Record ID: IOW-FF0D82
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint implement, probably of Neolithic to Bronze Age date (3500 BC-800 BC). This implement has been manufactured from a large flake which is sub-triangular in plan. The proximal end is roughly rectangular in plan. It then flares to the distal end where there is a large notch. The ventral face has a bulb of percussion and a percussion scar at the proximal end. Its surface undulates and has rippling. The dorsal surface is flaked and uneven and has an area of brown purplish cortex. The area adjacent to the notch on the dorsal face is in the form of columnar fracturing. All the…
Created on: Monday 7th February 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-F00452
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Neolithic polished flint axehead (3500 BC-2100 BC). This axehead is flattish and slender and the surface colour is mottled and ranges from mid-grey to black. It is sub-rectangular in plan being slightly narrower at the butt end. Close to the butt end the width is about 42.0mm and at the cutting edge it has a width of 46.5mm. The cutting edge is curved evenly. In side view, it is slightly curved throughout its length and is an elongated pointed oval shape. It has traces of polishing on both faces but not along the sides. This polishing is on some of the high spots, but not …
Created on: Saturday 1st January 2011
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-2BE7E6
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Neolithic flint impement of laurel leaf form, probably a scraper (3500 BC-2900 BC). The tool is sub-oval in plan. The ventral surface is largely flat and has a bulb of percussion and a percussion scar at the proximal end with indistinct radiating ripples. The dorsal surface is convex and has a negative bulb of percussion at the proximal end. It has been finely worked around the edges and the invasive removals are long, semi-abrupt and mainly parallel. However, at the distal end the removals are abrupt and irregular or scaled. At the centre of the dorsal surface ther…
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-D6DDC2
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic polished stone axehead (3500 BC-2100 BC). The implement is polished overall and has several modern scratch marks. In plan, the sides are straight and flare outwards from the rounded butt towards the curved cutting edge. The cutting edge is asymmetrical and there is no evidence of re-sharpening. Viewed from the side, the butt is rounded and the sides are slightly convex. The stone, mottled light and dark green, does not occur in the Isle of Wight. 117.7 x 62.4 x 34.9mm. Weight: c. 370.0g
Created on: Monday 26th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-0E78A2
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete flint scraper of Neolithic to Bronze Age date 3500 BC - 800 BC). This implement, made on a secondary flake, is mottled grey and off-white and is sub-triangular in plan. The dorsal surface has three negative scars and two prominent arrises. On the right side of the dorsal surface there is a patch of sub-oval iron staining. Below the iron staining, at the proximal end, there is a small area of gloss which may indicate that the tool was hafted (mounted in a handle). The ventral surface has a large bulb of percussion with associated vague ripples. There is a percussion scar at …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd June 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-23B5C5
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint 'side-end' or 'horseshoe' scraper of Early Neolithic date (3500 BC-2900 BC). This implement, made on a tertiary flake is sub-circular in plan and pentagonal in cross-section. It has a shiny brownish and mottled grey surface. A small area of off-white cortex forms part of the striking platform at the proximal end. The ventral surface is mainly featureless. However, there is a small percussion scar near the striking platform and some faint ripples. It is slightly convex. The dorsal surface mainly consists of three main negative scars with prominent ridges. It has abrupt…
Created on: Tuesday 18th May 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-FCB037
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic leaf-shaped flint arrowhead (3500 BC-2500 BC). This arrowhead is invasively worked on both faces and the tip and the base are missing due to breaks. It is unclear whether the breaks are old or new. The arrowhead is semi-translucent and mainly grey in color with some creamy mottling. This arrowhead is in perfect condition apart from the breaks. 36.3 x 18.6 x 4.8mm. Weight: 3.40g. The implement does not exactly conform to the Green or Clark typology in Butler 2005 but seems to be quite close to Clark's Type 1 (Butler 2005: 124, ref: 1). Butler 2005: 12…
Created on: Sunday 16th May 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-16A4C4
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flint oblique type arrowhead. (2500 BC-2100 BC). The arrow head is opaque with a mottled grey/brown colour. It is sub-triangular in plan, with partially invasive semi-abrupt retouch on both faces. 32.2 x 23.9 x 5.1mm. Weight: 2.79g. A similar example is illustrated in Butler 2005: 161, ref: 8 and is dated to the Late Neolithic period.
Created on: Wednesday 5th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-338F02
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a stone axhead of Neolithic date (3500 BC-2100 BC). This fragment is the lower part forming the cutting edge. In plan, the sides taper outwards slightly from the break towards the cutting edge which has an evenly curving profile (in plan). In side view it is ‘V’-shaped with sides that are slightly convex. The material is unspecified and is granite-like in its composition. It contains crystalline material. The break appears to be old. 66.5 x 79.3 x 41.3mm. Weight: 229.97g. The stone is not local to the Isle of Wight.
Created on: Monday 12th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Havenstreet and Ashey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-E094A2
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint axehead of Neolithic date (3500 BC-2100 BC). The lower part, the cutting edge, is missing due to a break. It is an elongated sub-triangular shape in plan and side view. It is lozenge-shaped in cross-section. In plan, the butt end is rounded. The whole of the surface (excluding the break) has been knapped to form the shape. The surfaces, including that of the break, are mottled grey and cream. The implement is in good condition and the features are crisp and not rolled. The break is old. 82.9 x 36.5 x 26.4mm. Weight: 86.81g.
