Record ID: CORN-4F4B17
Object type: AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Weathered cobble of greenstone, oval in plan and ovoid in profile and section. There is rough working over the whole of the surface of the flat oval shape which may have once been an axehead roughout, and has since been broken and weathered. One end tapers more to a rounded point, but there is no clear blade or butt end. The ventral face is more flat, mainly through weathering, while the dorsal face is more pecked. This is one of a group of 14 stone tools described as 'potential axes' that have been found on Clodgy Moor or Trungle Moor in Paul parish. A few of these have distin…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Last updated: Friday 9th June 2023
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Record ID: CORN-56FD36
Object type: AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of gabbroic greenstone cobble, triangular in plan and in profile and ovoid in section. The piece is broken at one end and tapers to a point at the other, to form a conical shape, similar to the pointed butt end of an axe. The surface appears to have been ground into this shape, rather than weathered, and there is a large spur projecting from the broken end at one edge, which may be harder material to grind down flat, or perhaps why the axe broke at this point. This is one of a group of 14 stone tools described as 'potential axes' that have been found on Clodgy Moor or …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Last updated: Friday 9th June 2023
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Record ID: CORN-581964
Object type: AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Broken blade end of an axehead roughout of coarse gabbroic greenstone, U-shaped in plan, lozenge-shaped in profile and oval in section. There is a defined yet damaged cutting edge at the blade end, and the entire surface is deeply pitted and weathered. The roughout is broken in half so that the butt end is missing. This is one of a group of 14 stone tools described as 'potential axes' that have been found on Clodgy Moor or Trungle Moor in Paul parish. A few of these have distinct areas where grinding has been carried out to start a blade. The remainder have a broadly axe-shaped…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Friday 9th June 2023
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Record ID: CORN-586162
Object type: AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete axehead roughout made from a gabbroic greenstone cobble that is finer grained and more doleritic than other examples from this area. The interrelationship between the weathering, fracture and possible grinding of the cobble are very complex. The butt end is rounded and damaged, and the blade end has completely worn away so that the roughout is now waisted and narrower at the blade end, where it tapers to a point in profile. Half of the ventral face is also missing, where a section has sheared off and left a stepped projection towards the butt end of the roughout. Several fla…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Friday 9th June 2023
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Record ID: CORN-5748D6
Object type: AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of gabbroic greenstone cobble, triangular in plan and in profile and circular in section. The piece is broken at one end and tapers to a point at the other, to form a conical shape, similar to the pointed butt end of an axe. The surface appears to have been ground into this shape, rather than weathered, and there is a rectangular flake that has been removed from the broken end at one edge, which may be more recent damage. This is one of a group of 14 stone tools described as 'potential axes' that have been found on Clodgy Moor or Trungle Moor in Paul parish. A few of t…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Last updated: Friday 9th June 2023
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Record ID: WMID-6C0B32
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone object, possibly a fragement of a whetstone or honeing stone used for sharpening. What remains of the object is wedge shaped, tapering from 15.82 mm wide at its widest end to 9.33 mm wide at the break. The object has been pierced, possibly for suspension, near the widest end, with a hole measuring approximately 3.6 mm in diameter. The object measures 44.11 mm long, 5.48 mm thick and weighs 5.8 grams. Its date is uncertain.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: WMID-0F8192
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A knapped / worked fragment from a possible polished Axehead, of probable Late Neolithic dating (3000 to 2100 BC). The possible axe fragment is sub rectangular in plan, with a sub oval cross section. Approximately 50% of the possible axehead fragment are present, consisting of the blade end. Signs of abrasion / plough roll are present on the majority of the surfaces. The possible axehead fragment measures 53.37mm in length, 43.96mm wide and 18.5mm thick. It weighs 52.8 grams.
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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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: LANCUM-BB5F75
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small piece of Lakeland green slate that has had a hole drilled near the centre of the top edge. The hole is now incomplete and probably broke during manufacture as the slate is only crudely dressed. The marks from the boring show that the hole was an 'hourglass' hole. It may have been intended as one of a series of drilled objects to be used on a necklace, bracelet or similar. Date is uncertain (c2500BC-c800BC) but Castlerigg circle is in the vicinity so a Bronze Age date seems likely. Measures 18.5x12.5x4mm. Weighs 1.2 grms.
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Castlerigg', grid reference and parish protected.

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
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Record ID: NLM-75F102
Object type: INGOT MOULD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Brown ferruginous fine grained Sandstone possible ingot mould. Fragment of rock crudely shaped by the cleavage of flakes from its sides and base, probably adapting a naturally formed shape. The upper surface bears an oval depression of length 54mm, width 24mm and depth 24mm; the base of this hollow is slightly paler and duller than other surfaces. Though this cavity might be fortuitously formed, as by a fossil bivalve shell, its regularity may hints at artificial origin or improvement. Such objects were often improvised: a Viking Age example from Lurk Lane, Beverley was made from a fr…
Created on: Friday 24th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-23D6E4
Object type: ROOF SLATE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pale grey Limestone possible roof tile fragment. Flat shard of fine grained stone split along its bedding planes and with an irregular bevelled edge on one side, and a flat edge on the other; the former is likely to represent fortuitous damage. Suggested date: Probably Post-Medieval, 1600-1800. Length: 88.7mm, Width: 63.7mm, Thickness: 12mm, Weight: 85.37gms.
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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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: 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: SWYOR-856181
Object type: MACE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a perforated stone mace head or pebble hammer. It was broken in antiquity irregularly through the shaft hole, which is cylindrical and approximately 12 - 15mm in diameter. The shaft hole has been drilled from each side, meeting about halfway across, with the second bore slightly misaligned. The stone is heavily weathered and pitted, as well as cracked. It is almost lozenge shaped in section and a pointed oval in plan. The stone is probably quartzite and is a light yellow grey colour. An important clue to its age is given by the fact that the shaft hole is drilled and not …
Created on: Friday 13th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2020
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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: 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: DOR-3DC661
Object type: ROOF TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a limestone roof tile. The pointed apex of a probably lozengiform roof tile. There is a sub circular chipped hole at the apex. This has been pecked from one face of the tile only. Roof tiles such as these are common on Roman sites, but continue in use into the 19th century. Date: Roman to Post medieval - 100 to 1800 Dimensions: 64 mm x 111 mm x 17 mm Weight: 184 g
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stour Provost', grid reference and parish protected.