Record ID: NARC-B9B6A2
Object type: URN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 1920s/30s Art-Deco urn (garden decoration) made from a conglomerate man-made material best termed as concrete. The object stands 230mm high, with an outer diameter of 185mm. The walls of the top of the piece are 32mm thick.The 'cup' is 80mm deep. The base has a diameter of 132mm. The object has been cast in concrete, probably mass produced in a mould. There are no tool or working marks that would be visible had it been carved or ground from stone, even a soft stone such as sandstone. On the inside edge of the urn is visible a small strip of iron embedded into the surface. T…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 4th September 2014
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Record ID: NARC-0E57A5
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Polished Stone axehead of Group 6 made of green Volcanic Tuff from the Langdale Pikes area, Cumbria. Dating to the early to mid Neolithic period (4000 - 2500 BC). Viewed in plan, the axehead is a symmetrical elongated teardrop form. The cutting edge is 51mm wide and is only very slightly curved. The axe is 115mm long and the but end is rounded and 25mm wide. One side has three facets created in teh grinding and smoothing process. The other side is much more rounded and worn, showing only two facets - one comtunuous rounded face on the main body of teh axe, and the other where the a…
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 15th May 2014
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Record ID: NARC-B59A45
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four fragments from possibly three seperate greisen rotary querns dating to the Romano-British period. The fragments are triangular in plan and wedge shaped in section. 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 greisen stone is coarse with prominent mica flakes with ragged edges up to 7 mm across and coarser quartz grains up to 10 mm across set in a finer matrix of quartz and mica with black tourmaline inclusions. The fine-grained inclusion i…
Created on: Friday 14th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 18th September 2013
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Record ID: NARC-D40182
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of drak brown stone with high percentage og quartzite and grit inclusions. Rectangular in section, and trapezoidal in plan due to the breaks, the lowers srface is uneven and broken, while the upper surface is smooth and slightly concave. The basic form of the upper surface and nature fo the stone suggest that this may be a fragment of quern stone of Roman date. Several quernstones can be found on this database for comparison.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 11th May 2012
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Record ID: NARC-CE63C6
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone axehead. Oval shaped in section, the rounded but and blade ends are missing. One side has laminated away, and a large section missing from approximately 50% of the opposite side. The widest edge is 62mm and the narrowest end is 46mm. It is 11mm thick and 102mm long. It weighs 154.6g. This is possibly a Graig Lwyd Group VII axe, due to the the white speckle on a blue-grey matrix that is typical of that rock type.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 11th May 2012
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Record ID: NARC-A65590
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a quern stone of Early Roman date. Roughly triangular in shape with a bevelled outer edge. the stone is pinkish in colour, with large quartzite grit inclusions.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th May 2012
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Record ID: NARC-D6DDF1
Object type: POUNDER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone (probably dolerite or epidiorite) pounder or hammer, bell-shaped in plan and profile, likely made from a natural cobble. The wider end of the stone appears to have been broken from its original form, but use has continued creating a smooth surface. The narrow end shows little sign of use and was probably only used for the hand to grip the tool. Ashbee (1996) illustrates a similar example from Halangy Down on St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, which he suggests might have been used as a limpet hammer or for pulverising grit for tempering potter's clay, or woodworking, (page 1…
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th May 2012
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Record ID: NARC-6F2B26
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete ground and polished Langdale axehead. Made from an Igneous green stone which is probably sourced from the Lake District, Cornwall or Wales. The side facets are polished. The butt end is broken away and the blade edge and one side are chipped,most likely caused post-depostion rather than ancient use-wear. One face is slightly flattened, while the opposite face has more deliberate flattening. The broken butt end is worn, suggesting an old break. Dr. Tom Brindle writes: "Grinding occurs after 4000 BC, so this axe is likely to have a date range of between 4000-2500 BC…
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012
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Record ID: NARC-ADEA83
Object type: STAMP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a roman object made from a white, fine grained soft stone which is probably steatite, more commonly known as soap stone. The object is rectangular in plan and square in section, with an hour-glass shape suggested by a narrowing of the central section. The front of the object is decorated with etched lines. There are four vertical lines, placed in two sets of two, on the upper ridge. The lower ridge has two horizontal lines with a cross within two vertical lines at the centre. This is typical of a Roman decorative style, particularly seen on cosmetic implements.The object stand…
Created on: Monday 9th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 24th October 2012
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Record ID: NARC-9ABEA0
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete small ground and polished Langdale axehead. Made from an Igneous green stone which has reddish-brown mottling and probably sourced from the Lake District, Cornwall or Wales. The side facets are polished. There is some damage to one side of the butt end, caused post-depostion rather than ancient use-wear. This is an example much smaller than usual, probably reworked from a larger axehead which was damaged. One edge and the blade is from the original larger axehead, and the opposite edge and rounded butt have been reshaped to acheive a symetrical finish. Dr. Tom Brindle …
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2011
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Record ID: NARC-8D0D58
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman tessera. Brown stone with dark layer showing in the section. 19mm x 20mm x 15mm. 12g..
