Record ID: DEV-7E0DB6
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint flake or bladelet of Mesolithic date (c. 9000 - 4000 BC). The flint is grey in colour. It is a secondary flake with a tiny area of cortex on the distal end of the flake remaining. The flake has a glossy surface, with a scattering of pale grey inclusions on the dorsal face. In plan it is sub-rectangular and in cross-section it is sub-triangular. At the proximal end, the bulb of percussion is missing due to a transverse break. However, the conchoidal fracture marks are present on the ventral surface; they are shallow, indicating that a soft hammer has bee…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: DEV-7BC71C
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint flake or bladelet of Mesolithic date (c. 9,000 - 4,000 BC). The flint is pale grey, almost white in colour and mostly translucent bar an opaque inclusion at the distal end, which extends about a third of the way down the length of the flint on one side and just a quarter of the length on the other side. There is a transverse break at the distal end. In plan and section the blade is sub-triangular; the proximal end narrows to a rounded point and the striking platform is not visible. It is a tertiary flake with a smal…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: DEV-1C303A
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small and delicate microlithic blade, dating to the Mesolithic to Neolithic periods, c. 5000-3000 BC. The blade is formed of a mid grey flint with a very small amount of white cortex surviving at the proximal end. It is trapezoidal in section and rectangular in plan, with a clear dorsal plateau. At the distal end is a small removal that creates a semblance of a tang, but the size of the blade suggests a Mesolithic date. It is similar to DEV-31451B, formed of similar flint beneath that example's heavily patinised surface. Measurements: 22.1mm length, 8.6mm width, 2.4mm t…
Created on: Monday 27th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 1st October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tawstock CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-0650FB
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of five small flint micro implements dating from the Mesolithic periods, c. 7000-4000 BC. All five are formed of the same dark grey black flint: 1) A blade formed on a secondary flake, with a tiny area of cortex surviving. Triangular in cross section, rectangular in shape, very slender and almost transparent at the cutting edges, which have been created using abrupt retouch. Slightly larger removals are present at the distal end, giving a slightly waisted appearance. 16mm length, 13.1mm width, 3.2mm thickness, weight 0.79g. 2) A microlith formed on a ve…
Created on: Friday 10th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-7EED27
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint micro-blade of the Mesolithic period 34 mm in length, 10.5 mm width and 3 mm in thickness. Both margins on the dorsal face are retouched to create the sharper edges. Part of the bulb of percussion remains on the ventral face at the proximal end with the resulting conchoidal ripples extending across the face to the opposite distal end. No cortex remains so this is a tertiary flake and may be a distance from where it was knapped as a product of the Mesolithic blade industry. The flint is pale grey with bands of darker grey flint so it has been derived from a local beach pebble. …
Created on: Thursday 27th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
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Record ID: DEV-FF0E4A
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of 59 pieces of chipped stone debitage made of flint and chert of prehistoric date from the Mesolithic to Neolithic (c. 8000- 1600 cal BC). Two are of the flakes are made of chert, the rest being flint. One of the chert pieces is of Portland chert and both are a very dark grey colour. Of the flint pieces of debitage 27 are secondary, 30 are tertiary. 36 are a medium to dark grey colour some with white fleck and patch inclusions but others entirely lacking any. 15 are a creamy white colour wit occasional darker grey areas with some whiter flecks as well. Four are a browny or…
Created on: Friday 23rd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2019
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Record ID: DEV-FD446E
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible Microlith of Mesolithic date. The fragment is from a tertiary flake of flint. The flint is a brown grey colour with occasional white flecks. It has a semi-glossy patina. It is sub-rectangular in plan although the right edge, as seen from the dorsal surface, is slightly longer than the left and a rounded distal end. This distal end has short, parallel, semi-abrupt retouch on its dorsal surface. This dorsal surface also has two negative flake removals struck in the same direction as the flint. There is no bulb of percussion or ripples suggesting the use of a soft hammer an…
Created on: Friday 23rd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2019
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Record ID: DEV-FCC4C4
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of 20 pieces of chipped stone debitage made of flint and chert indicating narrow blade manufacture of prehistoric date but possibly being Mesolithic to Neolithic (c. 8000- 2400 cal BC) in date. Two of the 20 pieces are made of chert. One being a deep red tertiary flake with granular surface and the other being a dark brown flake with frequent light orange flecks. The remaining pieces are made of flint the majority having a semi-glossy patina, although one has a more granular surface. The flint has a limited range in colour 11 are a medium to dark grey colour 4 of which have fr…
Created on: Friday 23rd August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Record ID: SOM-3A3D09
Object type: FABRICATOR
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic to early Bronze Age flint probably a fabricator dating to the period c.8000 - 1500BC. It is sub-oval in plan and a pointed oval in cross-section, convex on both faces. The fabricator retains c. 10% white cortex in one continuous patch on the distal end of the dorsal and ventral face. It exhibits a series of invasive, scaled semi-abrupt flake removal scars along both mesal edges on both faces and becoming long, shallow and parallel at the proximal end and also short, parallel semi-abrupt retouch evident directly on these mesal edges The bulb of percussi…
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 27th October 2021
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Record ID: SUR-9623DF
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic to early Neolithic blade, 31.2mm in length, struck from light grey-brown flint. The profile is plano convex, with a triangular upper and flat lower surface where it has been removed from a core. There is no evidence for retouch along the edges. One end of the the blade has traces of cortex, the other narrows to a break.
