Record ID: NARC-376DE2
Object type: ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a limestone possible Architectural Fragment of Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1350-1750). The object is plano convex in section and slightly curved in plan and has simple decoration consisting of a central hollow forming two raised ridges. The back of the object is flat. Length: 83.96mm, Width: 50.51mm, Thickness: 32.34mm, Weight: 183.3g Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database: NLM-3A5730 and BERK-361D12.
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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Record ID: NARC-23DAD3
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone probable Whetstone of Bronze Age to Post-Medieval date (1000 BC - AD 1800). The object is a greenstone whetstone, sub-rectangular in plan, profile and section, the surfaces are smoothed. The dorsal and ventral faces are worn smooth and flat through use as a whetstone to sharpen metalwork. One end terminates in an abraded break and there is a chip in one side probably caused by agricultural machinery since deposition. the retmaining end is sub-square and flat.  Length: 109.83mm, Width: 23.83mm, Thickness: 20.23mm, Weight: 104.5g Jones …
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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Record ID: NARC-459276
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete chert Arrowhead of late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age date (2500-1500 BC). The arrowhead is formed on mottled dark grey chert. It is sub triangular in plan and bi-convex in section. the upper pointed end terminates in a transverse break. The proximal end has a pair of semi-circular notches forming a waisted section above the blunt proximal edge. Both dorsal end ventral surface have covering scaled flaking. Illustrations of similar arrowheads may be found in Butler's (2005) Prehistoric Flintwork, page 159, plate 66; also Edmonds' (1995) Stone T…
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2023
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Record ID: NARC-B6F239
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone Tessera of Roman date (AD 100-410). The object is an irregular trapezoid shape and is composed of a dark grey coarse-grained stone. One face of the object has some grooves. The object is broken with approximately 25% of the original object missing. Length: 30.12mm, Width: 32.14mm, Thickness: 17.52mm, Weight: 21.6g Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database: HAMP-8A7578, NARC-0DE9E7 and BERK-83AEA7
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th February 2023
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Record ID: NARC-7B47B7
Object type: HEARTHSTONE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of 6 Hearth stones of probable Iron Age to Medieval date (400 BC-AD 1800). The stones are sub-ovate, with cracking and pitting resulting in the partial loss of portions of some of the stones. The stones each have a fire blackened side. The stones are composed of metamorphic stone with a high quartz content. This sort of material is impossible to date without scientific analysis, and there is occupation evidence in this area from the Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman, Medieval and Post Medieval to modern period. Given that the stones were recovered from t…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2022
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Record ID: NARC-F61987
Object type: PLOUGH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete stone Plough Pebble of Early-Medieval to Medieval date (AD 900-1100). The object is ovate with one flattened end, and one rounded end. This is a 'plough pebble' which was used by being hammered into the sole plate of a wooden plough. The is probably quartzite and is light brown in colour. Height: 84.95mm, Width: 106.58mm, Thickness: 83.88mm, Weight: 1,103.00g A similar example can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database: NLM-C8C5B9, NARC-40442C and FAKL-2AF0D1 Dr. Kevin Leahy notes in FAKL-2AF0D: Plough pebbles are an interesting pheno…
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2022
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Record ID: NARC-F1CB16
Object type: ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone Architectural fragment of Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1250- 1700). The object is a piece of carved granite now in the form of an uneven V shape with a recessed inner portion. This is similar to carved stone niches. Height: 48.19mm, Width: 42.91mm, Thickness: 6.02mm, Weight: 30.6g
Created on: Thursday 7th April 2022
Last updated: Friday 29th April 2022
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Record ID: NARC-DA7135
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Whetstone of Bronze Age to Modern date (1000 BC- AD 1800). The object is composed of a fine-grained micaceous grey stone.  The object is sub-rectangular in plan and slightly convex in section/ The left- and right-hand edges have slight bevelling, there is a transverse break to one end, the opposing end is rounded. There are shallow notches/grooves in one of the flat surfaces, which are indicative of its use as a whetstone. Length: 48.19mm, Width: 30.87mm, Thickness: 11.74mm, Weight: 34.5g Jones and Taylor (2010) illustrate similar sandstone and …
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2022
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2022
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Record ID: NARC-D8B00C
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete whetstone of Bronze Age to Modern date (1000 BC- AD 1800). The object is composed of a fine-grained micaceous grey stone. The object is sub-rectangular in plan and slightly convex in section/ The left- and right-hand edges have slight bevelling, there is a transverse break to one end, the opposing end is rounded. In the centre of, and flanking the rounded end are notches/grooves. These are indicative of its use as a whetstone. Length: 28.99mm, Width: 35.20mm, Thickness: 8.09mm, Weight: 34.5g Jones and Taylor (2010) illustrate similar sandstone and siltstone wh…
Created on: Tuesday 11th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2022
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Record ID: NARC-DA5E94
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint Thumbnail Scraper of Neolithic date (3450-1500 BC). The lithic is sub-ovate in plan and bi-convex in section. The dorsal surface is slightly convex and has one negative scar. There is short parallel flaking and semi-abrupt retouch to all edges with the exception of the blunted proximal end. The ventral surface is slightly convex with shallow ripples of percussion emanating from the proximal end. There are shallow negative scars situated at the proximal end. The lithic retains no cortex and is therefore a tertiary flake. The flint is grey in colour. Leng…
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 8th October 2021
