Record ID: IOW-E95389
Object type: PICK
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Late Mesolithic or Early Neolithic flint implement, probably a pick (c. 6500 BC-c. 3500 BC). This implement, made on an elongated pebble, is sub-triangular in plan and sub-circular in cross-section. About 60% of the cortex is retained and has multi-directional flake removals. The cortex at the front (first image) is pitted and battered indicating that it was also used as a hammerstone. The butt is slightly oblique and has several small removals. The point has cortex on one side and has been flaked on the opposite side. The back has a large natural fracture and is mainl…
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-B1FED7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic stone axehead (4000 BC-2351 BC) This axehead is sub-triangular in plan and mainly oval in cross-section. From the rounded butt, the sides flare evenly to the asymmetrical cutting edge. It has been pecked and is polished on both faces near the cutting edge. At the butt end it is almost circular in cross-section and mid-way along its length it is oval in cross-section. Close to the cutting edge, where it is polished, it is pointed oval in cross-section. The axehead is greyish green and the polished area has two creamy veins. It also has ferruginous ‘streaks…
Created on: Friday 24th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-233047
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Neolithic stone axehead (4000 BC-2351 BC). A surface find in the inter-tidal zone at the foot of cliff slopes.
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2019
Last updated: Friday 4th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-6D751D
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic polished flint axehead (4000 BC-2351 BC). About 60% of the implement survives. The cutting edge is missing due to an old transverse break. In plan the butt is rounded and the sides flare to the break where it is pointed-oval in cross-section. In side view it is sub-rectangular but pointed at the butt end. Although the axehead has been polished, much of the flaking can be seen. A large flake scar near the break may have been created when it was broken. This axehead is orange and mid-brown in places with some small off-white areas. Length: 105.0mm; wi…
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 29th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-FFA1D9
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Neolithic flint implement, a leaf-shaped arrowhead or projectile point (4000 BC-2351 BC). This implement is leaf-shaped or drop-shaped in plan, roughly 'D'-shaped in cross-section and flat on the ventral face. It has been made on a flake but the striking platform and bulb of percussion are not present but were near the tip. The dorsal face has multiple flake scars overall and has been retouched around the edges. These removals are largely semi-abrupt, short and parallel. There is a small area of whitish cortex close to the distal end. The ventral face is flat with low re…
Created on: Friday 23rd August 2019
Last updated: Monday 26th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-1A0FA4
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint implement, possibly an oblique arrowhead of the Late Neolithic period (2700-2351 ). This semi-translucent implement is sub-triangular in plan and cross-section. The dorsal face has been retouched along the right edge and the removals are long, semi-abrupt and stepped. The ventral face has been retouched along the right edge and the removals are low angled, short and stepped. The flint is light grey and cream with no cortex. Length: 35.0mm; width: 21.4mm; thickness: 5.1mm. Weight: 3.53g.
Created on: Monday 12th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: IOW-AAE314
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Neolithic or early Bronze Age flint scraper (c. 4000 BC-c. 1601 BC). This scraper is sub-square in plan, sub-triangular in cross-section and has been made on a secondary flake with a vestigial striking platform. The dorsal face has two major flake scars and a small portion of buff cortex. The edge has been retouched at the distal end and along the left side. The removals are short, parallel and abrupt. The ventral face has a bulbar scar and low relief ripples. This flint is grey with creamy mottling and has a reddish hue. Length: 47.6mm; width: 43.6mm; thickness: 1…
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-D8ACD2
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic polished stone axehead (4000 BC-2351 BC). This axehead is made from a metamorphic stone with a high silicate content. This is the butt end which has a transverse break and tapers from the break towards the pointed rounded end. It is pointed oval in cross-section. The axehead has a smooth polished surface and is dark brown with lighter brown bands. The break is worn. Length: 80.7mm; width: 64.2mm; thickness: 27.6mm. Weight: 175.56g.
Created on: Sunday 28th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 27th August 2019
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Record ID: IOW-070079
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint horseshoe scraper (c. 2700 BC-c. 1601 BC). This implement is roughly triangular in plan and cross-section. It has been made on a secondary flake and has no striking platform. One edge is almost vertical and its junction with the cortex has been battered, possibly to make it more comfortable for handling. The dorsal face has about 50% cortex. A small node on the cortex has also been battered and there is a large flake scar with ripples. Retouch extends from level with the node to the lower edge of the lower part of the scar where t…
Created on: Saturday 6th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 8th July 2019
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Record ID: IOW-0640CB
Object type: BORER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic or Bronze Age flint implement, probably a borer (c. 4000 BC-c. 1601 BC). The point is missing. This implement is sub-triangular in plan and roughly lozenge-shaped in cross-section. The curved base rises evenly to the maximum width and then abruptly tapers to small transverse break. There is some rough battering on one face, just below the break and along one edge as far as the maximum width. Length: 32.3mm; width: 29.0mm; thickness: 6.0mm. Weight: 6.53g.
