Record ID: SWYOR-3670C3
Object type: VOTIVE MODEL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern Hindu religious object; a shivling or lingam and yoni. A lingam is an abstract representation of the Hindu deity Shiva, used for worship in temples and shrines. It is usually depicted as a cylindrical column, probably representing a phallus. It is often combined with a yoni, a disc-like representation of a womb, symbolisiing Shakti. On this example, the lingam is missing, leaving just the yoni and the base. This object was recently (2016) identified by Ben Paites and other PAS colleagues, but was originally recorded as follows: An unidentified stone object which is 93.4mm …
Created on: Wednesday 31st March 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2016
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SUR-364EE4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small terminal, probably of fairly recent date, in the form of a bearded male head (possbly Christ). The head appears to have a thin iron wire core.
Created on: Wednesday 31st March 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 31st March 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Godstone', grid reference and parish protected.