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Record ID: DENO-9A73D6
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric axe; Fragment of Neolithic polished stone axe. Shattered fragment of hard, green-grey stone with an area of the original surface remaining. This area shows the curved, highly polished surface of the axe, although the exact form cannot be determined from such a small piece.
Length 38.2mm, width 31.8mm, depth 9.1mm, weight 10.51g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DENO-04FB64
Object type: CORE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric flint core; Long core of opaque, white, cream and yellow flint. Quite abraded but showing evidence for flakes having been struck off on at least 2 sides. Of possible Palaeolithic date. Weight 107.9g, Length 73.57mm, Width 33.95mm, Thickness 34.48mm
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2016
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Record ID: CORN-8CC3C2
Object type: MACEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete doleritic greenstone cushion macehead or shafthole adze, oval in plan, tapering slightly towards one end, and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. Both ends have been worked to form an edge which could have been used for chopping as well as hammering. The implement has been worked from a beach cobble and would have been collected from the coast. It would have then been pecked and ground into shape and the central hole bored by using sand and a drill. The shaft is 30 mm in diameter and is circular in plan and has a slight 'hour-glass' shape in profile suggesting that it has…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-2D2D81
Object type: TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large slightly oval leather polishing stone.
Weight: 924g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Graffham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-328703
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kirklees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic polished flint axe. The axe is 152.2mm long, 62.6mm wide and 28mm thick. It weighs 338g. The axe is a tapering sub-rectangular shape and is ovoid in section with a flat facet at each end of the oval. The curved cutting edge is in good condition but there is some damage to the narrow end and a little of the end is missing. The damage at the haft end appears to be post depositional, but is not very recent, as the break is patinated. The axe patination in general is variable, the variations in colour being difference in patination rather than differences in the stone. The axe…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-467AB0
Object type: TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large sharpening stone, made from a hard sandstone or quartz. 516g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Slindon', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CORN-4BDCA1
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Half of the upper stone of a greisen rotary quern, semi-circular in plan and plano-convex in profile and section. The upper surface shows the remains of a central hopper or recess, and a wedge-shaped aperture at one end which was part of the socket for slotting a wooden handle into the stone quern. The handle would have allowed the upper section of the two-part quern to be rotated over the base section, with the grain between the two, so that it was ground into flour. The break beyond the socket, an obvious weak spot, looks more recent as it is not too abraded.
The diameter of the …
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-4C2AE3
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the lower stone of a weathered granite rotary quern with a central hole for a wooden spindle to hold it to the upper stone of the quern which would have also been perforated centrally. The spindle would have allowed the upper section of the two-part quern to be rotated over the base section, with the grain between the two, so that it was ground into flour. The upper stone is now broken into two pieces, and the larger piece is also pictured here. The diameter of the larger piece is about 290 mm and the height about 80 cm, and the diameter of the eye or hole about 30 mm.
T…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-4C36F3
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the upper stone of a greisen rotary quern, semi-circular in plan and plano-convex in profile and section. The upper surface shows the remains of a central hopper or recess, and a wedge-shaped aperture at one end which was part of the socket for slotting a wooden handle into the stone quern. The handle would have allowed the upper section of the two-part quern to be rotated over the base section, with the grain between the two, so that it was ground into flour. The break at one end of the fragment looks more recent as it is not too abraded.
This quern fragment was found …
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-9872C6
Object type: MULLER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete fine-grained granite elvan muller or rubbing stone and small saddle quern. The muller is sub-oval in plan, with one rounded end and one flat, where the edge is broken. This edge is not as abraded as the rest of the rubber, suggesting that the surface was exposed after the rubber was originally deposited, and is therefore a later break. The stone is flat on the side that was used for rubbing, and concave on the opposite face, where it was used instead as a base for grinding. The muller would have been used with a larger saddle quern to grind grain between the stones to make f…
Created on: Sunday 27th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-F4C747
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Half of the upper stone of a weathered granite rotary quern with a small central hole for a wooden spindle to hold it to the lower stone of the quern which would have also been perforated centrally. The spindle would have allowed the upper section of the two-part quern to be rotated over the base section, with the grain between the two, so that it was ground into flour. The diameter of the sotne is about 350 mm and the height about 70 cm, and the diameter of the eye or hole about 20 mm.
