Record ID: YORYM-519A86
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete whetstone of Roman to Post Medieval date 43-1800 AD. The stone is a smooth sub-triangular in profile and plano-convex in section. The proximal end is ovate and smoothed with wear. The Proximal end narrows to a smooth point and there is a smoothed notched effect on the mesial left hand edge. There is one distinct incised line on the dorsal mesial left had side. The ventral surface is smooth with two incised lines, on approximately half the length of the other, running from the proximal to mesial portion centrally and to the left hand edge respectively. The stone is a ligh…
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willerby', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DYFED-4F0623
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Workflow stage: Published
A polished grey stone axehead, oval in section. It is triangular in shape and has a polished smooth surface. It tapers to a smooth point at the butt-end and tapers on only one side towards the cutting edge. There is slight abrasion at the butt-end point and some worn striations on the tapered face of the cutting edge. On the other side of the edge there is some damage, and reddish brown stone is exposed where bits have flaked off. This damage is possibly indicative of use.
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
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Record ID: GAT-4CFF37
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sub-circular stone disc with fairly flat faces probably representing the original stone surface. There is no sign that the edges of the stone were trimmed, all have been smoothed off somewhat by wear, possibly natural erosion as well as use, suggesting the shape is of some antiquity. It seems likely that the stone was chosen for its shape rather than being shaped to order. There is an 'hour glass' shaped hole cut through the disc face and located towards one edge. The actual piercing is more oval in shape measuring 9.45mm by 7.89mm. The bevel around the hole is circular and fairly s…
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-3BF7B3
Object type: POT BOILER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two stone cobbles which are heat altered and shaped. Both are rounded cobbles which have one face worn or shaped to be flat. One stone is complete. It is dense and well consolidated with many mica particles. Originally a yellow grey colour, pink discolouration suggests heating. The flat surface looks to have been pecked rather than cut or ground. It is 80.52mm long, 60.4mm wide and 33.14mm thick. It weighs 222g. The other stone is broken with a jagged, irregular break. One face is rounded, the original cobble, and the other is ground flat. The stone is dense and well consoli…
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Sunday 24th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-27A028
Object type: TOMBSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman sandstone tombstone fragment carved in the shape of a bull which is late 1st to 2nd century AD. It is 250mm long with a width of 170mm approx. It is possibly related to the Legion VI Vitrix from a cemetery site overlooking and adjacent to a Roman road from which other tombstone fragments are known. Recent renovation work on a barn-wall, involving the removal of plaster rendering, has revealed a bull's head, sculpted from red sandstone. See also LANCUM-279651, LANCUM-277A53 and LANCUM-273C82 for related finds.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CUNNINGARTH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-279651
Object type: TOMBSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman sandstone tombstone fragment carved in the shape of a pine cone from a cemetery site overlooking and adjacent to a Roman road from which other tombstone fragments are known possibly late 1st to 2nd century AD. The length is 430mm and width 300mm. See also LANCUM-27a028, LANCUM-277A53 and LANCUM-273C82 for related finds.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CUNNINGARTH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-277A53
Object type: TOMBSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman sandstone tombstone from a cemetery site overlooking and adjacent to a Roman road from which other tombstone fragments are known. The inscription appears to military and relatively early possibly late 1st to 2nd century AD. The length is 560mm, the width 340mm and the thickness 50mm. See also Lancum-279651, Lancum-27A028 and Lancum-273C82 for related finds. The inscription reads:- ]XVIIII A[ ]MACVV[ • ]AIVR[ ]ONIV[ ]DVMO[ •
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CUNNINGARTH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-273C82
Object type: TOMBSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman sandstone tombstone from a cemetery site overlooking and adjacent to a Roman road from which other tombstone fragments are known probably dating to the late 2nd century AD. As regards the date of the tombstone, the three upper entries are for men of the gens Aurelia, which presumably points to enfranchisement of the family in the reign of Marcus Aurelius, perhaps at the completion of military service in an auxiliary unit. It could even be that some of the 5, 500 Sarmatians sent to Britain during the reign of Marcus Aurelius (Dio Cassius History of Rome 72.16, 2), were posted…
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CUNNINGARTH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-0E9AA1
Object type: ROOF TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably complete, but with worn edges, sub-hexagonal stone roof tile found in association with Roman material. The edges are longer than the ends, both of which are V shaped. There is a perforation for a nail (5.75mm diameter) towards one edge of the V at one end. Measures c.360mm in length, max.c.220mm in width and c.28mm thick. It weighs in excess of 1kg (maximum allowance of scales available). Roof tiles such as these are common on Roman sites, but continue in use into the 19th century.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-D40182
