIN-273AA4 states that the use of various erratic stones as improvised rubbers, polishers, grinders and sharpeners was common from Prehistory through to the end of the Early Medieval period.
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-9DF987
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete red/brown stone cobble possible polisher or rubber of uncertain date, probably Iron Age to Medieval, c. 800 BC - AD 1000. The object is an oval-ended pebble with a flattened and polished edge. The object is 51.7mm long, 39.1mm wide, 34.8mm thick and weighs 89.5g. A similar example recorded on the PAS database as LIN-273AA4 states that the use of various erratic stones as improvised rubbers, polishers, grinders and sharpeners was common from Prehistory through to the end of the Early Medieval period.
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-9DBC17
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possibly complete stone object, possibly a whetstone or hone of uncertain date. The object is formed from a finely grained light brown stone, with a sub-rectangular plan and section. The surfaces are smoothed and the edges and corners rounded suggesting it may have been used as a whetstone or similar. The object is 44.9mm long, 19mm wide, 15.1mm thick and weighs 25.5g. It is extremely difficult to date whetstones accurately without any supporting contextual evidence. This object was found in an area of known Early-Medieval activity, a similar date therefore cannot be ruled out.
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-744B09
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete knapped, ground and polished stone axehead of late Neolithic date, c. 2700 - 2300 BC. The axehead is formed of a fine grained red/brown stone. The axehead is sub-ovate in plan; narrower at the butt end with sides which widen to the crescentic cutting edge. The axe has a slight humped profile and a regular oval cross section. A large transverse break is present to one surface. The blade end exhibits prominent crescentic polished facets to both sides reflecting how the cutting edge has been ground and sharpened. It is impossible to source axes such as these wi…
Created on: Tuesday 7th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-CB9008
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete rotary quernstone of probable Roman date, c.AD 43 - 410. Beehive or disc type. The quernstone is circular with a deep hopper, non-directional harping on the grinding surface, and at least two mouldings on the upper side from where it may have been clamped/had a handle attached. A central perforation, or eye, is present from top to bottom of the quernstone. A second a circular perforation, a handle slot, is also present to one side. The quernstone is approximately 350mm in diameter, and 92mm thick. The eyes 34mm in diameter and the handle slot is 12mm in diameter. The gene…
Created on: Monday 27th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-20959A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Long cross penny of Edward II (1307-1325), class 10cf5, Canterbury mint, issue of 1307-1310, clipped. Obverse description: Facing bust with broad bifoliate crown with curved band, drapery of angled wedges Obverse inscription: [--]R ANGL DNS h[YB], angle-backed E Reverse description: Long cross, three pellets in each angle. Reverse inscription: [CIV/]TAS/CAN/TOR Diameter: 16.7mm, Weight: 0.83gms, die axis: 6
Created on: Thursday 10th June 2021
Last updated: Friday 11th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fimber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-82CB4A
Object type: ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An irregular chunk of a dense off-white stone in which crystalline structures appear to run in two distinct planes. These are exposed at either sub-oval end as a mass of  platelets set on end, with zones of a contrasting orientation on its sides exhibiting a smoother or finer-grained surface with linear striations, though still sparkling under strong lighting. It is uncertain whether this material may originate from veins in the local chalk geology, or from an imported building stone. The texture of the material appears, however, too friable for any sculptural use. It wa…
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 26th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rudston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-81EB6D
Object type: FLOOR TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Chalk floor tile fragment. A flat slab of chalk, smoothed by wear on its upper and lower sides, and probably broken on all other sides; dark grey burning traces on one of these edges might indicate the position in which this object was reused along with other rubble in the construction of a flue shaft, with the discoloured part exposed to the hot air flow. The smoothing of both the upper and lower surfaces may suggest the slab had been inverted in the course of a prolonged primary use, during or after which it was broken. Other finds suggest a firm Roman date for both the primary and …
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2021
Last updated: Monday 26th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rudston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-81D135
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dense fine-grained reddish-buff Sandstone possible quern fragment, chipped and burnt across all surfaces. A thick lump of non-local stone recovered from a reuse context where it formed an element in a lining, wall or footing made up of reused materials; three fragments more securely identifiable as from two other rotary querns accompanied this object, though these were made from stones of lesser density. This is possibly a fragment representing a third quern in this group. The measurements of the chunk cannot firmly identify its height were this identification sustained; i.e. the orie…
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2021
Last updated: Monday 26th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rudston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-81319E
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fine-grained buff Sandstone with very occasional grey flint inclusions (of lengths 3-8.5mm), now variably reddened by burning on all surfaces, from reuse as building material or flue-lining; two rotary quern fragments, probably from the same stone. An effectively vertical curved outer edge on the larger fragment permits estimation of its original diameter of 340mm. Rough concave hollows, typically of diameter 10-25mm, mark pecking extending to its adjacent upper and lower surfaces. These hint at a lightly plano-convex form for the stone. However, no smoothed grinding surfaces appear o…