Created on: Wednesday 31st October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2018
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Record ID: DEV-7F8CE1
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Mesolithic flint microlith, probably dating to c. 8,000-4,000 BC. A tertiary flake of mottled grey/brown flint, lenticular in plan and with one point truncated by a natural break. One edge of the microlith exhibits short, semi-abrupt, scalar retouch along its length on the dorsal face. Dimensions: Length 15.2mm; width 6.6mm; thickness 1.7mm; weight 0.22g. Part of a small assemblage of flint found in the same field, comprising of records: DEV-7F8CE1, DEV-094CF7, DEV-7EDBED and DEV-0A9D0C. The group includes diagnostically mesolithic material (DEV-7F8CE1, a microlith…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2018
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Record ID: DEV-7EDBED
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Chert end scraper of probable Mesolithic to Neolithic date, c. 8,000-2,400 BC. Worked from a sub-rectangualr secondary flake of orange greensand chert, with cortex surviving at the proximal end of the dorsal face, as well as on the striking platform. A diffuse bulb of percussion is present at the proximal end of the ventral face, a reflection more of the raw material than knapping technique. Short, Abrupt, scalar retouch is exhibited along the distal edge of the dorsal face. Dimensions: length 45.9mm; width 51.5mm; thickness 16.3mm; weight 45.83g. Part of a small assemblage of…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2018
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Record ID: DEV-811ACF
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint bladelet of uncertain prehistoric date, potentially later Mesolithic, c. 8000-4000 BC. The bladelet is a tertiary flake of patinated grey/white flint, sub-rectangular in plan and triangular in cross section. The striking platform survives at the proximal end with a diffuse bulb of percussion, two main parallel removal scars survive on the dorsal face, with no evidence of retouch. Dimensions: length 24.9mm; width 7.7mm; thickness 3.2mm; weight 0.58g. Dating a single undiagnostic flake with any degree of certainty is impossible, as despite its size and sub-parallel removal…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Record ID: DEV-80CFA4
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint bladelet of probable prehistoric date, possibly late late Mesolithic, c. 7000-4000 BC. A tertiary bladelet of brown-grey flint missing both its proximal and distal ends to natural breaks. There is no indication of retouch, although the scars from 3 parallel, longitudinal removals survive on the dorsal face. Dimensions: length 18.0mm; width 9.4mm; thickness 2.5mm; weight 0.54g. Dating a single undiagnostic flake with any degree of certainty is impossible, as despite its size and sub-parallel removals, such features may not be intentional. With this in mind a b…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Record ID: DEV-5AFCB9
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic chert tranchet axehead probably dating to c. AD 10,000-4,000. Of a mottled, rough grey brown chert, with cortex surviving centrally on both faces, covering c. 10-20% on both. The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan, with rounded ends. The butt end is 69.2mm wide, narrowing below this into a slight waisted section, 60.7mm, and subsequently expanding to a maximum of 73.5mm from where it tapers into the crescentic cutting edge. It is 52.2mm thick at its maximum, roughly in line with the waist, from where it tapers in both directions. The core has been irregularly bifacially w…
Created on: Friday 10th November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: DEV-870211
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ultilised flint bladelet of probable Mesolithic or Neolthic date, c. 9000-2400 BC. The tertiary bladelet is of a pale grey flint; long, narrow and sub-rectangular in plan and subrectangular in cross section, with the distal end lost to a natural break. Only a small section of the striking platform survives, alongside a relatively diffuse bulb of percussion. The ventral face is unworked, but two parallel removals survive on the dorsal face, both struck from the same direction as the overall removal. Both scars are truncated by retouch (short, sub-parallel, abrupt) running along both …
Created on: Monday 7th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Molton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-86C8EF
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of three peices of notched debitage of likely Mesolithic or Neolithic date, c. 9000-2400 BC. Thre group represents two types of flint, and all exhibit evidence for a blade or blade-like industry and with retouch forming a notch on one edge. 1. Complete tertiary blade of translucent pink/beige flint. Striking platform and bulb of percussion, with bulbar scar, survive at proximal end. Three parallel, blade-like negative removal scars run along the dorsal face, all struck from the same direction. No evidence of retouch, except for a small notch pressure flaked from ventra…
Created on: Monday 7th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Molton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-355846
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete perforated cobble "mace head" or pebble hammer of probable Mesolithic to Neolithic date. The mace head is a well rounded oblong in plan, sub-rectangular in profile and sub-oval in cross-section. The perforation is positioned centrally, and was drilled from both faces, resulting in an hour-glass cross section. The perforation is 24.9mm in diameter at the opening, narrowing to c.14mm at the "waist" of the perforation. The mace head has been significantly damaged, with battering to one end resulting in a large concave break between one edge and the perforation, with corresp…
Created on: Monday 10th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 14th July 2017
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Record ID: SUSS-724418
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete knapped flint blade, probably dating to the Mesolithic period, 10,000-4001 BC. The fragment is missing its platform, but a portion of the bulb and conchoidal ripples remain, before the blade terminates in an old break. The cross-section of the blade at the broken surface is roughly triangular. If the proximal end is oriented upwards, the right mesial edge has been lightly retouched. The blade measures 31.1 mm long, 19 mm wide, 5.2 mm thick and weighs 2.43 grams. The flint material is of an even bluish-grey colour.
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Thursday 23rd April 2015
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Record ID: DEV-6FB0F7
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A Prehistoric stone mace-head or hammer of Mesolithic to Neolithic date (8300 - 2100 BC). The object is broadly oval in plan with a lenticular profile and rounded sides. Both faces are slightly convex. There is a drilled circular perforation at the centre of the item. The perforation measures c.22mm diameter at each face and c.15mm in the middle, creating an hour-glass shaped profile for the perforation. The length of the mace is 118mm, and the overall thickness is 27mm. The narrower 'butt' end measures 61mm in width and the slightly wider 'hammer' end measures 77mm in width. The surf…
Created on: Tuesday 10th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 12th June 2014
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