The granite is medium grained and has weathered so that its softer inclusions of felspars have wo…
Created on: Friday 1st June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-FCC827
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Neolithic polished stone axe. The fragment is a small part from the side of the axe, which is polished on the outer surface and rough on the inner. Both sides have a buff-cream coloured patination, as does one of the ends. The other end is a clean break exposing a greenish-blue core containing sporadic whitish grains <0.4mm in diameter.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-FCEAF8
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete whetstone. The stone is rectangular in cross section, measuring 54mm x 20mm x 7mm and tapers to 8mm x 14mm. Both ends are broken and sides of the whetstone are highly worn. The 'fibrous' structure of the this whetstone suggests that it is made from schist and is likely to imported.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-BE93E7
Object type: MORTAR (VESSEL)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Carved stone mortar of probable medieval or early post medieval date (1250- 1600 AD). The mortar is incomplete and broadly circular in plan and sub-rectangular in profile. It measures 370mm in diameter 200mm high and weighs 27 Kilograms.
The mortar itself has been carved from a single block of stone, probably either a coarse limestone or possibly a gritstone. The outer face of the mortar has a large number of small angular dish shaped peck marks present. These are most evident on the lower part of the outer edge and on the large rib shaped lugs. On the edge of the outer face of the …
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Madley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HESH-BEE631
Object type: ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Carved decorative architectural stone, probably a small section from a window or possibly a door frame of probable medieval or early post medieval date (1350- 1600 AD). The piece of carved limestone is broken at both ends but has been evenly dressed on three of the four faces. The fourth face has been decorated with a series of parallel vertical ribs which are broadly C shaped in cross-section. The fragment measures 190mm in length 240mm width, is 150mm deep. The fragment was not weighed.
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Created on: Friday 22nd June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-FC0576
Object type: ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Carved architectural element / corbel carved as a stone head of probable medieval date (1200 - 1550). The stone head is carved from a block of light yellow - cream coloured limestone or possibly a very fine grained sandstone. A small area has an orange coloured iron staining probably due to the nature of the burial environment. There are also a number of brown coloured areas of mortar adhering to the face of the carving. The stone head has been reused, but was at one point buried. It is currently mortared over a doorway of a brick barn, probably built in the 1850’s to the model farm …
Created on: Monday 25th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOM-B857F3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete polished stone axehead of probable Neolithic date. The axehead is 80.5mm long, 50.8mm wide with a maximum thickness of 22.8mm, being of thick-butted and elliptical cross-section. It weighs 134g. The axehead is of fine-grained sand-stone with a silicious cement and of chipped and ground manufacture. The source of the stone is possibly North Devon, the Quantocks or the Brendon Hills (pers. comm. Dennis Parsons). There are minimal signs of wear.
Created on: Wednesday 4th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'South Perrott', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUSS-210018
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small domestic whetstone, of unknown date (probably medieval). Due to the lack of context it is difficult to date this example, but an identical one can be seen the exhibition of objects found at the excavations of Corfe Castle (Dorset), they were used to sharpen knives and other blades.
The stone from which the whetstone has been carved is probably Quartzite. The stone has been chipped and ground into shape and has a chamfered edges.
It is rectangular in shape with a square butt end, the opposite terminal has a tapering end. At the butt end there is a hole through the stone.
Created on: Monday 9th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Ringmer', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LON-5E53D4
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval – Post Medieval stone whetstone (AD 1400 – 1750). The stone is an irregular rectangle in plan with both the large surfaces showing heavy polishing through use. There are transverse irregular grooves cutting across the polished surfaces. These may be scars caused by testing the sharpness of the blades, or caused by flaws in the stone, or they may indicate the stone was reused for another function after its use as a whetstone. The edges are very abraded which probably occurred post deposition. Along one side there is a large, shallow, vertical groove; this possible ac…
Created on: Thursday 12th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Putney', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-B4D616
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a polished stone axehaed of probable Neolithic date. The axehead is 49mm long, 37.3mm wide and 28.4mm thick and weighs 78g. The stone is probably a very finely-banded local sandstone but has characteristics of metamorphic rock, possibly a fine-grained gneiss, in which case it is not local (pers. comm. Dennis Parsons). There are minimal signs of surface wear.
Created on: Monday 16th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'South Perrott', grid reference and parish protected.
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