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Record ID: WMID-A01443
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric stone axe of probable early Neolithic date. The axe has been made from a fine grained igneous rock, dark grey in colour with fine white inclusions. The axe has been manufactured by chipping and grinding. The chipping is predominantly associated with the lateral edges and the butt of the axe. The blade has been formed through grinding of the body of the axe. The axe is fairly crude and not nearly so finely finished as some Neolithic axes. This may perhaps indicate that it was intended to be purely functional and not intended to be used as a status symbol. Damage to the bl…
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 17th June 2010
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Record ID: HESH-E5CF25
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint scraper of later Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (2900-1800 BC). The scraper is broadly oval in plan and in cross section being formed from a tertiary flake; possibly debitage. The upper / dorsal face of the scraper exhibits a series of irregular flake scars suggesting that this piece has been removed from a larger flake and been subsequently reused. The lower / ventral face is concave with a series of conchoidal ripples; the bulb of percussion is lost due to a snapped edge. The edges of the dorsal face have all be retouched with indirect percussion, all the flakes re…
Created on: Thursday 27th May 2010
Last updated: Friday 15th October 2010
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F89421
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flint blade from the outer area of the core. The flint is probably a river sourced pebble. The blade shows both hinge fractures on the front (dorsal) face and choncoidal fractures and bulb of percussion on the reverse (ventral). The striking platform is also present. The retouch on the long edges is from indirect percussion and is neat and regular. The cortex suggests that several blades have been removed from the core prior to the removal of this flake
Created on: Saturday 1st January 2011
Last updated: Friday 14th January 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Wormelow', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMGW-99C965
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Prehistoric utilised flint blade. The blade is made on grey-white flint with with utilisation scars along both edges.
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-9D8DE5
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Neolithic arrowhead probably of oblique or hollow-based type. There is bifacial invasive retouch down the left lateral edge (when held with dorsal side facing). The base appears to have been slightly hollowed with retouch to form very slight barbs. Some cortex remains on the dorsal surface. The flint is pale to dark grey with the cortex a sandy colour.
The arrowhead measures 28.14 mm in length and tapers in width from 20.5 mm at the base to 2.4 mm at the point. It is lozengiform in section and is 5.1 mm thick.
It resembles an example of an oblique arrowhead illustrated i…
Created on: Thursday 29th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-4C56E1
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint flake with no evidence of ‘re-touch’ along any edge. There is a clear bulb of percussion with corresponding ripples down the length of the piece on the ventral side. The dorsal surface is covered by negative scars, hackles and ridges.
While not officially a blade as its length is not quite twice its width, it could have been used as a blade. It is a mottled grey colour.
Created on: Thursday 2nd April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-F32BA1
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Relatively large flint scraper (side and end) of probable later Neolithic date (2900 - 2100 BC). The scraper is formed from a large chunky flint secondary waste flake, which was probably a bi-product of other tool production. It is broadly oval in plan and cross section.
The scraper measures 28.8mm length, 26.9mm width, is 9.6mm thick and weighs 6.94 grams.
The scraper has significant retouch applied to the upper (dorsal) face. This secondary working is primarily limited to the cutting edges positioned along one side and the base. Here a series of regular overlapping neat smal…
Created on: Thursday 15th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Wellington', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HESH-0856D4
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint thumbnail (side and end) scraper of later Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (2300 -1800BC). The scraper is formed from a grey colour piece of flint with a relatively uniform matrix. It is created from a tertiary flake (due to the size of the scraper this may originally be debitage). The ventral face shows clear evidence of the bulb of percussion and conchoidal fractures. The bulb has been trimmed by flaking and an area of modern damage can be seen on one of the worked edges. The dorsal face has a series of flake facets, where flakes have been removed to thin the thickness of the…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Huntington', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HESH-9A2AF4
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Struck flint scraper of later Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (2900-1800 BC). The scraper is broadly oval in shape being formed from a relatively thick piece of flint; it is oval in cross section. The upper dorsal face of the scraper exhibits a large number of flake scars suggesting that this piece has been heavily worked / reworked. The ventral face is flat with a series of conchoidal ripples and the rimmed remains of the bulb of percussion. The striking platform has been reworked. The edges of the dorsal face have all be retouched with indirect percussion, all the flakes relativel…
Created on: Thursday 29th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-B0A2D6
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint ‘horse-shoe’ or disc style scraper dating from the later Neolithic period (2500 - 2100 BC). The scraper is formed on a flake which is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and cross section. The flake has a clear striking platform and there is a bulb of percussion present on the ventral (lower) face; the dorsal (upper) face has a series of rectangular flake scars. It is possible that the flake is a bi-product of tool making, in that it formed from a waste flake from the final or tertiary phase of tool making as there is no cortex (the outer skin of a flint nodule) present. All four…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-B1C316
