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Record ID: NMS742
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Perforated Pebble Hammer (part of). Approx. half of perforated pebble of coarse grained pinkish quartzite (?recent break). Dimensions 52mm diameter x 18mm thick. The perforation is hour-glass shaped, from 24mm down to 9mm. Dating of perforated pebbles is difficult as they seem to occur from the Mesolithic to Bronze Age and are seldom found in context.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'FRING', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS1498
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Retouched blade with facetted and abraded platform and minor retouch at the distal end. Incipient white patina and spotty iron staining.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'RINGLAND', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS1967
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Perforated object, pebble hammer/ macehead. A small but complete example of a perforated 'pebble' (though in the present case the stone may be artificially shaped). The perforation is of the usual 'hour glass' shape shape, probably formed by pecking from both sides. Diameter of perforation 11-12mm. The stone is not the usually encountered quartzite but has dark, sometimes crystalline, specks in a buff matrix -probably a buff- and may be a glacial erratic or an improt from northern England. Few of these objects have been found in closed contexts and those that have seem to range from t…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 10th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'COLKIRK', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS2100
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Large circular core tablet (c.55mm diam) in pale grey flint with large coarse grained inclusions. Patinated and with some spotty iron staining. Possibly reused as a scraper. Mesolithic.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Sunday 3rd May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SNETTISHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS2101
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
In brown flint with incipient patination. Edges worn, struck from a single platform core. Mesolithic or early Neolithic.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Sunday 3rd May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SNETTISHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS1003
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Mesolithic tranchet axe or an Early Neolithic axehead roughout
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Friday 9th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WEST RUDHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS1004
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
?MESO/ENEO 2 blades
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WEST RUDHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS681
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Well-formed blade in dark grey flint, soft hammer struck (or punch) on abraded minimal platform. Snapped at distal end. Unpatinated.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LOUND', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-A77BE8
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Flint adze with tranchet edge, hit slightly to one side and retouched. It is worked all over and convex on both sides. The flint is very pale and creamy white in colour with some iron coloured staining. One of the convex sides is slightly flatter, and this side also has a smooth area (maybe coincidental) towards the tranchet edge.
Created on: Thursday 6th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Collingbourne Kingston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-F9D825
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic black flint core, tubular in shape and narrowing to a point at one end while the opposite end is the striking platform and smooth and flat. The entire surface has been struck longitudinally. The striking platform has also been struck and bears rippling scars. The flint is fresh in appearance with small yellowy spots. The striking platform is roughly 47mm by 42mm and the core is 62mm in height.
Created on: Thursday 22nd January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Dean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-FA5C53
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Mesolithic black flint core, fresh in appearance with a smooth flat underside and roughly hemispherical in shape. The striking platform is wide and has been struck several times. The rounded surface has been struck longitudinally all over. The length is c.65mm and the height is c.29mm. The width at the striking platform is c.53mm.
Created on: Thursday 22nd January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Dean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7855A2
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tiny flint blade, possibly Mesolithic or Neolithic in date. It is triangular in shape, measuring 18x8x3mm and weighing 0.42g. The flint is dark grey in colour, flat but curving on one face while the other has three facets. The edge is quite steeply worked, especially towards the point.
Created on: Monday 7th February 2005
Last updated: Friday 29th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-787556
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint flake, rectangular in shape and measuring 38.5x25.5x7mm and weighing 8.11g. The flake is grey in colour but the surface is almost entirely patinated. The underside is smooth and curving, while the other has four facets where it has been struck. The edges are jagged and possibly slightly worked. The bulb of percussion is obvious at one end.
Created on: Monday 7th February 2005
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-195990
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete perforated object, stone 'pebble' macehead, oval in shape with a central perforation slightly 'hour-glass' shaped and very smooth. The stone is speckled with a greenish-blue hue and several green blue fault lines running through it. It is probably Cornish or Welsh in origin. Measures 151x101x42 and weighs 945g (to nearest 5g). Similar to an example in Flint Implements (The British Museum 1968) from Marlborough in Wiltshire and dating to the Mesolithic (Plate X, no.7).
Created on: Friday 11th March 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durnford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-D2EE80
Object type: POINT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably Mesolithic oblique point or retouched flake, 23mm long, 9.5mm wide and 3.5mm max thick. It weighs 0.81g. The flint is dark brown in colour and delicately worked on one side, opposite to the oblique point.
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-D30EE5
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic core, 27.5mm in height with a oval-ish base 28x32mm. It weighs 17.56g. The flint is dark brown in colour with about 10% ?coretex/ ??patination.
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-B86544
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of four retouched flakes, found close together. They have been shaped into points. The group weigh collectively 3.29g. The largest measures 24x12x3mm, the smallest 18x11x1.5mm. Late Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.
Created on: Friday 6th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durnford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-DB5903
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly Neolithic/ Bronze Age retouched flake, measuring 25x14x4mm and weighing 1.39g. It has 100% patination and is worked along the right and left edges only.
Created on: Monday 13th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durnford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-DB7562
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic flake, 32x11.5x(max)3mm and weighing 1.17g. Several tiny flakes have been struck from its dorsal face, c.19mm long and 4mm wide. The left and right edges do not appear to have been worked but are incredibly sharp. The flint is browny grey and translucent.
Created on: Monday 13th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durnford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-4428D6
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable Mesolithic flint blade, 27x15x3.5mm and weighing 2.22g. Both long edges have been worked on the ventral face and there are two longitudinal scars on the ventral face. The distal end has a tiny amount of cortex, less than 5%. There is light patination over c.75% of the flint.
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2012
Spatial data recorded.