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Record ID: NLM-AE2C6B
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone rubber. A water-rolled pebble with abundant black flecks to diameter 3mm, with one flattened sub-triangular surface. The object is of a size to fit snugly in the hand and may have been used for a grinding or polishing task using the flat face. The use of a probable Glacial Erratic for such purposes might be ascribed to Prehistory, or indeed any time up to the Viking Age, when the international supply of stone for specialist purposes was revived. Suggested date: Unknown, Neolithic to Early Medieval, 4000BC-AD850
Height: 42.5mm, Width: 49.2mm, Weight: 136.26gms
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'North Cockerington', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-0BCEFB
Object type: GEOLOGICAL SAMPLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A perforated stone which is probably a geological phenomenon rather than an archaeological one. It is a fine grained grey stone with sparse mica inclusions and occasional pockets of a dark grey soft and powdery material. The stone is oval in plan, with smooth and fairly flat faces and slightly rounded sides. It is water worn. In the centre is a sub-circular irregular hole right through the cobble. The hole has not been drilled - it is not circular, and the inside wall has vertical striations and ridges. These do not give a magnetic response despite some orange staining. The uneven insi…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Sunday 18th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-78D78A
Object type: LOOMWEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete stone object, possibly a loom weight for a warp weighted loom of uncertain date, probably Roman to Medieval. The weight, made from a fine grained light yellow stone, is a rounded cobble which is oval in plan. The edges are rounded. There is a sub-circular off-centre perforation of about 9mm diameter. Measurements are; length 67.2mm, width 51.8mm, thickness 45.4mm and weigh 154.50g.
Loom weights were used to keep the vertical threads, or warp, tight on a loom during weaving while the horizontal thread, or weft, was passed through the warp.
This object was fou…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-78C87B
Object type: LOOMWEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone object, possibly a loom weight for a warp weighted loom of uncertain date, probably Roman to Medieval. The weight, made from a fine grained light yellow stone, is roughly circular in plan though it is now very worn and has edge damage. The sides are irregular, but roughly rounded and angled. The smaller face is concave, and the larger face is uneven. There is a sub-circular off-centre perforation of about 7mm diameter. Measurements are; length 42.8mm, width 39.5mm, thickness 24.8mm and weight 51.39g.
Loom weights were used to keep the vertical thread…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-78BD72
Object type: LOOMWEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone object, possibly a loom weight for a warp weighted loom of uncertain date, probably Roman to Medieval. The weight, made from a fine grained light yellow stone, is roughly circular in plan though it is now very worn and has edge damage. The sides are irregular, but roughly straight, and the weight is thicker at one side than the other. There is a sub-circular off-centre perforation of about 6mm diameter. Measurements are; diameter 40.6mm, thickness 27.9mm and weight 55.45g.
Loom weights were used to keep the vertical threads, or warp, tight on a loom durin…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-78B071
Object type: LOOMWEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone object, possibly a loom weight for a warp weighted loom of uncertain date, probably Roman to Medieval. The weight, made from a fine grained light yellow stone, is roughly C shaped in plan , being broken across he central hole. It is now very worn and has edge damage. The sides are irregular, but roughly straight. One face is very flat, and the other is peaked. There is a sub-circular off-centre perforation of about 9mm diameter. Measurements are; length 51.1mm, width 44.9mm, thickness 18.8mm and weight 51.24g.
Loom weights were used to keep the verti…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-789911
Object type: LOOMWEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone object, possibly a loom weight for a warp weighted loom of uncertain date, probably Roman to Medieval. The weight, made from a fine grained light yellow stone, is roughly C shaped in plan because it has broken across the central hole and only half or less survives. The stone is now very worn and has edge damage. The sides are irregular, but roughly rounded, and the weight is thicker at one side than the other. There is a sub-circular off-centre perforation of about 12mm diameter. Measurements are; length 50.3mm, width 29.9mm, thickness 31.6mm and weig…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-787E40
Object type: LOOMWEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone object, possibly a loom weight for a warp weighted loom of uncertain date, probably Roman to Medieval. The weight, made from a fine grained light grey stone, is circular in plan though it has edge damage. The sides are curved and the faces are fairly flat. There is a sub-circular central perforation of about 10mm diameter. Measurements are; diameter 69.6mm, thickness 32.8mm and weight 178.73g.
