Record ID: SOM-4AC733
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three blades/bladelet, comprising one parallel-sided prismatic (trapezoidal- to triangular cross-section) blade in mid greyish and brownish grey flint, with a small bulb of percussion and well-prepared platform edge – possibly the result of indirect percussion ; and two smaller, thinner and less regular bladelets (one secondary, with a fillet of thin worn nodule cortex along part of one margi; and broken, and lacking its distal end) both made in dark or mid-dark grey flint. All are unmodified, but there are small areas of post-depositional edge-damage. Unpatinated and in moderately…
Created on: Wednesday 1st April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 1st April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chewton Mendip CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1F4073
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The distal end of a flint scraper of Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age date. The piece is a secondary flake in black translucent flint with some cortex remaining on one side. There is an irregular snap at the proximal end. The aris and scars on the dorsal face suggest repeated blade removals from the same direction. There is invasive, parallel semi-abrupt retouch at the distal end on the dorsal face becoming shallower towards the centre. There is long, scalar semi-abrupt retouch down the right edge on the ventral face. This may suggest the piece was reused or had double use as a side and…
Created on: Friday 18th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Withycombe CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1F15C5
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One retouched flint blade of probably Mesolithic date. The blade is a tertiary piece with evidence in the form of aris and scars on the dorsal face for previous parallel removals from the same platform. There is a very small bub of percussion at the proximal end. The distal end is snapped at an angle. A notch adjacent to this snap suggests it was deliberate and part of the process of making microliths. It is made in mid grey opaque flint with pale mottling and 32.6mm long, 15.6mm wide, 4.7mm thick and weighs 2.36g.
Created on: Friday 18th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Withycombe CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1EE0AD
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One retouched flint blade of probably Mesolithic to early Neolithic date. The blade is a tertiary piece with evidence in the form of aris and scars on the dorsal face for previous parallel removals from the same platform. The platform and bulb of percussion have been removed by a hinge fracture at the proximal end running down the ventral face. The distal end is snapped. There is short scalar semi-abrupt retouch running down the entire left edge on the dorsal face and larger chips, probably damge on the right edge. It is made in mid grey-brown translucent flint and 53.3mm long, 18.8mm…
Created on: Friday 18th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Withycombe CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1E896A
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two pieces of flint debitage of Mesolithic to early Neolithic date. Both are pieces of snapped blades or flakes, one the distal end and possibly wide enough to have been a flake, the other is the centre of a long blade. Both show scars on the dorsal face from repeated previous blade like removals from the same platform. The distal end is a tertiary piece in dark grey / black flint and may have some chips from use at the end although no clear retouch. The middle bit of blade is a secondary piece with cortex down one side in mid-grey flint with paler mottling. They weigh 5.02g together.
Created on: Friday 18th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Withycombe CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-F4AFD4
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distal section of a tertiary flint blade, probably of Mesolithic date, c. 8300 to 3500 BC. The proximal end and the bulb of percussion are missing. The break is irregular with a hinge fracture and irregular breaks on the back; there are possible evidence of retouch on the front but it may be damage rather than deliberate breaking. There is a second retouched notch however about half the way down where the flint changes from translucent grey to opaque buff-grey. This notch is formed by short semi-parallel shallow to abrupt retouch and suggests the piece was being reworked to from micro…
Created on: Saturday 29th September 2018
Last updated: Sunday 30th September 2018
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Record ID: SOM-991ED3
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Knapped chert tertiary blade. Struck off prepared platform. Bulb of percussion at proximal end. Snap at distal end which may, or may not be deliberate. Triangular in section with aris on dorsal face from previous paralel removals from same platform. Chipping down edges but no definite retouch. The piece is 29.6mm long, 10.8mm wide and 4.2mm thick; it weighs 1.52 grams. the chert is very dark brown with paler mottling. Probably Mesolithic or possibly Early Neolithic in date, 10,000-3300 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 23rd March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-53216E
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Proximal end of a thin knapped flint blade with a large, deliberate notch, probably a precursor to being snapped to form a microlith of Mesolithic date, 9000-4000 BC. The piece has a very small bulb of percussion on the ventral face and two parallel aris running down the length of the dorsal face from previous parallel removals. The right edge (as seen from the dorsal face) is notched about half way along with abrupt retouch worked from the ventral face, the retouch extends towards the proximal end. The opposite edge has regularly spaced small chips from the distal face giving a serra…
Created on: Monday 20th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th February 2015
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Record ID: SOM-D36072
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Proximal end of a snapped knapped flint blade. Tertiary piece with a bulb of percussion and prominent bulb scar on the ventral face. Scars on the dorsal face from previous parallel removals form the same platform. The distal corners have small removals from them and it is possible the blade was delibreately notched and snapped although this is not certain from the remaining section. Very pale grey flint. 19.9mm long, 12.6mm wide and 2.7mm thick, it weighs 0.67 grams. Dating individual pieces of worked flint is always tentative but the style of working and suggestion of deliberate s…
Created on: Monday 21st July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milverton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F1FDB7
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distal end of a knapped flint core, roughly cylindrical with removals from one side only and natural cortex at the distal end and around the other side. There is a break at the proximal end that has removed the platform. The worked side shows evidence for long, parallel, relatively large (given the size of the piece), blade-like removals. It is 25.1mm long, 25.7mm wide and 20.0mm thick; it weighs 15.93g. The flint is mid grey with paler mottling. The thin, worn cortex with areas of impacted flint surface with little cortex suggest this is pebble flint. The repeated parallel blad…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
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Record ID: SOM-F1D096
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint core, roughly triangular in profile with evidence of double ended working. One end has been worked off a prepared platform which remains, the other, at 180 degrees, has worked off the distal end of the previous removals. Both has been used to remove small, parallel blade-like pieces. It is 34.4mm long, 25.5mm wide and 21.1mm thick; it weighs 20.14g. The flint is high quality and dark brown. The repeated parallel blade removals from two opposite ends suggest a later Mesolithic date, 7,000 to 4,000 BC.
