• Awl A piercing tool made of bone, antler wood, meta...
• Chape An example of a chape from ...
• Collared Urn The most widespread type of Bronze Age cinerary...
• Debitage The waste flakes and small chips produced when ...
• Denarius A Roman silver coin. A wide range of designs a...
• Fabricator A tool used to make other kinds of stone tools ...
• Inhumation A type of burial where an unburnt, complete...
• Quern A quern is an object made of hard stone used to...
• Urn A term used to describe any pottery vessel of m...

Have you come across an object on the site that you would like to know more about?

This section talks about some commonly found objects, both chance finds recorded by the Historic Environment Record, as well as objects found in museums.

Don't forget - you can contact each museum directly from every record page - just click on contact us for more information.

If you find an object of historical or archaeological importance whilst out walking, the Finds Liaison Officer, who works for the Portable Antiquities Scheme, might be interested to record it. You can contact him:

e-mail: david.williams@surreycc.gov.uk

Office: 01483 518771

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