Loom weights were used to keep the vertical threads, or warp, tight on a loom during weaving while the horizontal thread, or weft, was passed through the warp.
Thi…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-786F12
Object type: LOOMWEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone object, possibly a loom weight for a warp weighted loom of uncertain date, probably Roman to Medieval. The weight, made from a fine grained light yellow stone, is roughly C shaped in plan, probably originally circular but with half missing. It is now very worn and has edge damage. The sides are irregular, but roughly straight and angled. One face is flat and one is peaked. There is a sub-circular off-centre perforation of about 14mm diameter. Measurements are; length 77.7mm, width 49.0mm, thickness 29.5mm and weight 126.95g.
Loom weights were used to keep…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
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Record ID: WILT-E78465
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone object, a probable whetstone or hone stone of unknown date. The object is formed from a finely grained light brown stone with a few micaceous inclusions. It is rectangular, smooth, with rounded edges, as if manufactured, but has breaks at both ends, one at an angle to the whole block, the other a more or less straight break. It has clearly been used to sharpen different blades or other sharp objects. There is a deep, but narrow, longitudinal scar at one end of a long broad surface, suggesting repeated use to sharpen there, and a se…
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-1BBEBC
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone spindle whorl of unknown date.
Description: The object remains as just under half of the original object which would have been circular in plan and D-shaped in cross-section with an internal circular apparture measuring 16mm in diameter. The outside edge has an incised circumferential ring. The stone is pale grey.
Measurements: length: 68.5mm; width: 45.5mm; thickness: 13.3mm; weight: 31.96g
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: ESS-F0EDD7
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of stone, possibly a fragment of a quern, of Roman to medieval date, (c.43 AD - 1500 AD).
Description: The fragment is broadly triangular in plan and rectangular in cross-section. The longer, curved edge of the triangle shape suggests the outer edge of a quern stone, though this edge is very rough. The other edges are broken. One face is worked. On the worked face, there is a dished indentation whose curved edge is parallel to the line of the curved outer edge. This indentation is probably part of the central hollow of the lower stone of a quern. There is no …
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-A2AB89
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A waterworn and polished stone that may have been used as whetstone or hone stone, at an unknown date. The stone is broadly rectangular in pln and cross-section, though it is taller at one end, and that thcker end then tapers to a rounded point. The top and one side are flattened and there are faint striations, suggesting the stone may have been used. The other side is rougher and is probably natural. The base is smooth but undulating with some visible striations. The stone is fine textured and homogenous apart from the rougher face which has apparent inclusions of harder material that…
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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Record ID: LANCUM-4EF065
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone tool, possibly used as a scraper or whetstone. It is sub rectangular in shape but one of the long sides extends to form a point with the short side, the other short end is rounded. All four sides narrow to a point, which thus runs around the circumference of the object. It is not knapped but ground, the stone is possibly granite. It has an even brown patina with a granular appearance all over the surface. Dating this type of implement is difficult as whetstones were in use over a long period. An object with a similar 'bladed' side is PUBLIC-BD3717 and NLM-47EC…
Created on: Friday 3rd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-FCC52E
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete polished whetstone or hone stone of uncertain date.
The object is sub-triangular in plan and sub-rectangular in section. It is smooth and polished on each face and a series of linear scratches are visible on each side. The whetstone has been manufactured from very fine-grained, blue-grey stone.