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of drak brown stone with high percentage og quartzite and grit inclusions. Rectangular in section, and trapezoidal in plan due to the breaks, the lowers srface is uneven and broken, while the upper surface is smooth and slightly concave. The basic form of the upper surface and nature fo the stone suggest that this may be a fragment of quern stone of Roman date. Several quernstones can be found on this database for comparison.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 11th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-CE63C6
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone axehead. Oval shaped in section, the rounded but and blade ends are missing. One side has laminated away, and a large section missing from approximately 50% of the opposite side. The widest edge is 62mm and the narrowest end is 46mm. It is 11mm thick and 102mm long. It weighs 154.6g. This is possibly a Graig Lwyd Group VII axe, due to the the white speckle on a blue-grey matrix that is typical of that rock type.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 11th May 2012
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Record ID: NMS-B7AF84
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone axehead. Pointed oval section, rounded butt expanding with slightly convex sides to a curved cutting edge from which a large recent chip is missing. Polished over most of the surface, large chip / damage on one face at butt end. Length 192mm. Maximum width 79.5mm. Maximum thickness 46mm. From photographs, John Williams, National Museum Wales, comments "I'm pretty certain it is a Graig Lwyd Group VII axe - the patina looks the type and more important the fresh scalp has the white speckle on a blue-grey matrix that is typical of the rock type. Confirmation would have to be by …
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pentraeth', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NARC-A65590
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a quern stone of Early Roman date. Roughly triangular in shape with a bevelled outer edge. the stone is pinkish in colour, with large quartzite grit inclusions.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-924BC2
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Volcanic Tufa, probably Langdale Greenstone, polished axe fragment. Splinter from the cutting edge of a greenstone polished axe head, probably Group 6, comprising an area spalled from one face, and a very limited extent from the adjacent face. The angle between the faces is unusually sharp. This may indicate manufacture or use as an adze, for which a different action is required - this suggestion was kindly offered by Brian Kearsley. Alternatively, it may arise from heavy wear, or from the previous breakage and reshaping of an axe-head. Suggested date: Neolithic, 3500-2100 BC. Le…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th January 2021
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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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-7A9551
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone pencil of Post-Medieval to Modern date, c. 1700-present. The pencil is incomplete,and probably much worn. It is square in section and sub-retangular in plan, with one end worn to a tapered point.
Created on: Monday 7th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-3BF965
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fossil sponge known as Poroshpaera, which are known to have been used in the early Bronze Age as stone beads. Kenneth Oakley's paper, published in an early volume of Antiquity, titled 'The Folklore of Fossils' discusses their use. Identified by Kevin Leahy and confirmed by Mr Paul Ensom, formally of the Natural History Museum. The spherical fossil measures: weight is 2.43g, height (where perforation is vertical) 12.54mm, diameter is 13.51mm and the circular perforation has a diameter of 3.92mm. It is impossible to tell if a Porosphaera fossil has been used as a bead unless it was …
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2012
No spatial data available.

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Record ID: LIN-278052
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A whetstone made of schist or Norweigian ragstone. The surface is very fine and contains high quantities of small refractive ?quartz. The stone is rectangular in plan and in cross-section, broken at one end and with a circular hole drilled through the other. The hole is hour-glass shaped.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C647F2
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small (diameter c20mm) stone ball formed out of a hard grey sedimentary stone with visible bedding planes. It was found eroding out of an mid to late mesolithic strata. It has had its sphericity augmented by pecking and rubbing. Its purpose is unknown but it looks like a sling stone. It weighs 7.4 grms. Probably dates to between c8300 to c2900 BC. None of the very scarce comparable records has yet had a purpose ascribed to it. Numerous microliths, mesolithic debitage and material up to the Bronze Age, has been found on the site. see LANCUM-0F97C8 for further notes on this site.
Created on: Saturday 28th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Briercliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A830D0
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a stone pebble, a micaceous metamorphic rock. It seems to be a natural pebble, oval in section, thickening and widening towards the broken end. The complete end is rounded. It is slightly curved in profile with a concave top and convex base. There appears to be some use polish on the concave top. It is 84.0mm long, 56.7mm wide at the break and 40.4mm thick; it weighs 225 grams. It is not a local rock but pebbles of many types of rock are found locally in rivers and estuaries brought in by water and glacial action. Whetstones are known to have been used from the Bronze Age o…
Created on: Friday 27th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cossington', grid reference and parish protected.