Created on: Thursday 8th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-62FFD2
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of gold sheet, the remains of a personal ornament of Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (c. 2500 BC-c. 2200 BC). The object is a type known as a basket-shaped ornament. Treasure case no. 2009 T741. The plaque would have originally been U-shaped in cross-section with a tang soldered mid-way along its longitudinal length for attachment. In plan, it has a curving outline and when complete, would have formed an elongated oval shape. Following the outline are two parallel lines of finely punched dots. There are also similar dots punched from the opposite side. These, how…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 8th December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-1BB345
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete flint arrowhead of probable Neolithic date (3500 BC-2100 BC). The arrowhead is made on a tertiary waste flake. The ventral surface has a bulb of percussion, a percussion scar and associated ripples. Both edges of the ventral surface have been finely retouched. The dorsal surface has three major negative flaking removals. The left hand side (as viewed) has fine retouch. At the distal end, material has been removed at either side of the small striking platform in order to create a crude tang. This arrowhead has a grey patina with a reddish hue. 45.6 x 26.2 x…
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 16th December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-167927
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete axehead rough-out of later Neolithic date (c. 2500-2100 BC). The rough-out is knapped from a greenish/grey buff volcanic tuff. This rock type is formed from compressed volcanic ash and has a fine grained composition with infrequent crystalline inclusions. Tuff is found in Britain and Ireland in a band that runs down the Irish Sea from the Lake District (the Langdale’s source Group VI), County Antrim (Ireland), through North Wales (Graig Lwyd Group VII), and into Cornwall and Devon (Groups XVI and IV respectively). Volcanic tuff is similar to flint in that it can b…
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
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Record ID: IOW-F29A27
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete flint arrowhead of late Neolithic to early Bronze Age date (2500-1500 BC). The tang is partly missing due to an old break. The arrowhead is symmetrical in plan and has probably been made on a tertiary flake. Each face is slightly convex and in plan, the sides are also convex. Both faces have invasive ripple flaking, except at the centres where the surface is flat. The tang would have been slightly longer than the barbs when it was complete. This arrowhead is similar to the group described within Butler (who is summarising Green’s': Flint Arrowheads of the…
Created on: Friday 9th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: IOW-F1B433
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete flint sickle of late Neolithic to early Bronze Age date (2500 BC-1500 BC). The implement was made from a large tertiary flake. However, there are two tiny areas of cortex on the ventral surface. It is roughly crescent-shaped in plan with truncated ends. The ventral face is slightly concave and has percussion ripples with retouch around the concave and convex edges. The dorsal face is slightly convex with retouch around the concave and convex edges. All the retouch around these edges is semi-abrupt and scaled. At the larger end there is retouch which is parallel and abrupt. O…
Created on: Friday 9th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-78EFA7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete polished stone axehead of Neolithic date (3500 BC - 2100 BC). The axehead has been made from a pebble of local stone, greyish green in colour. It is sub-triangular in plan and in side view it is pointed at the top and rounded at the bottom. It has a chip at each corner of the cutting edge on both faces. These appear to be recent breaks. Old breaks are situated on each face of the butt. These breaks have overlying striations have may have been created by an attempt to smooth the breaks. Alternatively, the striations may represent a secondary use of the implement. The iden…
Created on: Saturday 3rd October 2009
Last updated: Sunday 26th July 2015
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Record ID: IOW-0217B2
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete flint axehead of Neolithic date (3500 BC-2100 BC). The axehead is pointed oval in plan and side view. In plan, the butt is pointed, the sides convex and the cutting edge is semi-circular. The surfaces are knapped overall, except for a small area of cortex on one face. In side view one of the side edges has a shallow ‘S’-shaped profile. One face is dull and light grey with blemishes of iron oxide staining. The other face, with the cortex, is shiny and slight darker in colour. No indication of any gloss or resharpening. This implement was found in a garden while …
Created on: Monday 10th August 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-00FF72
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete spheroidal flint hammerstone of probable Neolithic to Bronze Age date (3500 BC-800 BC). The implement is almost spherical but is slightly flattened in places. The surface is entirely covered with percussion marks, including a small area of cortex. The flint is orange coloured and the cortex is a pale cream/off-white. Maximum diameter: 66.2mm; minimum diameter: 60.1mm; weight: c. 334g.
Created on: Monday 10th August 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: IOW-57CA94
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete flint end scraper of late Neolithic to early Bronze Age date 2500 BC – 1500 BC). The scraper is sub-ovoidal in plan. It has been manufactured on a large secondary flint flake and has a striking platform at the distal end. On the ventral surface at the proximal end there is a pronounced bulb of percussion with associated percussion scars. The remaining surface is relatively flat and does not posses any waved ripples. The dorsal surface has several large removals with some cortex surviving which is a pale buff colour. The distal end of the dorsal surface has abrupt and st…
Created on: Sunday 2nd August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-FF01A3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a polished stone axehead of Neolithic date (3500 BC – 2100 BC). This large fragment is the lower part of the axehead. In plan it has evenly curving sides and cutting edge. The cutting edge is sharp and does not appear to have been re-sharpened. In cross-section it is oval although one end is slightly more pointed than the other. It has a transverse break and is chipped in places on both sides of the cutting edge. All the breaks are probably old and the polished surfaces have a dusky red striated patina (Munsell Color: 10R 3/4). 59.3 x 67.6 x 26.1mm. Weight: 15…
Created on: Sunday 17th May 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.