Dimensions: Length 96.4mm; width 28.3mm; thickness 15.3mm; weight 64.24g
Dating of whetstones is difficult as they were used from the Bronze Age to modern times. Examples of similar whetstone which can be found on the PAS database are PUBLIC-09CFC5, PUBLIC-BD3717 and…
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
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Record ID: NLM-66CB9D
Object type: ROOF TILE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Reddish-buff fine grained micaceous or glittering Sandstone fragment, possibly broken from a stone roof tile; all edges broken. The finder kindly notes marks on both flat sides: on the greyer side these comprise a long cross with rays projecting from its angles beside its longer bar; a similar cross with a single supplementary stroke appears on the redder side as well. The dating and significance of the markings is very uncertain, though the use of stone roof tiles might be expected from the Roman period onwards, their supply presumably depending on transport along the River Trent. Sug…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2023
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This findspot is known as 'North Ewster', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: ESS-9AFE73
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of five perforated stone objects, consisting of three flat, possibly utilised as weights or pendants, one conical, possibly a spindle whorl, and one spherical, a fossilised sponge possibly utilised as a bead, all of unknown date.
Flat objects
Description:
No.1: The object is is irregular, but broadly triangular in plan and broadly flat with rounded edges. It is perforated, likely drilled, near its edge with a circular perforation with an internal diameter of 4.2mm. The perforation has circular central ridge running around its circumference suggesting…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Holland-on-Sea', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: OXON-4B8C79
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone object possibly representing a strap fitting of unknown date.
The object is broadly rectangular in shape having a rectangular frame and loop with uneven edges. One long edge extends beyond the narrow edges with slight protrusions. This edge is also wider than the rest of the frame. The object is an off white colour.
The object is 22.4mm long, 13.3mm wide, 4.9mm thick and weighs 4.70 grams.
This object's purpose is uncertain although it shares forms with strap slides of multiple period such as , SWYOR-73FBA2, SUSS-6749E3 and DOR-8F809C or alternat…
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 10th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D432F7
Object type: TALLY
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
“Tally stone”, marked on a water worn pebble of mid-grey slightly banded, fine grained siltstone, in good sunlight, very, very fine specks of mica are visible within the stone. The twenty tallies are cut in to the lateral edge on the straighter of the two sides, they are a V cut with either a file (or similar) or cut with a sharp blade, the edges of which have rounded off slightly over the years and they appear to be a non-recent addition to the surface of the stone. The uppermost incision is 2.31 mm apart (measured from the deepest part of the cut to the next dee…
Created on: Tuesday 11th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2023
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Record ID: ESS-BE7117
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete whetstone or honestone of unknown date.
Description: The object made from dark grey stone. It is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular and in profile. One side is flat and the other side curves down to the thin end from about half way along the length. The butt has a V-shaped slot.
Measurements: Length: 107.5mm long, 33.2mm wide, 17.7mm thick (at the butt), weight 112.96g.
Created on: Monday 10th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 18th July 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C75227
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a limestone circular object, possible from a rotary quern stone or weight of uncertain date. The object is greyish-lime with buff fleck and contains a fossil. The stone has some incised lines nearby the circular off-centre aperture (diameter 8.83 mm) possibly for turning. Equally, the object may have been used as a weight e.g fishing net weight.
The outer edge diameter is 73.01 mm, thickness is 11.44 mm, and the weight 80.74g.
Created on: Friday 16th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Near Rolleston', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: NMS-C2C3CC
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of lava quern of unknown date, with apparently no original edge present. One face is rough and the other worn smooth with the tooled grooves scarcely visible. Thickness 35 – 40mm, weight 744g. Roman or Middle Saxon to medieval.
Find spot falls with Square B5 of gridded survey of Hill Field conducted in 1990 and 2004-5, see file in HER.
Created on: Sunday 16th April 2023
Last updated: Sunday 16th April 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-35519E
Object type: GEOLOGICAL SAMPLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of white and grey banded sedimentary stone of unknown date, recorded because it is exotic to the area. It is soft and fine grained, chalky in feel, with a laminated structure. The edges are weathered, revealing the strata. It has formed a triangular shape, but does not appear to have been intentionally worked. It is 99.7mm long, 23.4mm wide and 16.2mm thick. 40.3g.
