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Record ID: CPAT-348075
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pierced thin disk of slate, a spindlewhorl with drilled, slightly off-centre, hole.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: SUSS-2D2D81
Object type: TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large slightly oval leather polishing stone.
Weight: 924g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Graffham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DEV-D61075
Object type: SLING SHOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable sling stone of undeterminate date. Roger Taylor, geologist at Royal Albert Memorial Museum writes: 'Ball of fine-grained granite consisting of the black variety of tourmaline known as schorl and quartz. The size and high degree of rounding suggest that this is a man-made object- possibly a sling stone.'
Created on: Monday 11th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: YORYM-796093
Object type: POT BOILER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rounded stone with rough pitted surface and patches of red discolouration. The stone reacts to a magnet, and has obviously been subjected to heating in the past. Probably used as a pot boiler or similar. Age cannot be determined.
Created on: Monday 24th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'North Cave', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-8D09F4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A circular disc of stone which is carved on both sides and which is perforated at the edge. The object has a diameter of 57.1mm and is 22.3mm thick. The object’s date and function has not been identified. The stone is fine-grained micaceous sandstone (Stewart Ogilvy pers. comm.). It was found in North Wales about twenty five years ago. Both faces have a rounded channel carved into them. On both faces the channel starts at the hole which is drilled through the disc from the upper to the lower face. The channel then traces the edge of the disc, always at an equal distance to the edge, …
Created on: Friday 19th October 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'North Wales', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: BERK-01F272
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Limestone bivalve fossil with carved face on one side. The face has pronounced lips & nose although the lower part of the nose is broken. The eyes are oval and recesed. There is further decoration in the form of two crescents with transverse grooves to either side of the head - these are perhaps intended to represent hair, horns, ears or some kind of headress.
Stone carvings are notoriously difficult to date and therefore this item must remain undated.
It was initially suspected that the item may be Late Iron Age to Roman period based on the style of the face and locally ass…
Created on: Friday 30th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Clanfield', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LIN-01B557
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete whetstone, probably Roman or Anglo-Saxon in date. The whetstone is oval in cross-section and tapers slightly to the break. The surface is smooth and worn. The stone is a light grey sandstone.
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Threekingham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-2BDFC6
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable Quern Stone.
Dimensions – Diameter c. 165mm, thickness c. 68mm.
A flattened, smooth, slightly oval cobble of a non-local stone, probably of volcanic origin, with a shallow, c.90mm diameter depression in the centre of each face, with depths of 10 and 15mm. The surface of the depressions is not noticeably different from that of the rest of the cobble.
Evans (Ancient Stone Implements of Great Britain) discusses a number of smaller examples from both Britain and elsewhere and suggests that the depressions were thumb and finger grips and that the use might be as hammers.…
Created on: Thursday 6th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Bircham', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: YORYM-1600A7
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A roughly spherical sling shot, which could also be just a natural stone.
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Newbald', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: YORYM-3279D7
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A carved stone object of unknown date and function. The object does however resemble a mace head. It has a pierced square sectioned tang, with a rounded head. The head has been cut and looks like a mace head. There is an incised collar around the top.
Created on: Friday 30th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Brompton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LIN-FA3685
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ?schist whetstone. The whetstone is roughly rectangular in plan and in cross-section, and broken at either end. The sides are very smooth.
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HESH-966482
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two pierced stone water worn pebbles of unknown date or function. The two pebbles are of differing sizes but each have a single pierced hole which is perforated diagonally from one edge to the other. Both holes differ in size and do not seem to be drilled, in that there profile does not conform to the usual (egg-timer) shape. There also seems to be little wear on the holes. It has been suggested by the finder that they may be beads and this is a possibility, the discovery of them together also increases the likelihood of this idea.
