Record ID: BERK-4191C1
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Late Mesolithic to Neolithic knapped flint tool. The flint is sub circular in plan with evidence of flake removal on both sides. In section the flint is almost plano-convex and although difficult to resolve from a photograph only, there does appear to be some suggestion of edge retouch. The function and date of the tool are difficult to determine but it is most likely upper Mesolithic to early Neolithic. Dimensions: length 48.2mm; width 26.73mm; weight 99.8g.
Created on: Friday 19th September 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-417375
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Red stone polished axe-type object with wear/strike marks on 'blade' tip. Provinence uncertain, could be natural, but non-local stone Dimensions: length 72.55mm; width 60.68mm; weight 206g
Created on: Friday 19th September 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-4F5216
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three Roman stone tesserae (AD 43-410). They are irregular trapezoids made from a hard white stone. Dimensions: 1. length 19.47mm; width 11.62mm; thickness 12.17mm; weight 4.79g 2. length 16.28mm; width 14.23mm; thickness 9.30mm; weight 4.49g 3. length 11.81mm; width 10.07mm; thickness 6.57mm; weight 1.23g
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Crendon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-281355
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Neolithic axe hammer (3500-2100BC) possibly made from epidotised greenstone from the Langdale Valley. The implement has a central perforation that is straight-sided (diameter: 33.28mm). Both upper and lower surfaces are flat with some traces of polishing. The hammer end is flat and oval with some wear damage. The tool then expands level with the perforation before tapering to form the axe blade Dimensions: length 178mm; width 104.66mm; thickness 61.98mm; weight >300g
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heather', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-D2D496
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Reading
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pebble tool made from a split quartzite cobble. The cobble has been systematically worked at the distal end and there is some edge damage. Mid-orange/brown Dimensions: length 109.98mm; width 50.84mm thickness 20.47mm; weight 142.42g
Created on: Friday 29th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Reading', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-BFC5A0
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone incomplete whetstone or burnisher of unknown period. The whetstone is triangular in plan with one corner missing. The other two corners are rounded and one side has been rubbed very smooth. The stone is dark grey and close grained. Dimensions: length: 20.77mm; width: 12.45mm; weight: 5.41g.
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Letcombe Regis', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-BFA648
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A broken perforated stone (probably Sarsen or quartzite) macehead (circa 8,300-4,500 BC). The macehead has been manufactured on an irregular pebble that is close-grained pink/light brown in colour and slightly 'quartzy'. The central perforation has been drilled from both sides creating an hour-glass shaped section. The macehead is broken across the perforation. Dimensions: diameter: 21.31mm; length: 69.11mm; weight: 58.30g.
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 3rd July 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-796456
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An earlier Neolithic stone polished axe head (3,500-2,500 BC). The axehead has a rounded lozenge-shaped cross-section which tapers from the curved cutting edge (width: 74.01mm) to the butt (width: 32.98mm). The axehead is made from a metamorphic rock, probably sourced from Oxfordshire, that has been polished. There are some flaws on the surfaces that have been partially polished out. Mid-pale grey with marbling, the axehead has been constructed so that the marbling extends along the length. Some modern damage. Dimensions: length 185.12mm; width 74.01mm; thickness 37.02mm; wei…
Created on: Monday 25th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton Courtenay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-DD8CB7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic stone miniature polished axehead (3500-2100BC). The axehead gently expands from the butt to the cutting edge and is lentoid in cross-section. It is now damaged and the butt and cutting edges are missing. Dimensions: length: 68.47mm; width: 41.17mm; thickness: 21.89mm; weight: 84.09g.
Created on: Monday 31st July 2006
Last updated: Friday 5th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Adderbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-CF5653
Object type: STOUP (BASIN)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval stone (sandstone) decorative carving, Professor Rosemary Cramp suggests it is a fragment of a holy water stoup or piscina(11th-12th century). The fragment is curved and includes the upper finished edge. The internal diameter of the complete object would have measured approximately 60mm and about 30 percent of the total diameter remains. The outer surface has been decorated with carved three-dimensional figures in high relief, the figures represent apostles or saintly figures. Fragments of two figures remain and they are different. Both are bearded with simple lentoid eyes an…
Created on: Monday 24th April 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 25th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-888FA5
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Neolithic polished stone axehead (3,500-2,100 BC). The remaining fragment comprises the butt which has been completely ground, although the surface has since been chipped through post depositional damage. The butt is thin and broad in that it does not taper to a point. Dimensions: length 36.72mm; width 38.85mm; thickness: 20.16mm; weight 33.96g
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drayton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: BERK-799470
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bracknell Forest
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two whetstones of possible Roman to Medieval date. One is rectangular and has been fashioned from a very fine-grained sandstone with mica inclusions. Dimensions: length 85mm; thickness 20mm (approx); weight 99.33g The second is flattened and sub-rounded pebble, possibly ironstone. Length 67mm; width 45mm; thickness 17mm; weight 141.49g
Created on: Monday 7th February 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2017
Spatial data recorded.