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 7th April 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-343979
Object type: GEOLOGICAL SAMPLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A waterworn stone pebble of quartzite with distinctive natural markings in the form of dark bands across the stone at right angles. The pebble is natural, but exotic to the location where it was found. It was probably brought to the site by human activity. The rounded stone is a yellow grey colour. Stephen Poole (geologist) describes the dark lines as caused by fluid getting into the bedding plane lines. The stone is eyecatching and was probably intentionally selected and placed, though at what date is unknown. It was found about 30m from a bowl barrow. It is 68.6mm long, 52.5mm wide a…
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 7th April 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-9E0464
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete light white brown quartz stone cobble possible polisher or rubber of uncertain date, probably Iron Age to Medieval, c. 800 BC - AD 1000. The object is an oval-ended pebble with a flattened and polished edge. An irregular break is present to one end of the stone.
The object is 71.3mm long, 52.7mm wide, 58.9mm thick and weighs 294g.
A similar example recorded on the PAS database as LIN-273AA4 states that the use of various erratic stones as improvised rubbers, polishers, grinders and sharpeners was common from Prehistory through to the end of the Early Medieval period.
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: YORYM-9DF987
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete red/brown stone cobble possible polisher or rubber of uncertain date, probably Iron Age to Medieval, c. 800 BC - AD 1000. The object is an oval-ended pebble with a flattened and polished edge.
The object is 51.7mm long, 39.1mm wide, 34.8mm thick and weighs 89.5g.
A similar example recorded on the PAS database as LIN-273AA4 states that the use of various erratic stones as improvised rubbers, polishers, grinders and sharpeners was common from Prehistory through to the end of the Early Medieval period.
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: YORYM-9DBC17
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possibly complete stone object, possibly a whetstone or hone of uncertain date. The object is formed from a finely grained light brown stone, with a sub-rectangular plan and section. The surfaces are smoothed and the edges and corners rounded suggesting it may have been used as a whetstone or similar.
The object is 44.9mm long, 19mm wide, 15.1mm thick and weighs 25.5g.
It is extremely difficult to date whetstones accurately without any supporting contextual evidence. This object was found in an area of known Early-Medieval activity, a similar date therefore cannot be ruled out.
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CORN-B7EE7F
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete perforated object made of stone, possibly a mace head or quern stone dating from the Mesolithic to Medieval periods (c. 9000 BC - AD 1066).
The object is crescent shaped in plan with a central perforation which is hourglass in section, indicating that the stone has been worked on both sides. It is probable that the object was sub-circular or sub-oval in plan when complete. It is sub-oval in cross-section.
The stone is light brown-grey in colour with some areas of white, possible quartz, present.
Measurements: Length, 70.62mm; Width, 68.44…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 17th March 2023
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Record ID: WAW-CF9479
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible whetstone of unknown date, dating from the Bronze Age to the Modern period (c. 1800 BC - AD 1900).
The stone has a hardness in excess of 5.5 on the Mohs scale. It has a dull lustre and is a greyish brown in colour. It is triangular in plan and rectangular in cross section. It is 60.77mm long and starts at 37.43mm wide at the wider end and tapers to 9.21mm wide just before the rounded point at the other end. The stone is fairly smooth and there are a number of more regular grooves, suggesting potential use as a whetstone, alongside chips and other si…
Created on: Friday 3rd February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-FC3DB5
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An elongated whetstone, of sub-square section with both ends either broken or left unworked from the natural piece of slightly banded schist stone this was ground from, all four sides appear to have been used to sharpen knives, sickles etc. and are quite smooth to the touch. There are rusty iron scrapes to the surfaces from contact with agricultural machinery and recent surface losses in places, now showing a lighter colour to the original surfaces.
The age of this is whetstone is difficult to establish, schist has been used at least since the Early Saxon period, most not…
Created on: Monday 31st October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-DE8E86
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Near spherical bead of unknown date, probably made of stone. It has a circular perforation passing through it with straight tapering sides and a larger opening at one end than the other. The stone is pale yellowish-brown with patches of darker yellowish-brown. Undecorated beads are difficult to date. It is probably not prehistoric as those tend to have a perforation that is hourglass-shaped in profile.