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Record ID: NARC-DA3E57
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete possible stone Cannon Ball of Late Medieval to Post Medieval date (AD 1450-1700). The object is sub-spherical and made from what appears to be igneous rock, perhaps granite. There is a small circular indentation at one end of the object. The object is the right size for a Falconet cannon. Falconets were invented in the late 15th century and were used throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. Diameter: 61.36mm, Weight: 276.8g
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 8th October 2021
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Record ID: NARC-DA2AF5
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Polished stone Axe of Neolithic date (3,450-2,100 BC). The lithic is a polished volcanic stone probably from the Langdale region. The lithic is sub-rectangular in plan, long and narrow with a slightly wider blade end and is bi-convex in section. The outer edges are bevelled/flattened. Both the blade and butt ends have multiple shallow negative scars along one edge, most likely cause post-depositionally. The stone is mid-brown/green in colour. Length: 115.11mm, Width (blade): 66.10mm, Width (butt): 37.58mm, Thickness: 31.39mm, Weight: 360.5g The object i…
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 8th October 2021
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Record ID: NARC-94B8CB
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete possible Whetstone of Uncertain date (AD 800 BC – AD 850). The object is composed of a compacted sandstone water rolled cobble; there is some indication of the presence of mica or other abrasive constituents in a sandy matrix. The object is sub-triangular with slightly convex sides. There is a recent removal scar at one end, at the opposing end of the same side is a circular concave depression. Length: 127.70mm, Width: 74.59mm, Thickness: 37.43mm, Weight: 402.2g Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database: BM-CFB553, SOM-A830D0 a…
Created on: Monday 10th May 2021
Last updated: Friday 4th June 2021
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Record ID: NARC-CEDEAF
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete stone possible Whetstone of Bronze Age date (2000-800 BC). The object is lozenge in section and ovate in plan. The upper surface is convex and the lower is predominantly flat. There is minor pecking to one end. The stone has a subtle green colour sand a gritty texture, probable sandstone. Length: 104.93mm, Width: 59.49mm, Thickness: 32.64mm, Weight: 277.70g
Created on: Wednesday 19th August 2020
Last updated: Friday 30th October 2020
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Record ID: NARC-AB3E05
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete stone object, possibly a loom weight for a warp weighted loom of Uncertain date (AD 1066-1500). The object is composed of fine grained sandstone, is roughly semi-circular in plan though it would have been sub-circular in form, the object has been broken across the midsection. The object retains an off centre perforation. The object has a convex upper and roughly flattened base. Loom weights were used to keep the vertical threads, or warp, tight on a loom during weaving while the horizontal thread, or weft, was passed through the warp. Length: 110.35mm, Width: …
Created on: Thursday 30th April 2020
Last updated: Friday 4th December 2020
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Record ID: NARC-4A1B95
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone perforated axe-hammer of late Neolithic to Bronze Age date (2500-1800 BC). The object is formed from a pecked and ground igneous rock. In plan the object is broadly sub-triangular, with sides which expand from a wide blade and narrows towards the now missing butt, the object terminates approximately 2/3 along its length sue to a transverse break. The upper and lower surfaces are flat and a small ovate perforation is retained which runs through the object with one side having a larger and more ovate aperture. The perforation runs at a 90 degree angle to t…
Created on: Friday 20th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 23rd March 2020
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Record ID: NARC-221FDD
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete polished stone Axehead of Neolithic date (3450-2350 BC). The object is sub-rectangular in plan and long and narrow with a slightly wider blade end and is bi-convex in section. The retained edges are slightly flattened. The lithic has two large negative scars on one face, and multiple small negative scars on the opposing face around the outer edges. The object is the blade end of an axehead and terminates in a transverse break. The object is a Langdale polished Axehead, called such due to the source of the raw material the axehead is made of. The Langdale tuff's in the…
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 18th September 2019
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Record ID: NARC-40442C
Object type: PLOUGH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone Plough Pebble of Medieval date (AD 800-1400). The object is sub-ovate with one flattened end, and one rounded pointed and tapering end. There is a negative scar at one end of the flattened section, most probably caused by post depositional processes, there is also a linear void in the rounded end. This is a 'plough pebble' which was used by being hammered into the sole plate of a wooden plough. The stone is red/salmon in colour and is probably quartzite. Length: 48.43mm, Diameter: 45.30mm, Weight: 98.10g A similar example can be seen on the Portable Ant…
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Friday 2nd August 2019
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Record ID: NARC-B5F28C
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone probable Whetstone of Bronze Age to Post-Medieval date (1000 BC - AD 1800). The object is a greenstone whetstone, sub-rectangular in plan, profile and section, the surfaces are smoothed. The dorsal and ventral faces are worn smooth and flat through use as a whetstone to sharpen metalwork. Both ends are worn and pitted through repeated percussion where the tool was also used as a hammer or pestle. The narrower proximal end has had the removal of a single flake from one edge but it looks as if it might be damage through use as a hammer. There is a chip in one side pro…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
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Record ID: NARC-9E5E75
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete possible stone Cannon Ball of Late Medieval to Post Medieval date (1640-1760). The object is sub-spherical and made from what appears to be igneous rock, perhaps granite. At 3 inches diameter, this ball has a suitable bore for a Saker or Minion cannon used in the Civil War between 1642 and 1651. Diameter: 76.59mm
Created on: Monday 1st July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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