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Record ID: SWYOR-2104B6
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small piece of stone which is probably German basalt, and which may be part a fragment of a quern stone. The stone is an irregular pentagon shape. One surface is very flat and there may be traces of striations. The other surfaces are irregular. The stone is 49.2mm long, 38.3mm wide and 18.1mm thick. This small fragment cannot be accurately dated.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 17th July 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-6ED0E7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A damaged stone axe that dates from the Neolithic period. Both ends of the axe are broken and missing. The surviving centre part is oval in section and tapers along its length. It may have originally had facets along the sides. In some areas the surface is pitted and roughened, but the original smooth surface survives in other areas. The axe is 104.6mm long, 58.4mm wide and 31.7mm thick. The axe was examined by Stuart Ogilvy who reports that the material is a medium to coarse grained plutonic igneous rock. It is probably dolerite but it is difficult to be certain without taking a thin…
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-4FAD08
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone axe which is probably Neolithic in date. The axe looks to have been ground into shape. It is made of a green coloured stone with a fine grain and still has quite a keen edge to it. It measures 85mm long, 45mm wide and 17mm thick.
This artefact has been recorded from photographs and a description kindly supplied by the finder.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-917741
Object type: CARVED STONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worked stone object of unknown date. The object is 215mm long, 56.6mm wide and 52.4mm thick. It is made of fine sandstone. The object appears not to be complete. It may have originally been ovoid in plan with a circular hole in the wider end. Most of one side is now missing leaving a sub-rectangular stone with one convex side and a deep concave notch in the side of one end. Both ends are pointed. The notch is obviously man made and other faces of the stone looked to be shaped too. The end furthest from the notch has flat top and bottom faces, and slightly convex sides that taper to f…
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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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
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This findspot is known as 'North Wales', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-1CFE01
Object type: CARVED STONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kirklees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A carved stone object which is approximately 150mm long, 120mm wide and 75mm thick. The stone is rectangular and has a square indentation with sloping sides in one face. The edges are rough though whether this is damage or rough working is not certain. The date and function of this object are not certain. It was found during repairs to the dry stone walling at Castle Hill, Kirklees. The site has been in use for thousands of years, but this object is most likely to be of medieval or post medieval date. Possible functions include a mortar or a lamp or candle holder though stone examples …
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-5756A4
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone whetstone which is 56.6mm long, 14.5mm wide and 7.8mm thick. The stone is rectangular in section and is wider at one end. The narrower end may be an old break. There is a circular perforation in the wider end which appreas to have been drilled from one side. The stone is a very fine-grained purple-brown stone with small particles of mica (possibly a sort of metamorphosed slate?) which is quite soft; it can be marked with a fingernail.
The date of this object is uncertain. Whetstones are known from the Roman period onwards, and without decoration or context are very hard to …
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-5ABA34
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A whetstone or hone which is 117.3mm long, 52.7mm wide and 34.6mm thick. The stone is sub-rectangular in plan with rounded corners. It appears to be a water worn pebble which has not been deliberately shaped. One face has been used as a whetstone though. This face is very smooth and worn, but the other have not been used and are rougher. There is a semi-spherical hole in one side face of the stone, closer to one end. This appears to be natural as there are no striations within the hole to suggest deliberate working. It may be the result of an air bubble or pocket less durable material…
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 4th June 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-D36563
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic stone axe which is broken with only the cutting end surviving. It is 57.8mm long, 65.9mm wide and 25.5mm thick. The axe is made from a fine grained stone which is yellow on the surface but is a grey green colour where it has been recently damaged. It seems similar to chert. It is impossible to identify the source of the stone without detailed petrological analysis. The axe has a curved cutting edge and is oval in section but with faceted sides. The broken end is extensively chipped and damaged and the damage is all patinated suggesting it occurred in the past. The more rece…
Created on: Tuesday 4th March 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-DA8E11
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An obsidian knife dating from the Neolithic period which is 62.4mm long, 26.7mm wide and 15.5mm thick. The knife is formed on a secondary flake which is triangular in section. The left edge is retouched from both sides to form the blade, and there is some backing on the right edge. The obsidian is very glossy and is almost black but translucent, with swirling blue green inclusions.
Created on: Friday 16th May 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-DAAAA7
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified stone object which is cylindrical and is 13.7mm long, with a diameter of 18.9mm. It is made of a fine grained sand stone like rock which has been cut smoothly to shape. One end of the cylinder is perfectly flat, but the other end is concave. The edges are straight, but there is some damage to the corners. The object is clearly man made but the function and date are not obvious. One possibility is a miniature mortar or a gaming piece. It has not been possible to find a parallel.
