Record ID: OXON-7C4F41
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint bladelet with a rubbed end dating to the Late Upper Palaeolithic or early Mesolithic period, c. 40,000 - 7,000 BC. The bladelet has been made from a tertiary flake of a mottled dark brown flint. Part of the platform has been retained and this also appears to have been rubbed, as has the distal end. There are thin flake scars over the dorsal surface. There is possible ancient reutilisation damage on the left hand edge.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: OXON-B29187
Object type: END SCRAPER
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end-scraper made on a thick flake of a brown-orange flint. The scraper is sub-square in plan and broadly rectangular in profile, although the large bulb is retained on the reverse. There has been some recortication of the scraper, with this extending over the hard hammer retouching on the right side of the distal end. There are more modern removals (cutting through the patina of the recortication) to the left hand edge. This piece is hard to date as its execution is generally undiagnostic, however it is potentially Palaeolithic (c. 450,000-10,000 BC).
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: BERK-7F2596
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lower palaeolithic handaxe, dating from c. 476,000 - 421,000 BC. The handaxe has been made of a flint nodule that has a greyish-white outer colouring, likely to be from a chalk downlands source. Dating from the Anglian phase of the Lower Palaeolithic, c. 478,000 to 423,000 years ago, the hand axe has bifacial removals made using a hard hammer, such as another stone. Although the hand axe has some post-depositional damage and iron staining, it survives in very good condition. Based on the location of discovery this hand axe probably derived from the Caversham Channel, an ancient rout…
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-38A5D3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lithic implement, possibly an Lower Paleolithic hand axe but it is also possible that it is a Late Neolithic 'Ovate'. Roughly flaked but with some finer retouch forming a point.
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2012
Last updated: Friday 24th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caversham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-AC5646
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A probable Middle Palaeolithic handaxe. The handaxe is incomplete and was probably broken during manufacture or use, while one small area of more modern damage is evident. The handaxe is bifacially retouched, and a creamy grey core is covered by a thick orange patina, suggesting a gravel bed context or source, such as those known from Cassington, Oxon. The Devensian period at Cassington is well attested from evidence gained during gravel extractions. The period here dates from c.75,000BC to 35,000BC but this find is likely to have been redeposited from an earlier layer. The handaxe me…
Created on: Saturday 24th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 9th May 2014
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Record ID: BERK-2B1DB7
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Middle Palaeolithic Devensian cordiform handaxe from Cassington, Oxfordshire. The handaxe is bifacially retouched but does display some more modern weathering damage including fracturing and spooling. A grey-blue core is covered by a thick creamy-yellow patina. The handaxe measures 74.81mm long, 64.99mm wide and is 19.83mm thick. It measures 86.7gms. The Devensian period at Cassington is well attested from evidence gained during gravel extractions. The period here dates from c.75,000BC to 35,000BC.
Created on: Thursday 6th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 29th April 2014
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Record ID: BERK-682545
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tertiary flake with buff-coloured patina. This flake has been retouched on both lateral edges and the proximal tip, and the bulb has been removed. The same thick patina seen over the dorsal and ventral sides of the flake can be seen over the retouched edges. There is a sub-circular notch fracture at the proximal end, although this appears to be natural. The patina on this flake suggests a date of great antiquity, possible dating from the Upper Palaeolithic or Mesolithic periods (c.300,000 - 4500 BC). This retouched flake may have been used as an end and side scraper. The flake's sha…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Begbrooke', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: BERK-648C34
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unusual flint flake, with some limited retouch along the lateral edges and distal tip. The flake has a natural hole towards the proximal tip, but it does not show signs of human manipulation. The distal tip is hooked and appears to have occured naturally when the flake was struck from the core. Although the retouch is minimal, there are signs of human working, and this flake may have been utilised as a scraper or blade (one edge is quite jagged). The tool may have have been utilised as a piercing tool as the tip shows signs of being pressed hard against something and is crushed and …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2009
Last updated: Monday 5th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Begbrooke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-7F2EB6
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Lower Palaeolothic handaxe made from a red-orange quartzite pebble with some retention of the outer cortex at the proximal end. Large bifacial flake removals evident, with smaller flaked removals at the distal end, but no further retouching is evident. The handaxe is 99.54mm in length, 70.56mm in width and 30.45mm thick. It weighs 262.8 gms and dates to the Lower Palaeolithic period, between 500,000 - 180,000 BC. Previously, no Lower Palaeolithic finds have been recorded in Leafield Parish - most sites of this period are identified on or close to waterways - Leafield village is betw…
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2008
Last updated: Monday 20th March 2017
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