Record ID: NARC-ADEA83
Object type: STAMP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a roman object made from a white, fine grained soft stone which is probably steatite, more commonly known as soap stone. The object is rectangular in plan and square in section, with an hour-glass shape suggested by a narrowing of the central section. The front of the object is decorated with etched lines. There are four vertical lines, placed in two sets of two, on the upper ridge. The lower ridge has two horizontal lines with a cross within two vertical lines at the centre. This is typical of a Roman decorative style, particularly seen on cosmetic implements.The object stand…
Created on: Monday 9th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 24th October 2012
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Record ID: SF-C279F3
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete perforated stone object of probable Mesolithic to Neolithic date. It is formed from a brown pebble that is oval shaped in form and section, with evidence of use-wear and/or abrasion at both ends. At the centre is an hour glass shaped perforation that would have enabled it to function as a mace or hammer. The entire object measures 66.42mm in length, 52.83mm in width, 28.37mm in thickness and 134.29g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 25th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mendlesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D61D44
Object type: GRINDSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sandstone rotary grindstone, probably of Medieval or Post Medieval date. About 40% of the stone remains, it was a sub circular disk with a hole drilled through the centre. On the remaining fragment the maximum width between the central hole and edge is 60.9mm and the minimum 45.4mm. It appears it was flat on both sides with a flat outer edge although it is now badly pitted. It is 128mm by 68mm across, 59.4mm thick and weighs 530 grams. The stone has been examined by Dennis Parsons who gave his opinion that it is a sandstone with mica and from a non-Somerset source. Although similar …
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2012
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Record ID: WILT-D754E4
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Neolithic (3500-2100 BC) fine-grain probable greenstone Polished Axehead with damage at the butt end, measuring 118.12mm in length, 53.18mm max.width (cutting end), 30.68mm min.width (damaged butt end), 31.95 max.thickness (centre) and weighing 263.06g. The axehead is rather rectangular in shape with gently flaring sides towards the cutting edge, which has a very shallow curve. The sides of the axe have been polished flat, max.7mm high at the middle of the axe and narrowing to either end on one side while having a more-or-less constant 7mm height on the other. The …
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Luckington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-D801D3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A possible fragment of Neolithic polished axehead, the fabric of which is possibly a greenstone with micaceous or quartz inclusions. It measures 55.69x57.40x23.84mm and weighs 72.4g. The object is broken on all edges with one polished face, showing a fault line and a line of iron staining/ residue. The curvature of the object seems possibly a little too round for an axehead, and Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen comments (from images only) that in this case it could possibly be part of a broken macehead. Dr Kevin Leahy also suspects that this is not a axehead as its section lacks sym…
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malmesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-DA0025
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of grey lava quern stone, preserving approximately 25% of the original diameter. Part of one edge is perserved with flattened, curved outer surface and flat top and bottom surfaces. The base(?) of the quern is flat and with no decoration or evidence of a grinding surface. The top(?) has a flattened rim, the remainder being worn and slightly concave towards the now missing centre of the object, probably as a result of use-wear. The stone itself is grey, relatively hard and compact with some large quartz inclusions. It measures 27.6mm in length, 128.01mm in width, 55.48mm in …
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kedington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-EB38D4
Object type: MORTAR (VESSEL)
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A carved stone bowl, possibly a mortar used for grinding food, of uncertain date. The stone is irregularly shaped; sub D shaped in plan, and the bowl is circular. Mortars or "creeing troughs" would have been used with a pestle for removing the husks from grain before cooking. Post Medieval examples often have distinctive shapes such as WILT-84FE96. Some examples can be seen in situ in the kitchens of historic houses. In the Yorkshire Pennines, such mortars were frequently highly decorated and individualised. An example is SWYOR-052CE2. Plain examples like the one recorded here ar…
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 27th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-EC7F82
Object type: GEOLOGICAL SAMPLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of stone which was recovered because it was not the usually occurring geology in this area. It may be a naturally occurring nodule of iron rich stone (though it does not react to a magnet). It has a dense structure and is dark brown with a red tint. Parts of the surface are black and shiny with a crystalline structure, but it is not sooted. Other areas are pimply, and other areas have traces of sandstone on the surface. It has not been possible to identify the nature of this material, but it is probably an iron rich naturally occurring stone. It does not appear to be waste mat…
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 27th May 2020
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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: DOR-040A71
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of ground axehead of green flecked igneous rock. The primary method of working is pecking and the butt end has been ground. This is the butt end only of a probably sub-rectangular axe with a lentoid profile. This axe has also been recorded by the South West Implement Petrology Group and has been cored for thin sectioning in order to establish a probable provenance. IPG reference 1971 DOR 179. Date: Neolithic - c. 4000 to 2500 BC Dimensions: 71 mm x 70 mm x 32 mm Weight: 280 g
Created on: Friday 13th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2017
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Record ID: LVPL-422E72
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flat stone spindle whorl probably dating to the Roman period, (43-410AD). The object is circular in plan with a central circular perforation. The internal diameter of the perforation measures 7.57mm in diameter. The object is brownish grey in colour. Flat disc-like stone spindle whorls have been found in Roman contexts at Castleford, Wilderspool and South Shields. Similar examples have however also been found in Medieval contexts at Beeston Castle, Cheshire, (Griffiths et al: 2007, p52).
