Record ID: LEIC-FCC9B7
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Neolithic polished stone axe, consisting of about two-thirds of a whole axe, but missing its blade end, suggesting it was broken while in use. The axe is probably of Langdale (or Charnwood?) slate and has a pale green/grey colouring with a diagonal white stripe near the rounded butt. It has irregular faceted edges with one surface having a flattened irregular shaped area. The fragment is 85mm long, 44mm wide and 26mm thick. It is in good condition and weighs 114g.
Created on: Saturday 21st August 2010
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-DABC06
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic stone axe, 68mm long, 40mm wide and 20mm thick. The axe is in a fair condition with a dark grey patina and weighs 55.61grams. It is chipped in several places and is missing most of its blade on one side. Where it is chipped it is a pinkish colour. The blade is quite flat and the axe tapers in width from the baldes edge, terminating in a rounded tip C.10mm wide.
Created on: Tuesday 7th March 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-04D9F0
Object type: BUST
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Saxon ? stone carved head, C. 50mm high and 30mm wide. The head is very worn but clearly shows a helmeted male. There is a raised ridge running from back from his face and a clear line indicating the edge of the helmet. He has slightly raised rounded eyes with a long narrow nose in between. Below his nose he has a thick and long 'handlebar' moustache which covers his mouth leaving only a rounded chin exposed. There is a ridge running down each side of his face which has incised lines behind, these either represent his hair or possible cheekpieces?
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-5768D6
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic polished stone axe, 200mm long and 62mm wide. The axe is made from Charnwood Tuff and is unfinished. The axe has chip marks over its surface but the tip of the axe has been mostly finsished though, having a highly polished surface. The tip appears to been damaged in the ground, having an uneven edge.
Created on: Monday 13th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-5A9AB1
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic polished hand axe, 80mm long, 45mm wide and 20mm thick. The axe is a grey/green fine stone, which is probably from Langdale and it weighs 104 grams. The object represents the central part of a partly polished axe, each end is missing. The edges have been very neatly flattened into tapering facets and the axe shows scars possibly caused by re-shaping in antiquity.
Created on: Monday 13th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-489F36
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Neolithic stone axe from Pembrokeshire, 74mm long, 76 to 53mm wide with a weight of 86grams. The axe is quite short with a flared blade. The axe is diamond shape in section with a ridge 40mm in from the blade edge, giving it quite a small fixing surface.
Created on: Friday 12th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-9EA974
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval whetstone, 49mm long and 15mm wide. The object is made from a metamorphic rock and has a sub rectangular form with rounded edges, worn down from use. It has a 10mm hole in the centre of one end. It matches one in Allan 1984, 31 and 295.
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2016
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-582294
Object type: KNAPPING STONE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
quartzite pebble, 40mm in diamater, This small circular pebble has crushed edges suggesting it has been used as a knapping stone.
Created on: Tuesday 7th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-973503
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic stone axehead, 65mm long, 47mm wide and 32mm thick. The object weighs 183 grams and is made form a course grained green/black stone with quartz inclusions. The axe has an oval section and is broken behind the blade which is intact and highly polished.
Created on: Friday 10th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-D83266
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron age/early Roman flat quern fragment, 146mm long, 97mm wide and 28mm thick. The quern has a grey/brown patina and is made from a volcanic honeycomb rock. The fragment has an even thickness and appears to be part of the base stone. It has clear grooves worn into one surface.
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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