Length (measured along perforation): 14.9mm. Diameter (perpendicular to perforation): 14.7mm. Diameter of perforation (large end): 5.2mm, (small end): 4.1mm. Weight. 3.8g
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2022
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Record ID: NLM-4ABE9C
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Basalt whetstone, hole drilled though its middle, but drilled from both sides. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Early Medieval, 43-1000
Length: 57.4mm, Width: 12.1mm, Thickness: 10.1mm, Weight: 10.74gms
Created on: Tuesday 23rd August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2022
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Record ID: WAW-BAC34E
Object type: POT BOILER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of fire-cracked stone or possible 'pot boiler' of unknown exact date. The fragment is roughly pyramidal in shape with a thick and two thinner layers of quartzite between a hard, reddish, fine-grained stone. The thick quartzite layer shows clear cracking caused by heat.
It is possible this stone was used in the heating of large quantities of water or was in the formation of a hearth. The stone has been found in an area with lithic implements and ceramic vessels dating to the Mesolithic to Medieval periods, thus a similar date has been applied.
The o…
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A35309
Object type: GEOLOGICAL SAMPLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of stone or lead ore (galena), probably from a lead mining operation of uncertain date, Roman to Medieval, AD 43 - 1600. It is from an area where there was Roman lead mining, but it could also have been extracted at a later date. It is hard and fine grained, dark grey in patches on the surface, and light grey in other areas. There are small angular clear quartz inclusions embedded in the matrix. The sample is 47.4mm long; 29.3mm wide and 21mm thick. It weighs 101.05g.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
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Record ID: DYFED-C2B41C
Object type: MARBLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Object is a complete stone marble of unknown date but could possibly date from the Roman to the Medieval Period. It is completely spherical, and has a smooth surface with a white/light grey patina.
The object weighs 3.2g, and is 13.98mm in diameter.
Created on: Monday 11th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2022
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This findspot is known as 'Llansantffraed', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: KENT-BE0E75
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete sandstone whetstone.
Description
Fine-grained compacted sandstone whetstone. A short bar hone of originally rectangular section, all four sides of the central section are now slightly concave through heavy wear. The flat ends suggest that the object is complete. Objects of this type have a broad date range from Roman to the post medieval.
Dimensions
Length: 99mm, width: 47mm, thickness: 23mm, weight: 199g
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Created on: Friday 29th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 8th September 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-82B295
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete stone weight of uncertain date. The chalk has been shaped into a oval with a single pierced hole at one apex (the hole widens through the item, diameter 10mm on one surface and 15mm on the other surface). The pierced hole shows no sign of wear. Stone weights are very difficult to date unless found in association with other archaeological finds or remains, as the form changed little from prehistory until the post medieval period.
Created on: Thursday 14th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 14th April 2022
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Record ID: WAW-43E949
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone spindle whorl of uncertain exact date (c. AD 43-1700). The object is circular in plan and flat on both faces with a central perforation. Part of the edge on one face has broken away in antiquity.
Comparable examples recorded on the PAS database include LVPL-6445F8, LVPL-AABBA5 and GAT-200597.
The overall dimenions are as follows: 38.22mm in diameter, 7.66mm in thickness and 18.80g in weight.
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-ABAE2B
Object type: CARVED STONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two joining pieces of carved sandstone that form a humanoid face, of unknown date, possibly Iron Age to Medieval, 800 BC - AD 1500. There are also 5 additional chips of the same stone which may also be associated, but which do not display any working and do not appear to have any finished surfaces.
The head has a flat face, and an uneven but mainly flat reverse, with straight sides, making it rectangular in cross-section. The lower face is missing owing to the stone being broken, and the face is broken into two pieces down the left side of the nose (as viewed). The break is weat…
Created on: Monday 4th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 7th April 2022
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Record ID: KENT-43416C
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fossilised sponge possibly utilised as a bead during an unknown date period.
Description: The bead is irregularly spherical with flattened top and bottom through which an even perforation has occurred. It has an mottled beige to light brown colour
Measurements: diameter: 15.7mm; height: 13mm; weight: 3.5g
Discussion: These fossilised sponge are mostly the Late Cretaceous species Porosphaera globularis, with the perforation forming naturally. Their use as beads outside of archaeological contexts is almost impossible to posit (Riguad et al 2008). Though examples clearl…
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