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2011
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Record ID: NARC-8D0238
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman tessera. Brown stone with dark layer showing in the section. 20mm x 12mm x 12mm. 8.35g.
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2011
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Record ID: NARC-0D43C7
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A large quartzite hand axe of Palaeolithic date. Dr. Bill Boismeyer, of Northamptonshire Archaeology has seen the hand axe and has confirmed its Palaeolithic date. Dr. Nick Ashton of the British Museum has also commented, stating that quartzite handaxes are not common in Britain. He adds: "although in theory it could be British...As one of many possibilities, it resembles many of the handaxes from southern India. Unfortunately there's no easy way of telling from its shape or technology...quartzite is pretty ubiquitous across many parts of the globe". Images of the handaxe have ben…
Created on: Wednesday 14th September 2011
Last updated: Sunday 25th March 2012
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Record ID: NARC-AF2856
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Langdale greenstone axe. Mid to late Neolithic (2900-2100 BC). Polished stone axe head, sub-oval in section. The axe head would have originally been hafted and held in an organic haft or handle, which has since perished. The blade section is missing, and only approximaletly 3/4 of the axe is present here. The axe is grey-green in colour and is made from a fine-grained siliceous tuff. This spotted tuff is a sedimentary volcanic rock which was orignally deposited in water and is likely from the Great Langdale quarries in Cumbria. The sour…
Created on: Tuesday 5th October 2010
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2010
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Record ID: NARC-150873
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Carved stone head. The stone is a soft stone; likely a form of soap stone. the head is circular in plan and D-shaped in section. The reverse is convex and smooth, with scratch marks no doubt caused by its being on a gravel ground rather than through use of design. The head is small and broken off at the neck, suggesting that a body was originally included as part of the object. The forehead is decorated with a 'headband' created of a line of lozenge shapes, seperated by a horozontal groove and decorated with a circular depression withing each triangular segment. The eyes are lentoid…
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2011
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Record ID: NARC-E4B9B3
Object type: HONE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An end fragment of a sandstone hone stone. Deliberate horizontal scratched across three of the faces and also across the end culd be a decorative device, but are more likely to be a result of sharpening a small narrow object such as pins. Could be medieval in date, from the 15th century, but hones were also used well into the post-medieval period and so attributing a close date to this object is difficult.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 8th June 2010
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Record ID: NARC-14BC44
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A greenstone axe head. 'Egg-shaped' in section. Early Neolithic (3500 BC - 2500 BC). The tip is present only, broken off at 64mm and 35mm wide. The axe would have been hafted onto a wooden handle. The stone would have been ground into the basic shape and polished to give a smooth surface. Natural veins in the surface of the stone are now discoloured. The stone is a very light green when compared to other jadeite or greenstone axes of this period. This suggests that it is a greenstone found in the UK (there are greenstone belts found in the South-West of England)rather than imported fr…
Created on: Friday 5th March 2010
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
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Record ID: NARC-366EE7
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic stone axe. Made from a finely grained grey stone with high fossil content, this axe is meant for votive purposes rather than functional as a chopping tool. Oval in section with a thin but not sharp blade edge. Typical of Mid-late Neolithic votice axes. Its presence may well indicate Neolithic ritual activity in the area. However, interestingly, in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology, (Volume 4, Issue 1), Lesley and Roy Adkins state that "Finds of Neolithic axes are usually regarded primarily as evidence for Neolithic occupation in the area of the findspot. Neolithic axes fr…
Created on: Wednesday 30th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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