Created on: Monday 16th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winsford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-56F2A4
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and incomplete sub-spherical object made of stone, probably a sandstone bead, of uncertain date. The object is asymmetrically-shaped and sub-spherical in plan, with a sub-oval cross-section. It has a cylindrical hole drilled through the centre and a series of haphazardly placed incised dashes throughout the external surface, which could be purposeful but may be a result of natural faults or post-depositional damage. The underside is either damaged or purposefully flattened to a degree. It measures 17.9 mm diameter, 14.4 mm in height and weighs 4.56 grams. If the obje…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-02CF15
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark grey micaceous Mudstone possible hone fragment. Fragment from a possible hone; a needle or point sharpening groove of width 3mm runs along the one unbroken edge. The use of such stone, perhaps derived from glacial Drift, may argue an early date and local manufacture. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410. Length:49.6mm, Width: 20.2mm, Thickness: 13.3mm, Weight: 15.10gms.
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1804E2
Object type: MORTAR (VESSEL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Greenstone cupped cobble. It has been broken in the past into two halves; one of which was found. The break facet bisects a deep bell shaped depression with a coarse pecked finish. The top surface is pecked smooth with a few flake scars around the outside to shape it circular. The base of the stone has a smooth ground shallow concave depression. It has an irregular sharp edged perimeter and the surrounding stone is uneven and rough. It appears that a somewmat wider bell shaped depression was broken up, leaving only its bottom remaining.The top surface has a bubbly brown deposit which …
Created on: Thursday 26th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-6B3838
Object type: CARVED STONE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably post medieval or modern carved architectural stone in the shape of a human skull. The carved skull is shaped like an inverted pear. The eyes are deep circular hollows and the noes is a triangular recess. The cheeks are sunken hollows, and there is a straight incised line across the chin which may represent the mount. The skull projects forwards and outwards from the rest of the stone, which is left in a block at the back, smaller than the outline of the skull. The block at the back is trapezoid in plan, wider at the top, and rectangular in section. This shape may have …
Created on: Monday 30th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2020
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Record ID: CPAT-7D7AC8
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Axehead of a dark grey, fine-grained stone, very hard and heavy. Stone slightly mottled, with inclusions, some of which have been leached out. Signs of wear/abrasions, perhaps from being moved around on the beach by the sea.
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Monday 3rd November 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-C38FC1
Object type: CARVED STONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small stone that has been carved, possibly into a phallic form? The stone, which appears to be a hard pale brown sandstone, has flattened lower and rear faces and an arched upper face. The stone tapers from the rear to a rounded front end. The centre of the stone has been carved with three encircling shallow grooves. The object is 25mm long, 24mm wide, 15mm thick and weighs12.67g.
Created on: Friday 3rd February 2012
Last updated: Friday 26th June 2020
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Record ID: CORN-FE8724
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete metamafic greenstone axe which has been petrologically analysed by Dr. Roger Taylor as part of the Clodgy Moor Project. Sub-ovate in plan with parallel sides, which would taper slightly towards the butt if it remained, and lozenge-shaped in profile and in section. Less than half of the axe remains, mainly the blade edge, which has a shaped finish and has broken from a weathered cobble, possibly during manufacture, after some grinding on either side of the blade. The axe may have originally been at least twice as long, judging from similar ethnographic parallels, in order to…
Created on: Monday 6th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-00EE57
Object type: AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Metamafic greenstone axe roughout which has been petrologically analysed by Dr. Roger Taylor as part of the Clodgy Moor Project. Sub-ovate in section and plan with angled sides that taper towards the butt end, and lozenge-shaped in profile. The roughout has been shaped and ground from a weathered cobble to create a blade end and sides to the axe. The roughout is off-centre and its section not quite elliptical, or symmetrical either side of the mid-line. This shows that it was made from a cobble where one side maintains the original smooth surface that is due to the underlying crystall…
Created on: Monday 6th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-0107A5
Object type: AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Greenstone or metadolerite axe roughout, which has been petrologically analysed by Dr. Roger Taylor as part of the Clodgy Moor Project. The roughout is a bladed cobble that is ovate in plan and section, and lozenge-shaped in profile. There are more invasive flake scars at the butt end of the roughout, and on the left margin of the ventral face, and there is a concentric crack that carries on around the dorsal face of the roughout, curving inside the blade end. This suggests that the roughout has been trimmed by splitting as well as chipping, and then smoothing. Similar examples are tu…
Created on: Monday 6th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2012
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