Record ID: WREX-16FEAA
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey banded chert, leaf shaped arrowhead, dating to the Neolithic period (c4000-2500BC). The object has been worked on both sides. Measurements: Length: 31.0mm; width: 17.5mm; thickness: 5.0mm; weight: 2.44g
Created on: Friday 12th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halkyn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-0CC4F7
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified stone object of unknown date, but is probably a spindle whorl. The object has been made from a piece of very fine grained stone (possible siltstone or mudstone) and has been carefully shaped and into a sub-circular shape. At the centre is a circular perforation with an internal diameter of 5.2mm. The outer edges of the object have been deliberately smoothed. It is possible that this may have been used as a spindle whorl. Length: 34.4mm; width: 30.7mm; thickness: 7.3mm; weight: 11.19g.
Created on: Friday 9th April 2021
Last updated: Saturday 10th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanynys', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-839D06
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Carved stone head, possibly from an ecclesiastical building of uncertain date, but likely to be from the later medieval period (c. 1100-1300AD). The stone is greyish sandstone and appears to represent the bust, possibly of an angel, with a stylised wing folded across the chest. The features of the face are quite crudely executed. The eyes are an oval shaped outline with a circular hole for the pupil. The nose is a simple crudely cut rectangle whilst the downturned mouth is a slot cut into the stone. It is unclear if the feature below the mouth opening is intended to represent a l…
Created on: Thursday 15th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Churchstoke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-788ECC
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged knapped, ground and polished axe head of probable later Neolithic date (2900-2100 BC). The axe is knapped from a mid grey volcanic tuff. Volcanic tuff is formed from compressed volcanic ash and is similar to flint in that it can be finely worked, ground and polished. The exact source of this axe is unknown however this type of rock is found in Britain and Ireland in a band that runs down the Irish Sea from the Lake District (the Langdale's source Group VI), County Antrim (Ireland), through North Wales (Graig Lwyd Group VII), and into Cornwall and Devon (Groups XVI and IV res…
Created on: Monday 17th June 2019
Last updated: Friday 21st June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-619DF0
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified slate object of unknown date, a possible spindle whorl. The object has been made from a piece of slate with a circular perforation at the centre (internal diameter: 6.53mm). The outer edges of the object have been deliberately smoothed. It is possible that this may have been used as a spindle whorl. Length: 43.5mm; width: 39.1mm; thickness: 6.22mm; weight: 15.54g
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 9th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whittington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-DF5695
Object type: CARVED STONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Limestone block of stone with circular cup marks on two sides, probably dating c. 2500-800BC. The stone itself is broadly shield shaped. On one side is a singular, neatly executed, circular cup mark. On the other side there are two conjoined circular cup marks, which are less well defined. Length: 41cm; width: 39cm; thickness: 19cm. Weight: unknown.
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Offa', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-DC1313
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone sub-spherical cannon ball made from a sedimentary stone. The object has a section missing. The size and weight would suggest a demi culverin of the Civil war period c. 1640-1700. Such dressed stone is commonly referred to as gunstone prior to the 17th century and were fired from smoothbore cannons. Diameter: 113mm; weight: 1431.9g (3.157Ib)
Created on: Monday 22nd October 2018
Last updated: Monday 22nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WREX-FA01F8
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible gaming piece or unfinished slate spindle whorl, of unknown date.The object is circular in plan with a small indentation at the centre on one side that appears to be the start of a drilled hole.The edges have clearly been carefully rubbed smooth. Diameter: 38.1mm; thickness: 5.7mm; weight: 15.3g
Created on: Monday 19th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-DC5D73
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Iron Age carved stone head.The head is carved from a single piece of limestone with a high quantity of shelly material within it.The face is tilted slightly to the left.It has distinctive lentoid eyes and a large wedge-shaped nose with a very simple slit mouth.The ears are also very simply carved.The back of the head is very smooth, although there appears to have been some attempt to create some form to the back of the head.The head has been truncated at the neck with a straight cut. ​The head has some lichen adhering. Height: 455mm; width: 267mm; thickness: 120mm.It …
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2017
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanfiar Dyffryn', grid reference and parish protected.