Record ID: SWYOR-0C7EF4
Object type: CARVED STONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large piece of possible exotic worked stone, of uncertain date and function. It feels to be lighter than if it was made of metal, and heavier than if it was ceramic. It is dark grey / black and very fine grained with rounded (vitrified?) inclusions which have a lustrous silver shine. The matrix is hard and irregular, but can be crushed with a thumbnail. The piece is curved in one plane only. The outer face of the curve is pitted and has a groove across it. The inner face is much smoother though it still has rounded bobbles visible. The broken edges appear black in colour, but have s…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-C8C5B9
Object type: PLOUGH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Salmon coloured pebble, possibly quartzite [non-specialist identification by MF]; plough pebble, as kindly identified by Kevin Leahy. Kevin comments: '...this is a 'plough pebble' which had been hammered into the sole plate of a wooden plough. The object type needs to be PLOUGH with plough pebble in the classification. I'd suggest a date of c. 800 to 1400AD. These are important, Niall Brady is working on them'. This corrects an initial identification as a 'polisher' by this reporter; a note on that vague identification and a similar object are now relegated to the notes field below. …
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM94
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a schist whetstone, rounded rectangular section tapering towards end. Truncated.
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 1998
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-05794A
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone perforated object, dating to from the Mesolithic to the Bronze Age (c.9,000-1,600 BC). The stone is broadly square in plan, but tapers slightly to a terminal with a worn break. A circular concave area is present on each side just before the break, resulting in the oval cross section narrowing at the centre. This suggests that the stone has been partially perforated. One indent has a dark brown patina on some areas. The other terminal is oval in cross section and also terminates in a worn break. Stuart Ogilvy (geologist) has looked at the stone and belives it is a s…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2016
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Driffield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-36A859
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of stone, which has divided specialist opinion. It is not possible to confirm that this piece of stone is definitely an artefact and at least one specialist considers it to be a water smoothed pebble of igneous stone, possible glacial erratic pebble from boulder clay deposits, that has a plough struck spall removed from one side. Other specialists feel that this could possibly have been an axehead, probably dating to 2000-1500BC. Alternatively speculation as to whether it is a Palaeolithic handaxe has been muted. Both suggestions agree that it is not possible to determine t…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 27th April 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-0FB014
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Perforated stone object dating from the Early Mesolithic to the Late Neolithic. It is complete and in good shape except for a few abrasions around the outer edge. The implement is a simple one with a generally very uneven donut-shape and a circular central perforation which was probably drilled using a bow-like device and a stick with a rounded point, water and sand. The material which the axe hammer was made from looks like the quartz dolerite from the whin sill which was used to make axe-hammers during the Early Bronze Age (pers. comm. Dr Kevin Leahy). Whin sill deposits can be foun…
Created on: Friday 18th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 22nd April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greystoke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9CFBE3
Object type: ANVIL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably an early Bronze Age anvil stone dating to between c2100 and c1500 BC.. It reminiscent of the Early Bronze Age anvil stones from a smiths grave at Lunteren in the Netherlands; see http://1501bc.com/page/rijks_museum_oudheden/0214038.JPG. It is incredibly heavy for its size (too heavy for the finds scales) and shows evidence of continual impacts that appear deliberately placed. It is as likely that the anvil was used in the production of gold items, as well as copper alloy objects. The iron staining on the face of the stone is probably due to a close encounter with a plough at …
Created on: Friday 8th March 2013
Last updated: Friday 22nd January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dinckley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-21A416
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete polished stone axe dating from the Neolithic period, about 4000 BC - 2200 BC. Only the cutting end survives. It is made from polished tan coloured fine grained stone. It is sub-rectangular in plan and is faceted in cross-section. There is edge damage on the curved convex cutting edge and a large damaged area near the break, probably from plough damage. It is 78.7mm long, 58.9mm wide and 25.7mm thick. 190g. Kevin Leahy (National Finds Advisor) adds that the cracking and crazing visible in the images may suggest that the axe has been burnt. Also, the side facets suggest…
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-B9B6A2
Object type: URN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 1920s/30s Art-Deco urn (garden decoration) made from a conglomerate man-made material best termed as concrete. The object stands 230mm high, with an outer diameter of 185mm. The walls of the top of the piece are 32mm thick.The 'cup' is 80mm deep. The base has a diameter of 132mm. The object has been cast in concrete, probably mass produced in a mould. There are no tool or working marks that would be visible had it been carved or ground from stone, even a soft stone such as sandstone. On the inside edge of the urn is visible a small strip of iron embedded into the surface. T…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 4th September 2014
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-800087
Object type: POT BOILER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three pot boiler fragments, probably of Bronze Age to Iron Age date. All fragments of the burnt amortize pebble are fractured, which may have be caused by exposure to heat. They all show signs of burning and have craze cracking.
Created on: Wednesday 12th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Collingham', grid reference and parish protected.