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Record ID: LVPL-C6A546
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An axe or axe shaped object made of soft chalk.
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Londesborough', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LVPL-C5D49A
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete polished stone axehead of Neolithic date (3450-2350 BC). The object is a greenstone axe head, Langdale type VI. The object is sub-rectangular in plan and a pointed oval in cross-section. The butt end of the object terminates with a worn break. The cutting edge is very worn on one side, possibly due to damage which occurred during antiquity which has since been worn down.
Dimensions:- 79.2mm in length, 51.9mm, in width, 25.4mm thick. The axehead measures 24mm in length from the start of taper to blade. Towards the butt end it measures 52mm from widest point to break po…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 12th December 2019
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Londesborough', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LVPL-1B5301
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete whetstone, dating to the early Medieval to Medieval period (c.AD 700-1400). The object is broadly triangular in plan tapering in width from the sub-oval pierced end to a rounded point. The wider end or top of the object is pierced with a circular perforation measuring 5mm in diameter. This appears to have been drilled from each face. It is likely that this hone would have been suspended around the neck by means of the hole at one terminal.
A fragment of the stone has broken away in recent times at the holed terminal end. Thin horizontal striations or scratches are vis…
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 20th December 2016
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Skirpenbeck', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LVPL-0869F7
Object type: PHALLIC OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible stone phallic object of uncertain date. The object is cylindrical and oval in cross-section and has the characteristics of a phallus. It is therefore, possibly a votive offering. The object appears to be complete and has a light brown patina.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2011
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2012
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Bishop Burton', grid reference and parish protected.
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