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2021
Last updated: Monday 26th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rudston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-806EC6
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fine-grained compacted buff Sandstone rotary quern fragment, perhaps comprising a little under a quarter of the original conical to hemispherical top stone of a pair, and of an estimated diameter of 210mm. The function is indicated by a relict part of its flat smoothed lower working surface, of length 131mm and width 55mm. Opposite this, on the upper part of the stone, a narrow relict smoothed zone of length 65mm and width 15mm includes a descending curve on its inner edge, marking a central feed hole. This may suggest that the external surface of the stone, or at least that part near…
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2021
Last updated: Monday 26th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rudston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-67744B
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn stone object, possibly a whetstone or hone of uncertain date. The object is formed from a finely grained dark grey/brown stone, with a sub-rectangular plan and section. Both ends are broken and worn. The surfaces are faceted smoothed suggesting it may have been used as a whetstone or similar. The object is 72.9mm long, 40.8mm wide, 29.4mm thick and weighs 151g. It is extremely difficult to date whetstones accurately without any supporting contextual evidence.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-784E5D
Object type: GRINDSTONE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete possible saddle quern handstone of basaltic composition of Neolithic date, c.4000 – 3000 BC. The object is sub-ovate in plan and section with two flattened surfaces, likely formed by repeated grinding. One surface is fairly shallow while the second is more prominent and heavily worked with an approximately 45 degree angle. A large removal with two smaller adjacent removals, presumably accidental, are present to one edge of the large worked surface. A smaller chip is present at the opposite side of the smaller surface. The object is 122.8mm long, 73.9mm wide, 43…
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6D8CC7
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn stone object, probably a whetstone or hone of uncertain date. The object is formed from a finely grained, dark grey stone, with a sub-ovate section and sub-rectangular form, with breaks to both ends. Cut marks are present, and two edges are worn smooth. The object is 82.4mm long, 46.5mm wide, 14.9 mm thick, and weighs 80.1gm. While it is extremely difficult to date whetstones accurately without supporting contextual evidenence, the area in which this object was found displays a high degree of Early- Medieval activity and is therefore likely to date to …
Created on: Wednesday 26th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 27th February 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-41AB41
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone axehead of Neolithic date (c. BC 3500-1200). The axehead is trapezoidal in plan with a pointed ovate section. The surfaces are smooth and polished, with some chips and edges missing from the both ends, which is likely to be caused by post-depositional damage. The long edges of the axehead have been faceted so that they appear rectangular. The axehead is 100.7mm long, 53.8 to 36.6mm wide, 29.9mm thick and weighs 208g. The axe is comprised of a grey-green fine-grained siliceous tuff - a sedimentary volcanic rock possibly from the Great Langdale quarries i…
Created on: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-2B8F06
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn stone object, possibly a whetstone or hone of uncertain date. The object is formed from a finely grained dark grey/brown stone, with a rectangular section and sub-rectangular form with a worn break to one end. The surfaces are faceted smoothed suggesting it may have been used as a whetstone or similar. The object is 75.1mm long, 25.6mm wide, 21mm thick and weighs 55.3g. While it is extremely difficult to date whetstones accurately without any supporting contextual evidence the area in which this object was found displays a high degree of Early-Medieval…
Created on: Tuesday 11th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 19th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-5B94A2
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete stone bead of uncertain date. The bead is spherical and formed of a fine grained sandstone with a high proportion of quartzite. An approximately central drilled hole is present displaying concentric rings within. The outer surface of the bead has a slightly flattened surface with a shallowly incised design featuring repeating X’s within a linear border. The object is 5.7mm tall, 14.6mm in diameter and weighs 1.4g. The perforation is 7.2mm in diameter. The object does not display any clearly diagnostic features and was recovered removed from any context. As such…
Created on: Wednesday 8th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-18B429
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn stone object, possibly a whetstone or hone of uncertain date. The object is formed from a finely grained dark reddish-brown stone, with an ovate section and sub-rectangular form with a worn break to one end. The opposite end is rounded and smoothed suggesting it may have been used as a whetstone or similar. The object is 74.1mm long, 55.2mm wide, 16.1mm thick and weighs g. While it is extremely difficult to date whetstones accurately without any supporting contextual evidence the area in which this object was found displays a high degree of Early-Medieval …
Created on: Monday 12th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-C1FF6C
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fine-grained compacted Sandstone, whetstone. A short bar hone of originally rectangular section, reduced to oval section towards one end by heavy wear. All four sides are lightly dished towards their centre by this use. The flat ends suggest the object is complete. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410 Length: 59.3mm, Width: 26.9mm, Thickness: 19.2mm, Weight: 61.33gms
Created on: Thursday 8th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 8th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetwang', 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.