Pebble 1 measures 22.7mm length, 13.8mm width, is 1…
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Madley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-E7F3D5
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A semi-circular piece of fine grained soft red sandstone that has been ground flat on one side and on one face which are at right angles to each other. There are striations on both flat surfaces. It is 56.1mm long, 19.4mm wide, and 14.4mm thick. It weighs 22.11gm. The stone is very soft so may have been used as a polishing stone rather than a hone. It may also be natural, though the straight edges look to be man made. This sort of object is almost impossible to date.
Created on: Thursday 28th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 23rd March 2012
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: SF-E9FB63
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete hone stone of uncertain date. It is formed from a grey/brown stone that has fine surfaces with traces of micaceous inclusions. The hone rectangular in form and section, tapering slightly towards the suspension end, and is missing the top of the suspension end and lower half of the object due to old breaks. At the suspension end are the remains of an incised transverse groove above which on opposing sides of the hone are drilled circular perforations/indentations that do ot perforate all the way through the object. These were probably utilised to secure the hone to a thon…
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 14th December 2010
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This findspot is known as 'Lakenheath', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DUR-FB7212
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Stockton-on-Tees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible whetstone of unknown date.
It is sub-oval in plan with rounded edges. It is a rounded oval in cross-section also with all edges rounded. It is made from a brown-grey stone. There are linear grooves on all the surfaces, possibly caused by sharpening tools. It is difficult to say that this is definitely a whetstone as natural stones could be used for this purpose without much working to make them suitable, this appears to be in that group.
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2010
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Record ID: WILT-9990B7
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of undatable (200 BC-1800 AD) but probably Roman to medieval, hone or whetstone, measuring 42.21x41.00x20.59mm and weighing 48.45g.
The stone has micaceous inclusions and is greyish in colour. The whetstone or hone is formed from a very fine grained sedimentary, mica rich sandstone or siltstone. It is rectangular in cross section and has a deep groove on both of the larger faces.
Created on: Friday 21st January 2011
Last updated: Friday 21st January 2011
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Record ID: YORYM-6213B6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, unidentified object of uncertain date. The object is formed from a single piece of igneous rock, most probably gabbro, which appears to have been at some point manipulated into a circular form, though it is now worn and broken. Numerous large quartz inclusions are present within the stone. Centrally, a circular piece of gold infilled with red enamel has been inserted into the stone. Due to the durable nature of this type of stone it is probable that the gold was purposefully inserted into its surface. There are no signs of any form of attachment.
The gold makes up less…
Created on: Tuesday 8th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Skegness', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-65F095
Object type: MULLER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fine Grained Compacted Sandstone Cobble
Possible rubber fragment or Muller. Fragment of stone with fairly flat upper and lower surfaces, one curved edge and one broken edge. The flattest surface is not so smooth as to permit identification as a quern fragment, and nor is the curve of the edge entirely regular, though a use as an improvised rubber in the finishing of leather or other craft work is possible. Such ephemeral objects are most commonly identified from Roman and Early Medieval contexts, though a wider date range is possible. Suggested date: Roman to Early Medieval, 40-105…
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2011
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-3634D2
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey stone, possibly limestone (non-specialist identification by MF) possible rubber. An irregular cobble of handy size, with one flattened surface. Such objects are commonly reported from Romano-British and Early Medieval sites - and occasionally from earlier and later contexts - and may have had a range of uses, particularly in smoothing or finishing leather and other materials, or as a muller to grind vegetable products. Suggested date: Roman to Early Medieval, 40-1000.
Length: 57mm, Width: 59mm, Thickness: 53mm, Weight: 240gms.
Created on: Friday 18th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Barton upon Humber', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WMID-16E164
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An igneous stone (granite?) whetstone of uncertain date. The stone is finely finished and shaped with a carved sub-oval 'tang' to slot into a handle. The sides are straight and there is a ridge running down the centre of one face, making the stone pentagonal in shape. The blade is truncated and as its terminal is not so smooth as the edges of the rest of the blade this would seem to be through damage rather than wear through use. The stone is a dark grey to black in colour with fine inclusions, but is an orangey brown in colour where it has been shaped to fit the handle, and to a less…
Created on: Tuesday 29th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 29th March 2011
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