The site will be unavailable between approximately 8am and 8.30am on the 14th of July, 2022 for essential maintenance. We apologise for any inconvenience.

The British Museum

x
The Scheme's logo
PAS-C16B14: Water Newton: Neolithic flint

Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License:

View Zoom Download

Image use policy

Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).

LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: PAS-C16B14

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

A Neolithic flint implement that has been broken in antiquity and displays signs of retouching on one edge.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Retained by the finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: 3500 BC
Date to: 2100 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 3 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th August 2007 - Saturday 18th August 2007

Rally details.

This object was found at Water Newton I

Personal details

This information is restricted for your access level.

Other reference numbers

Other reference: 6216

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Water Newton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL1295
Four figure Latitude: 52.541347
Four figure longitude: -0.349975
1:25K map: TL1295
1:10K map: TL19NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
Discovery circumstances: Found at the Water Newton rally
Current location: Retained by the finder
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

Similar objects

Find number: PUBLIC-2B7B02
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broadperiod: NEOLITHIC
Lithic implement, possibly an oblique arrowhead with Y-shaped outline. As viewed from dorsal face the right hand tang has been broken off and…
Workflow: PublishedFind published

Find number: SUSS-1B115B
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broadperiod: NEOLITHIC
A flint knapped end scraper combing with it a Denticulate and a possible serrated edge, probably dating from the later Mesolithic to Neolithi…
Workflow: PublishedFind published

Find number: LEIC-F88E04
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broadperiod: NEOLITHIC
3 Neolithic flint implements, 1 Mesolithic flint implement and 3 undated retouched flint pieces all found in the same area. Top to bottom,…
Workflow: PublishedFind published

Timeline of associated dates

Audit data

Recording Institution: PAS
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

Other formats: this page is available as qrcode json xml geojson pdf rdf representations.