Record ID: HESH-710B45
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete flint blade of probable earlier Mesolithic date (6500BC - 4500BC). The flint blade is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and triangular (crested) in cross section. The striking platform and bulb of percussion are present on the upper of the ventral (lower) face. The lower (pointed) end shows evidence of retouch using a direct percussion from a hammerstone. One of the long edges also shows evidence of retouch, although this maybe an artificial artefact caused by movement in the ploughsoil. The flint is a mid creamy grey colour. This flint is likely to have come from a riverine or…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-694523
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five blades of varying lengths and thicknesses of later Mesolithic date (4000 -3000 BC). The sections of the blades vary, some are triangular (crested) whilst others are flatter lentoid shaped. All have multiple linear facets on the dorsal faces and conchoidal fractures on the ventral. Some are snapped, others still possess their bulbs of percussion / striking platforms. Some also have small areas of cortex present, suggesting they come from the outer surface of prepared cores. The majority of the blades are plough rolled and have thick white surface patinas. Some of the long edges ha…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2011
Last updated: Friday 12th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-669A34
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete worked flint, Mesolithic/Neolithic. Light grey flint with mid grey mottling and the start of white patination. Soft hammer bulb on ventral surface. Three longitudinal flake scars on dorsal surface. Right hand dorsal end has vertical flake removed. Length 43.46mm, width 12.2mm, thickness 4.5mm (c.7mm as curved), weight 2.08g. A very similar flint, although larger (length 68.4mm, width 14.1mm, thickness 6.0mm (as curved c.16mm), weight ) is in Derby Museum's collections, accession no. 1978-952/24, from Castle Pit Hill, Melbourne & said to be Mesolithic
Created on: Monday 1st August 2011
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Donnington', grid reference and parish protected.