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
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Record ID: SOM-F19101
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped chert end scraper made on a tertiary flake. There is part of the striking platform at the proximal end and a small bulb of percussion on the ventral face. The percussion has angled in slightly with a hinge at the distal end so the flake thickens and includes the point at the distal end of the core. There are multiple parallel aris running down the dorsal face fram previous blade like removals from the same platform. The sides are chipped, obscuring any retouch. Visible retouch extends around the distal end and is short, scalar and abrupt, becoming long and sub-parallel at one …
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
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Record ID: SOM-0DA383
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Three pieces of knapped chert debitage. One mid brown, two dark brown/black, all tertiary pieces, one complete and two the distal ends of longer blades. All appear to come from a blade core where regular long, parallel blades have been removed from the same direction. A1 is missing part of the distal end to a snap. A2 ends in a hinge fracture and has a possible area of short, semi-abrupt, scalar retouch along the middle part of the right edge on the ventral face. A3 is complete. These pieces suggest a fine blade industry in which pieces of blade are being utilised and possibly reto…
Created on: Monday 12th May 2014
Last updated: Thursday 5th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-BA8B25
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Eight pieces of flint debitage, several with possible retouch. Colours from opaque buff to dark grey-black including mottled pieces (possibly some from weathering). No primary, five secondary and three tertiary pieces. At least five (the top row plus piece photographed seperately) are the product of a blade industry showing parallel removals of fine, thin, narrow pieces off a prepared core. The first three plus the additional piece are broken sections of blades and the first two may have very short scalar semi-abrupt retouch down one edge. On A2 where the work is on the dorsal face th…
Created on: Thursday 8th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-8EB056
Object type: MICROBURIN
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint secondary blade with retouch creating two notches possibly as a preliminary to making a microlith. The proximal end, with the bulb of percussion, has already been removed, probably for the same purpose. The percussion ripploes remain on the ventral face thought the bulb is removed. It is broadly triangular in plan, thickening at the distal end, with aris running down the centre of the dorsal face and scars suggesting previous parallel blade removals from the same platform. There is a small patch (less than 5%) of cortex at the distal end. The edges are chipped all the…
Created on: Tuesday 6th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 9th August 2019
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Record ID: SOM-148947
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Mesolithic or early Neolithic chert blade, possibly a core refreshment flake. The piece has been struck off a core with part of the platform remaining at the proximal end. There is a prominent bulb and ripples on the ventral face. On the dorsal face aris and percussion ripples suggest previous parallel removals. It thickens at the distal end into a triangular piece, possible the tip of the core. It is a mid buff-orange chert. 42.1mm long, 17.2mm wide, 11.1mm thick and 6.06 grams in weight.
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2013
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Record ID: SOM-005B22
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three fragments of knapped flint tertiary blades of possibly Mesolithic to earlier Neolithic date. 1. Distal end of a small blade / bladelet. Clear percussion ripples on the ventral face and aris from previous parallel removals on the dorsal face. Straight snap at the proximal end. It is unclear if this is deliberate. Mid grey flint with pale mottling. 17.8mm long, 10.7mm wide and 2.7mm thick. It weighs 0.53g. 2. Middle section of a small blade / bladelet. Clear percussion ripples on the ventral face and aris are ripples from previous parallel removals in the same direction on th…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
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Record ID: SOM-FF1275
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The proximal end of a very small knapped flint tertiary blade retouched into a microlith of Mesolithic date. Clear bulb of percussion on the ventral face and platform at the proximal end. It is triangular with a central aris running down the centre of the dorsal face; this and ripple marks suggest previous parallel removals from the same platform. The distal end appears to have been shaped by retouch into a slight point. There is short, parallel, semi-abrupt retouch down the left edge (seen from the dorsal face) worked from the ventral face, becoming longer towards the distal end. It…
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 12th December 2012
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Record ID: SOM-FEB9F3
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two distal ends of knapped flint tertiary blades, probably of Mesolithic date. Parallel aris and ripple marks running down the dorsal faces suggest previous parallel removals from the same platform. One, in mid grey flint with a white patina, has an irregular break at the proximal end and a hinge fracture at the distal end, 0.55 grams. The other, in mid grey flint, is triangular in section, mid grey in colour with a hinged snap at the proximal end and chips down both edges, 0.66 grams.
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th October 2012
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Record ID: SOM-FE7BE3
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two central sections of knapped flint tertiary blades, probably of Mesolithic date. Parallel aris and ripple marks running down the dorsal faces suggest previous parallel removals from the same platform. On one the flint has developed a white patina that covers the straight snap at the proximal end. The snap at the distal end is more recent and reveals the flint is mid-grey. It is 32.4mm long, 13.2mm wide and 4.2mm thick; it weighs 2.08 grams. The second has an impact mark in the centre of the snap at the proximal end and a slightly irregular, partly hinged fracture at the distal end.…
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th October 2012
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