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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Record ID: LEIC-DBED11
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neoloithic? stone hammer or wedge, 147mm long, 57mm wide and 51mm thick. The object is an orangey brown colour and is roughly rectangular in section, with rounded edges. It tapers to a point on two sides, down to 47mm wide and 22mm thick, which forms a wedge shape. This end has some damage and is missing its original edge. The wide end is also missing part of its surface, but overall has a lighter colour and is worn. The object could be an unfinished hammer (missing the hole for the shaft) or it could be a wedge for separating trees into planks which has lost its sharp edge.
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-D67747
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval? spindle whorl, 55-58mm in diameter and 26mm thick. The weight is made from some sort of chalk or soft limestone and has a chalky white patina. The object has a rough surface, tapering sides giving it a slight D shaped cross section and a central hole, 10mm in diameter.
Created on: Monday 13th June 2005
Last updated: Friday 10th June 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-BD2210
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Neolithic stone axe, 110mm long and 55mm wide. The axe is in fair condition with patches of damage and has a grey/brown patina. The axe has faceted sides c. 10mm wide at each side. The blade has been damaged and most is missing. The surface is very finely polished and its narrow end, which has some damage, is polished to a fine point. The axe is made of Volcanic Tuff, probably from Charnwood in Leicestershire or Langdale in Cumbria.
Created on: Friday 24th June 2005
Last updated: Monday 1st March 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-7151B8
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval? stone spindle whorl fragment, 27mm in diameter long and 21mm wide and weighs 9.52 grams.. The object is circular in form (incomplete) and sub circular in cross section. It has a pale yellow/grey patina and is probably made from sand or lime stone. What remains of the central hole is 10mm wide. Its form is an elongated version of Walton Rogers form B, though it is slightly narrower on one edge than the other so could fit form A2. It is most similar to eg.2545, fig.9.3 p.284 in Evans D.H. and Loveluck, C. 'life and economy at Early Medieval Flixborough'
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2005
Last updated: Friday 31st May 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-F1FE95
Object type: MORTAR (VESSEL)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval stone mortar, 200mm high and 350mm in diameter. The object represents just over half of a circular carved stone mortar with 60mm wide sides. It has two protruding pouring spouts carved into its upper surface.
Created on: Monday 7th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-5055E7
Object type: CHOPPER
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lower paleolithic pebble chopper 170mm long, 100mm wide and 60mm thick.
Created on: Tuesday 20th April 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-979C26
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic stone axe, 200mm long, 57mm wide and 37mm thick. The axe appears to be made from Charnwood tuff and has a pale buff/green colour. It is in fair condition, having sustained damage to one side. The axe has a different form on each side with one surface curving gently and the other rising steeply to give an almost triangular section. Its edges have a very shallow curve and its blade end is very rounded.
Created on: Friday 9th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-B775E4
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic polished stone axe, 144mm long and 76mm wide. The axe is quite square in form and has slightly faceted edges. It is also of uniform thickness, being between 30 and 35mm for most of its length. It tapers slightly at the base and steeply towards its cutting edge, which is curved and has a few chips in its surface. The axe is probably a Langdale type 6.
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-332113
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic Stone axe head, 90mm in length and 41mm wide. The axe has a large chip with a rough surface, so it could represent an unfinished object. It is possibly a langdale type.
Created on: Tuesday 25th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-594577
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric chert arrowhead, 19mm long, 14mm wide and 4mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 0.92grams. The arrohead is triangular in form and worked all over both surfaces.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2010
Last updated: Sunday 11th October 2020
Spatial data recorded.