Findspot - Prehistoric stone artefact

1 Found a few years before 1975 at Red Deeps, Griff, between the school and an abandoned diorite quarry. It is 18.5cm long, made from compact cemented siltstone, which is not a local rock but may have been a glacial erratic. This was probably a polishing stone, perhaps used to give the final surface to stone axes. Both rounded terminals show marks of percussion, so that it was obviously used as a double-ended hammer. There is a sharply cut V-shaped groove, 7cm long at one end. It is possibly of Bronze Age origin, but is unique in the W Midlands. It is possible that the object was connected with the production of Group XIV axe-hammers.
2 Drawing.