Mctapmonkey Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 This is something I picked up in Panshanger Park, just outside Hertford (the original one in UK). The site is a former gravel extraction pit now converted into a nature reserve, although the item came off a maintained path with what could well be an imported stone surface. Any Ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Can we have s picture of the top? “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mctapmonkey Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 I hope these help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, Mctapmonkey said: I hope these help This is a complete guess, but it looks shaped. Maybe it's the center of a large (maybe water?) wheel, the top is where it connects to the axial rod, and the little holes are where the spokes connect. This is a guess, and someone skilled in the matter will need to verify, maybe a local museum or historical society. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 It looks like a fossil sponge preserved in flint. 4 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Or maybe I'm completely wrong. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 @abyssunder may have it. This looks somewhat similar to the Prasopora I've found in Ordovician layers (not implying this piece is Ordovician). ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Agree with sponge. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 10 minutes ago, abyssunder said: It looks like a fossil sponge preserved in flint. BAM! Spot on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 The posted by me one (was on online sale) is from Braintree, Essex, UK, and was found in flint gravels eroded from the Chalk during the Ice Age, as the seller said. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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