Created on: Friday 16th May 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-7A5757
Object type: CARVED STONE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably post medieval or modern carved architectural stone in the shape of a human head. The head is 125mm long from front to back, 95mm wide and 120mm high at the front. The stone is a granular grit stone like material with silica inclusions.
The carved face is shaped like an inverted pear. There are long lanks of hair on each side but the top of the head is bald. The eyes are pointed ovals and are slightly bulbous. The nose is a projecting squat triangle. The mouth is also a pointed oval shape with a depression in the centre giving the appearance of very thick lips. Beneath the…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-23D045
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two stone beads, both of which are spherical with a circular central hole. One is grey and the other is off white. The grey one is 10.8mm high and has a diameter of 8.6mm. It is in very good condition and weighs 1.12g. The other one is 11.4mm high and has a diameter of 9.9mm. This one has some chips round one end of the hole. It weighs 1.24g. The beads were found in the same garden and are likely to be associated. Unfortunately, they are impossible to date securely. The design of beads does not change with fashion, and they were as popular in the Victorian period as in the Roman era an…
Created on: Thursday 18th September 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-D4ABF7
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A probable Mesolithic perforated object or macehead which is 136.98mm long, 73.87mm wide and 30.87mm thick. The mace head is sub-rectangular with rounded edges. One face is flatter than the other. One end is worked into a blunt point but the butt end is less neatly finished. The stone has been pecked and ground into this shape. A hole has been worked though the centre of the stone, and this is a characteristic "hourglass" shape that indicates that it was worked from both faces. The stone itself is a well consolidated sandstone containing what are probably angular feldspar and quartzit…
Created on: Monday 8th December 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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This findspot is known as 'Bridlington', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-499043
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic stone axe with the butt missing. The axe measures 98.4mm long, 54.8mm wide and 30.32mm thick. It is made of fine grained stone which is dark grey with occasional white (quartz?) particles and large red coloured particles. The axe has been formed by pecking and grinding. The section is a thick oval and the sides of the axe are almost parallel. The shape of the butt is uncertain. The cutting edge is blunt and battered. The axe fits into Manby's Class C, type 4 or 5 in his typology of Yorkshire axes (CBA research report no 67, eds. McK Clough and Cummins, 1988).
Created on: Wednesday 7th January 2009
Last updated: Sunday 29th April 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-09FC11
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic stone axe which is 58.8mm long, 47mm wide and 18.2mm thick. It is made from a fine grained smooth stone which is brown on the surface but cream coloured where it is damaged. The butt of the axe is missing and the edges are damaged. In section it is a rounded oval shape and in plan it tapers from the curved cutting edge towards the butt. There are very narrow straight facets along the sides. This axe was probably made by grinding the stone and it probably fits into Manby's class B. It weighs 65.09g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-DC6041
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rectangular block of hard, fine-grained, dark grey stone, probably used for honing blades. There are scratches and shallow grooves on all faces of the stone and one face has a more deeply incised transverse groove. It is 82.3mm in length, 24.5mm wide, and 25.2mm thick. It weighs 129.3gm. Hone stones have been used throughout history, but the regularity of this one suggests that is may have been machine cut, and so it is probably 19th or 20th century in date. It was lost before it was used very much, since no side is worn down into the hollow that is often seen. When cutting hay with…
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2009
Last updated: Friday 23rd March 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-150063
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic ground and polished stone axe. The axe is 79.44mm long, 85.31mm wide and 24.96mm thick. It has faceted sides which have been deliberately shaped and polished. There is a central notch in the butt. This may be intentionally shaped to aid hafting. There is evidence of use on the cutting edge, with some damage and some use wear. There are also post depositional scratches and some chips. No close parallel has been found because the axe is squatter than most examples. It weighs 378g. The stone is very fine grained and is purple brown in colour.
Created on: Monday 18th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
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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
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Record ID: SWYOR-E625E3
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small Neolithic, polished stone hand axe dating from c. 3500BC - 2100BC. This is very small in comparison with the norm, which probably indicates that it was a votive offering. It is 58.1mm long, 43.1mm wide and 19.9mm thick. It weighs 54.39gm. The axe is extensively damaged, with hardly any of the original polished surface surviving. It is visible only on one side facet and on part of one face. This makes the original shape of the axe difficult to determine. The stone is fine grained with conchoidal fractures and a greenish colour.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 21st May 2014
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