Record ID: HESH-750873
Object type: TOUCHSTONE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large piece of naturally shaped quartz crystal, possible associated with a scatter of finds of Iron Age date. The quartz piece is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and D shaped in cross section. It measures 43mm length, 25.4mm width, is 14.3mm thick, and weighs 20.6 grams. The upper domed face has a series of linear lines; these on first examination would appear to be carved. Daniel Locket (Curator of Natural Sciences for Shropshire County Museum Service) has examined the quartz and suggests that the lines present are due to the nature of the growth of the quartz crystal rather than huma…
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellesmere', grid reference and parish protected.