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Recorded by (obfuscated for security):0013EA168E00197F
Primary material:Stone
Broad period:POST MEDIEVAL

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Record ID: SF4690
Object type: PESTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cylindrical stone object, made from quartzite, 86 mm in diameter and 54 mm thick. Both of the circular faces are smoothly polished; one face also has a hole 23-25 mm in diameter and c. 25 mm deep drilled into it. For most of its depth this hole is straight-sided, but the top 8 mm or so flares outwards and is rough, as if it has fractured off. The outer walls of the cylinder have rough 'pecking' marks (resulting from shaping) that have not been polished away. This object was provisionally identified as prehistoric and shown to the Department of Prehistory and Early Europe at the Br…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 1st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK EDWARDSTONE', grid reference and parish protected.