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small flint waste flake / debitage probably dating from the Neolithic period (3500 - 2100 BC). The flake is irregular in both plan and profile. It has a number of facets (caused by flaking) on the dorsal face and a bulb of percussion on the rear of the ventral. There is a small area of cortex (rough outer skin of the flint nodule) present which suggests that this flake comes from the secondary phase of tool production. There is no evidence of secondary reworking on any of the edges which suggests that it has not been utilised as a tool (such as a scraper). The flint is a mid grey white…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-5EA303
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Reworked flint flake / debitage probably dating from the Neolithic period (3500 – 2100 BC). The flake is irregular in both plan (broadly T shaped) and profile. The bulb of percussion is complete on the reverse and shows that he flake has been removed with a transverse blow. The flake is likely to have been produced in the secondary phase of working as a small area of cortex (the outer rind like skin of the nodule) is present along one edge. The reason for removing this flake from the original tool is likely to be due to a flaw in the flint which has resulted in an area of hinge fract…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-BDE617
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint ‘thumbnail’ scraper of probable Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (2500 - 1500 BC). The flint flake is broad and squat being oval in plan and sub-rectangular in cross section. It measures 21.2mm length, 24.9mm width, is 7.6mm thick and weighs 4.08 grams. The flint flake is not well preserved and the bulb of percussion on the reverse face cannot be identified. Evidence for retouch or secondary working can be seen on the front end / edge of the flake; these facets are small neat and regular. Other evidence of secondary working cannot be seen. Both faces of the tool have i…
Created on: Monday 16th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-792474
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, but damaged, knapped (?), and ground axe head of probable later Neolithic date (2900-2100 BC). The axe is knapped from a mid brownish green black igneous rock, possibly a Gabbro. This rock could be knapped in a similar way to flint to form tools. However, the composition of the rock which forms the axe head is different to that of the majority of stone axe heads from the period. The axe head also has a thin seam of softer material probably a pyroxene inclusion. Pyroxene is common as an inclusion in many igneous rocks but is not often found in stone axe heads. The presence o…
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-548857
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Leaf shaped flint arrowhead of probable Middle Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date (2900 - 2150 BC).
The arrowhead has been knapped from a light-mid brown translucent flint and is 42.8mm long, 18.1mm wide, and is 3.5mm thick. It weighs 2.72 grams. Both faces have been pressure (ripple) flaked with small neat narrow facets. The upper two thirds of both edges exhibit areas of secondary flaking or retouch.
There are three areas of damage; the first is to the point of the arrowhead, the second is to one of the sides, and the third is to the base. None of these areas se…
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-371FA7
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fragment of debitage either a chunk or chip of flint probably dating from the Neolithic or Bronze Age (3500 - 1500 BC). The chip is sub-rectangular in plan and lentoid in cross section. It measures 12.8mm length, 13.5mm width and is 4.7mm thick. It weighs 0.91 grams. Approximately 40% of the chip is covered in cortex (the outer rind or skin of a nodule) suggesting that this flake was produced early in the tool making process, probably after the artefact was 'roughed out'. The lower edge of the chunk has a small area of secondary working. This is in the form of retouch to produce …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-475F36
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small flint flake of probable Neolithic date (3500 - 2100 BC). The flake is irregular in plan and sub-triangular in cross section. The bulb of percussion on the reverse of the flake is complete and there is evidence of a number of hinge fractures on the opposite (front) surface. It is likely that this flake was a by-product (or waste flake / debitage) of tool making as there is a small amount of cortex (rough outer skin of the flint nodule) on the artefact. This area cortex covers less than 15% of the total surface area suggesting that this flake was produced during the second phase of…
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-46C226
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Leaf shaped flint arrowhead of probable Middle Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date (2900 - 2150 BC). The arrowhead is sub-oval (tear-drop shaped) in plan and lentoid in cross section. It has been knapped from a light-mid grey translucent flint with a series of brown flecks within its matrix. It measures 37.3mm length, 16.9mm width, and is 5.3mm thick. It weighs 2.71 grams. Both faces (sides) have been pressure (ripple) flaked with small neat narrow facets. Much of this rippled surface has been flaked with skill. There is on large central bulbous hinge fracture in the centre of the arrow…
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-E72591
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint flake of probable Neolithic date (3500 - 2100 BC). The flake is irregular in plan and sub-triangular in cross section. The bulb of percussion on the reverse of the flake is complete. It is likely that this flake was a by-product (or waste flake / debitage) of tool making; if this is the case then it must have been once all the cortex had been removed (tertiary / third phase of tool making) as there is no evidence for cortex on the flint. This waste flake has then been re-used or utilised to form a scraper like tool. The evidence for this is the secondary flaking or retouch along …
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-BC50F6
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint waste flake (debitage) from tool production of probable Neolithic date (3500 - 2100 BC). The flake is irregular in plan and sub-triangular in cross section. The bulb of percussion on the reverse of the flake is complete, but a section has been partially removed by subsequent working. It is likely that this flake was a by-product (or waste flake / debitage) of tool making; if this is the case then it must have been once all the cortex had been removed (tertiary / third phase of tool making) as there is no evidence for cortex on the flint. This waste flake has then been re-used or …
Created on: Thursday 29th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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