Record ID: WMID-64E514
Object type: MOULD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone possible mould, for an uncertain object, possibly a spear tip, possibly of Middle Bronze Age dating (2300 BC to 1500 BC). Around 25% of the possible stone mould is present, consisting of a triangular recess, with raised edges. The reverse is rounded with no signs of working. Breaks are present along the raised edges and at the base of the triangular recess. It measures 60.7 mm in length, 31.2 mm wide and 13.0 mm thick. It weighs 31.7 g. The stone is a fine grained probable sandstone. Light brown in colour, with a smooth surface.
Created on: Tuesday 18th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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Record ID: WMID-634A9A
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Coventry
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub rectangular, sandstone rock with ogham script inscribed down three of the four sides. The front and back sides are smooth. The rock is a dark grey colour and likely to be a shist type rock (metamorphic mudstone/shale). The incisions appear to have been done in a single action, not repeated. It measures 110 mm in length, 38 mm wide and 19 mm thick. It weighs 139 g. Katherine Forsyth (University of Glasgow) has confirmed that the markings are those of an ogham inscription. The script is that of an early style, most likely 5th to 6th Century but possibly as early as 4th Century. T…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2023
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Record ID: DENO-78C9B4
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone medieval carving (AD c. 1200 - c. 1500), missing a fragment from one corner (a relatively recent break) and fragments from the front (old breaks). The sculpture has been carved into a block of Birchover Sandstone in sunk relief. The left, right and bottom edges of the block project forward further than the figure depicted. The sculpture depicts a man tilting his head upwards and grinning. The sculpting is quite naive so it is difficult to discern exactly what he is wearing. He appears to be wearing a long striped doublet or cassock. Hanging from his neck is a po…
Created on: Friday 7th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 18th May 2017
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Record ID: LIN-CA6276
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic polished stone axehead (c.4000-2351BC). The axe is probably a Group VI axe from Langdale, Cumbria. The axe is sub-rectangular in plan and measures 94.95mm in length. It tapers from 46.71mm at the blade end to 23.02mm at the butt, and is 21.3mm in thickness. The axe weighs 130.78g. The blade and butt ends are rounded both in plan and in section, the blade end having lost its sharpness in antiquity. A small chip - presumably having occured in more recent times - is visible at one edge of the blade. This exposes mid-dark green interior. The axe is oval in section with side…
Created on: Friday 6th May 2016
Last updated: Monday 9th May 2016
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Record ID: DENO-B69D3A
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone Iron Age 'pillar stone' or stele dating to the fourth to first centuries BC. The pillar stone is broadly square in cross-section with slightly rounded corners. It tapers slightly towards its rounded top. The bottom surface of the pillar stone is covered with rectangular grids of small holes. The top half/third of the side faces are decorated with a continuous but irregular pattern of horizontal grooves, occasionally broken with a vertical groove or terminating altogether. Each face is decorated with a different set of carvings. Face 1 is decorated with a rectangular panel w…
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2016
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Record ID: WMID-49DD1B
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete unifacial quartzite handaxe, of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (400, 000 BC to 50, 000 BC). The quartzite handaxe has been struck from a pebble core. It has been worked unifacially (one side). Approximately 50% of the pebble has been worked. Two large flakes have been removed, to create the main shape, with a couple of smaller flakes removed from the right hand side to create a slightly serrated edge. It measures 102.1 mm in length, 58.5 mm wide and 33.1 mm thick. It weighs 314 g. The quartzite is a mid brown colour, with a couple of curved red veins.
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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