Record ID: BH-A166D8
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic carved stone axehead, probably of Cornish Greenstone. For a parallel on the PAS database, see IOW-8719D4. The implement is of oval section and expands in width gradually towards the cutting edge which is fairly blunt, possibly indicating that the tool was never finished. The surfaces of the tool are finely worked (probably polished), apart from at the narrow (haft) end, where the working is slightly more rough. The material is a fine-grained light grey sedimentary rock which has a slight greenish tinge. There is some minor damage to the surface, most of which appears to …
Created on: Friday 25th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Potton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-B2C4D4
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of quernstone made from a light pinkish-grey coarse-grained sedimenatry rock (possibly millstone grit). A similar quern fragment was found nearby - see PAS record no. BH-B2C4D4. The piece described here is darker in colour than BH-B2C4D4, and may have been burnt. Curwen suggests that small hand mills and rotary querns - the likely origin of this piece - probably came into use in the late Iron Age, continuining through the Roman period and possibly beyond (1937; pp. 137-151). The piece is irregular in shape but has flat upper and lower surfaces. It measures 59.9mm long, 51…
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sharnbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-B1F656
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub-triangular fragment of stone which probably formed part of a small rotary quern. According to the chronology proposed by E.C.Curwen (1937; pp. 137-151), such querns probably came into use in the late Iron Age, continuing in use throughout the Roman period and possibly beyond. The stone used is a coarse grained sedimentary rock of non-local origin (possibly millstone grit?). It has flat surfaces and a curved outer edge. It measures 89.3mm long, 74.2mm wide, 39.6mm thick and weighs 327.95g.
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sharnbrook', grid reference and parish protected.