Record ID: LEIC-5A339F
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic Cornish type 1 stone handaxe. 121mm in length, 63mm wide and 29mm thick with a weight of 3.29grams.
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-C06446
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman stone tessera. Rectangular in form and cross section. The left hand one measures 30mm in length, 30mm wide and 15mm thick with a weight of 33.28grams. The right hand one measures 30mm in length, 28mm wide and 15mm thick with a weight of 34.59grams.
Created on: Tuesday 19th February 2019
Last updated: Friday 22nd February 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-BB85B7
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic polished stone axe, 99mm long, 64mm wide and 26mm thick with a weight of 202g. The axe is mostly complete, missing its hafted end, but has also sustained a lot of damage aroud its edges. It is sub rectangular in form and eliptical in cross section. It has a pronounced rounded step just before it drops down to form a blade on one face. It has no obvious facets and is a dark grey/brown, suggesting Charnwood slate.
Created on: Tuesday 21st August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-6EFC44
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Neolithic slate axe, 66mm long, 54mm wide, 16mm thick and weighs 71.98g. The axe is sub rectangular in form and cross section. It has a very fragmented, damaged surface and was possibly broken during manufacure? It has a rounded, polished blade which is mostly intact, but all other surfaces are damaged. The object is a pale green/blue colour which may suggest Charnwood slate.
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-FBCDFE
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic stone axe, 59mm long, 44mm at its widest point and 17mm thick with a weight of 102grams. The axe is incomplete and is made from Jadeitite. In plan one side is slightly convex while the other side is fairly straight, with slight facets. The blade is fairly straight and symmetrical and the body has traces fo polishing on each face. Following spectroradiometry by members of the project JADE team in France it was concluded that the axe belongged to the Chelles type and the source of the rock was Northern Italy. only around 120 Alpine axes have been found in Britain and Ire…
Created on: Monday 19th September 2016
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-48C9DE
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic polished stone axe fragment, 51mm long, 44mm wide and 14mm thick with a weight of 37.47grams. The fragment represents part of the blade end of an axe, but is very damaged with little original surface remaining. It has part of the curved blade which merges into the adjoining facetted edge, which has a thin angular face butting up to the rounded surface. The axe appears to be Langdale slate (fine grained tuff), so it could be part of a group VI axe.
Created on: Thursday 12th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-848962
Object type: GRAVE MARKER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval?? stone grave marker. 190mm long, 120mm wide and 70mm thick. The object has a roughly rectangular form and semi circular cross section. The left side (as photographed) is quite rectangular and the object slopes across its face to a more rounded and shallower right side. It has a flat and plain reverse and its upper and lower edges are damaged or roughly hewn. In the centre of its face is a carved cross with a v shaped recess. The most obvious use for such an object would be as a grave marker.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2016
Last updated: Friday 4th March 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-6CEBF8
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated decorative whetsone, 97mm long, 30mm wide, 15mm thick and weighing 82.31grams. The object is rectangular in form and cross section, with rounded edges and has a distinct green/black marbled surface. It has been heavily worn along its centre on both sides.
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-97EEE1
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic stone axehead, 139mm long, 50mm wide and 37mm thick. The object is complete and in good condition and weighs 374grams. The axe has a triangular form and an eliptical section and is made from a form of fine granite. The butt end tapers gently to a rouned apex and the whole surface is gently rounded. At one side of the blade there is a trace of a facet and the blade itself is intact and finely worked. Around the blade is considerable poloishing, slightly more on one surface than the other.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Friday 26th February 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-557408
Object type: CHOPPER
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lower Paleolithic quartzite pebble chopper-core, 78mm long, 46mm wide and 39mm thick. The stone weighs 171grams and has been worked from three angles to remove at least 9 flakes to form a triangular point which appears to have some wear. We refer to these as chopper-cores as we can't be certain whether the whole object is being used or the flakes are being used as cutting tools. The object is part of a growing number of Quartzite tools which are being found in this area. Leicestershire museums holds the important Waite Collection of pebble tools which was found along, the Leicest…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2013
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