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Record ID: SUSS-34A407
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A struck flint flake with small amounts of retouch at the distal end. The flake is a tertiary piece with several arises on the dorsal face. In the centre of the ventral face is a large hole, part of a natural flaw in the flint. The piece has a large striking platform and appears to have been crudely struck using a hard hammer. The sides curve outwards before narrowing to a point. The point has been enhanced by some short, abrupt, parallel retouch on the distal end of the dorsal face. The flaw in the flint, however, and the unretouched, irregular sides, suggest this piece was not shape…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-2DED62
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A re-touched flint flake tool of probable Neolithic or Bronze Age date. At the proximal end, the flake retains a portion of the flat core platform. One of the vertical edges is straight, whilst the other is convex and irregular. The dorsal surface exhibits rippling and two vertical flake removal scars; the ventral surface has a clear bulb-of-percussion and rippling. There is one small area of abrupt re-touch on the convex edge, near to the distal end. The vertical edge also has a small area of abrupt re-touch. The flint is a transluscent orangey-brown colour. The tool measures 37…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bythorn', grid reference and parish protected.