Created on: Saturday 6th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th July 2019
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Record ID: IOW-0C8F94
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint 'thumbnail' scraper (c. 2700 BC-c. 1601 BC). This scraper has been made on a tertiary flake. It is sub-circular in plan and pointed oval in side view and has a striking platform. The dorsal face has long, parallel and sub-parallel removals which are semi-abrupt at the sides and abrupt at the distal end. The arrises are sharp. The ventral face has a low relief bulb of percussion and also a bulbar scar. There are no conchoidal ripples. The scraper is off-white with some iron staining. Length: 33.4mm; width: 28.0mm; thickness: …
Created on: Wednesday 12th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 12th June 2019
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Record ID: IOW-97E95B
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete Neolithic stone adze (4000 BC-2351 BC). This adze is sub-triangular in plan and an elongated 'D'-shape in side view. The front (dorsal) face is convex and the rear (ventral) face is flat. From the butt, the sides flare evenly to the curved cutting edge. The lower part of the ventral faces curves inwards towards the cutting edge. The dorsal face is regularly pitted and the ventral face is very smooth. The surface is green with a reddish hue but with a darker area close to the butt on the ventral face. Slight damage on the dorsal face has revealed that the colou…
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th June 2019
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Record ID: IOW-3B87BD
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flint adze (4000 BC-2351 BC). This adze is an elongated sub-oval shape in plan and is wider at the cutting edge than at the butt end. It is crested in cross-section but the ventral face is convex. Both faces are knapped overall except for a brown area on the ventral face which is cortex. A break has occurred on the ventral face close to the cutting edge and the butt end has been remodelled. The patina on both faces varies from off-white to orange. The patina on the break and the remodelled area is greyish. Length: 134.6mm; width: 47.4mm; thickness: 32.0mm. Weight:…
Created on: Sunday 2nd June 2019
Last updated: Sunday 2nd June 2019
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Record ID: IOW-53B89E
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Neolithic flint implement, possibly a knife (c. 4000 BC-c. 2701 BC). This implement, made on a tertiary flake, is 'D'-shaped in plan and is roughly pointed oval in cross-section. It has the remains of a striking platform and has been battered at the distal end. The dorsal face has been knapped overall and the left side has been retouched. The removals are long, scaled and low angled. The ventral face has a bulb of percussion and low relief ripples. The dorsal face has wear gloss but the retouched area does not have wear. The implement is grey overall. Length: 50.0m…
Created on: Friday 10th May 2019
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2019
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Record ID: IOW-6A8E3A
Object type: PICK
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Neolithic flint pick (c. 4000 BC-c. 3501 BC). There is a break at the cutting edge. The implement has been made from an elongated pebble. It is sub-rectangular in plan and roughly pointed-oval in cross-section. In side view it is sub-triangular in shape. It has multi-directional flaking with some cortex on each face and at the butt end. The cortex at the butt end as well as a flake scar has been battered as if used as a hammer-stone. The patina varies from dark grey at the butt end to pale buff at the old break. Length: 133.5mm; width: 61.3mm; thickness…
Created on: Saturday 23rd March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
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Record ID: IOW-A484EA
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a probable Neolithic to Bronze Age flint hammerstone which may have been adapted for another use (c. 4000 BC-c. 801 BC). The fragment is now sub-ovoid in plan and hemispherical in cross-section. The upper face is covered in pitted cortex and the rear face has negative flake removal scars which have low relief conchoidal ripples. Length: 78.0mm; width: 53.2mm; thickness: 15.3mm. Weight: 110.65g.
Created on: Monday 31st December 2018
Last updated: Saturday 5th January 2019
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Record ID: IOW-D13428
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probable Neolithic or Early Bronze Age flint scraper (c. 4000-c. 1600 BC). This scraper has been made on a secondary flake. The scraper is sub-discoidal in form and has been retouched around its entire circumference on the dorsal face, excepting adjacent to the striking platform. The retouch is short, scalar and semi-abrupt. The ventral face has low relief ripples and the bulb of percussion has been retouched and partially removed. A small notch has been formed by retouch on the ventral face. This implement is grey with areas of off-white and the cortex is buff. Le…
Created on: Friday 21st December 2018
Last updated: Monday 31st December 2018
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Record ID: IOW-A9500D
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic polished flint axehead (c. 2700 BC-c. 2351 BC). This axehead is now sub-triangular in plan and is pointed oval in cross-section. Although the grinding has been sufficiently deep to remove the majority of the flaking scars, some do remain close to the butt on one face. A small area of battering at the butt end may indicate that the axehead had also been used as a hammer. There is also a small area of battering at the top of one of the flake scars close to the polished area. The axehead was probably polished overall as a flattened bevelled edge extends the ful…
Created on: Friday 7th December 2018
Last updated: Friday 21st December 2018
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Record ID: IOW-EC0D7B
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Late Neolithic flint oblique arrowhead (2700 BC-2351 BC). This arrowhead has been made on a broken tertiary flake. The dorsal face has been retouched at each side edge and the removals are short and invasive, scaled and low angled. The ventral face has conchoidal ripples and one edge has been retouched. These removals are short parallel and low angled. The break forms one side and it would seem that the flake was chosen in order to take advantage of the break to form a side. A short length of the broken edge has been worked. Consequently, the implement is not a bro…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 29th November 2018
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Record ID: IOW-DB7368
Object type: FLAKED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic flint flaked axehead (c. 4000 BC-c. 2351 BC). A transverse break has occurred about half way along its original length. This implement is now sub-square in plan and is pointed-oval ('lenticular') in cross-section. In plan, the sides flare slightly from the break to the curved cutting edge. The arrises are not very sharp. The axehead is mottled grey and pale orange with iron staining. The break is old. Length: 65.0mm; width: 51.5mm; thickness: 26.8mm. Weight: 106.22g. Compare with a similar implement (Butler 2005: 140, fig. 57, no. 2). Butler, …
Created on: Tuesday 27th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.