Record ID: DOR-689E35
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large chert core. A bi-facially worked core of grey brown and light grey banded chert. There is a small area of yellowish limestone cortex one face. The flaking scars are mainly linear and elongated. There are some wider flaking scars, probably from preparing one of the working platforms. Date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. (C. 2500 BC - 1500 BC) Dimensions: 75 mm x 75 mm x 52 mm Weight: 295 g
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-3E541F
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cylindrical bladelet core of early mesolithic date struck from a pale grey flint. The core has two striking platforms, one at either end, with removal scars around half of the circumference. A large fossil sponge cavity has prevented removals on the other side.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-C98456
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly cuboid flint core of suspected early Neolithic date, struck from a dark grey flint. There are three, possibly four striking platforms, arranged orthogonally and with platform edge abrasion demonstrating preparation. There are two patched of buff coloured cortex retained on the sides.
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
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Record ID: DOR-EDBD77
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint core produced during the process of blade manufacture.The flint is light grey-brown. It is now largely covered in a heavy off-white patina with small areas of reddish brown ferrous staining, mainly on the flake scar ridges. A single platform core with multiple blade removals around one side. There is some recent damage to the distal and and the platform. Date: Probably Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - c. 7000 - 3000 BC  Dimensions: 41 mm x 27 mm Weight: 29.13 g
Created on: Monday 11th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Record ID: DOR-C07E57
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint core. A single platform bladelet core of irregular shape, but tending towards conical. Made from a piece of dark grey pebble flint with a glossy, mottled blue-white patina. There is some abraded iron-stained cortex remaining. The rest of the "conical" surface is covered in multiple converging bladelet removal scars. The flakes have been removed from a single platform. The edges of the core show signs of deliberate platform edge abrasion. Date: Mesolithic- Neolithic - c. 10000 - 2350 BC Dimensions: 24.91 mm x 32.38 mm x 28.43 mm Weight: 27.98 g
Created on: Saturday 21st January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2023
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Record ID: DOR-EC61C1
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bifacially worked fractured flint nodule fragment, probably a re-utilized core. The object is elongate but irregularly shaped and has a thick plano-convex cross section, made thinner at one end by a short, deep flake removal with pronounced bulb and hinge scars. Flaking on the convex surface is shallow and irregular, and there is a small patch of abraded chalky cortex near the thicker end. The opposed face retains a small area of naturally fractured surface but has been extensively modified with broad, flattish flaking, some with incipient and terminal hinges. There are two steep fl…
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 19th July 2021
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Record ID: WILT-68E92D
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic flint core, used for the production of blades and flakes dating to the period c.10,000-4000 BC. It is broadly conical in form. It has a single striking platform as flakes have been removed in the same direction, predominantly from one side. It exhibits five parallel negative flake scars from blade and flake removal. The core retains an area of cortex comprising c.
Created on: Friday 14th August 2020
Last updated: Thursday 18th February 2021
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Record ID: WILT-17714B
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of flint cores, probably of Mesolithic or Neolithic date, c. 11,000- 2,600 BC, part of a larger assemblage of flint, see also: WILT-19B371; WILT-196E52; WILT-1940B2; WILT-19212E; WILT-185746; WILT-17D77C; WILT-19C816. The group comprises of 5 cores all of dark blue-grey flint with paler inclusions, although the surface of one has become patinated and is now white, with visible iron staining on the ridges between removal facets. All of the cores have surviving cortex covering a portion of their surface, and many also appear to have been subjected to modern damage. In gener…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: DOR-47DD84
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small multi-platform flint core. Dark grey flint which has a thick white patina and some iron staining. There are numerous small flake removals over almost all surfaces and one area of heavily abraded cortex. Date: Probably Mesolithic to Neolithic - c. 10000 - 2350 BC Dimensions: 30.6 mm x 27.5 mm x 25.8 mm Weight: 19.23 g
Created on: Sunday 24th July 2016
Last updated: Friday 17th July 2020
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Record ID: DOR-D96632
Object type: CORE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crude flint core. The flint is opaque and grey-brown. There is a patch of abraded pebble cortex on one surface (this is a river pebble which has been thermally spalled). The core has been worked opportunistically from several directions using a  hard hammer. There is a small striking platform at the proximal end and and a  bulb of percussion with bulbar scar ventrally. Date: Probably  Bronze Age - c. 2100 to 800 BC Dimensions: 38 mm x 41 mm x 25 mm Weight: 39 g
Created on: Thursday 8th April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2020
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Record ID: DOR-CD33AC
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single platform, conical flint core. Dark grey flint with blue-white mottles and a thick, off-white patina over most of the surface. Some iron staining. There are numerous small blade and bladelet removal scars around the body of the core. There are some areas of recent damage. Date: Late Mesolithic to early Neolithic - c. 7000 - 3500 BC Dimensions: 35.6 mm x 30.2 mm x 30.1 mm Weight: 38.27 g
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2020
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Record ID: DOR-CD4A34
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single platform, slightly tapering, flint core. Light grey flint with a thick, off-white patina over most of the surface. Some iron staining. There are numerous small blade and bladelet removal scars around the body of the core. Date: Late Mesolithic to early Neolithic - c. 7000 - 3500 BC Dimensions: 31.2 mm x 36.1 mm x 29.0 mm Weight: 40.28g
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2020
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Record ID: DOR-47FC11
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small single platform flint core. Dark grey flint which has a thick white patina and some iron staining. There a wide strip of abraded, beige cortex. bordering the platform and flaked area. There are several numerous small, wide flake removals along one side of the platform. The edge of the platform has been abraded prior to flaking. Date: Probably Mesolithic to Neolithic - c. 10000 - 2350 BC Dimensions: 23.4 mm x 37.8 mm x 24.2 mm Weight: 23.75 g
Created on: Sunday 24th July 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Record ID: DOR-53695F
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic discoidal core dating to 4000 BC - 2350 BC. It is formed from Portland chert which is characteristically dark grey and opaque and has a low-gloss patina. There are two platforms. One steep flaked side, one gently convex surface with flakes removed from margins. Some soft hammer flaking. Chalky off-white cortex remains across approximately 50% of the upper face. Date: Neolithic Dimensions: 76.28 mm x 59.26 mm x 44.0 mm Weight: 189.23g.
Created on: Wednesday 20th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2020
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Record ID: DOR-216AE4
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single platform sub-conical blade or bladelet core. The blade removal scars are sub-parallel, and vary markedly in size; some hinge fracture terminations are present. Modern edge damage means that the presence and degree of platform dressing abrasion cannot be determined. The flint is mid to dark grey mottled with a high-gloss patina and some red-brown ferrous staining along flake scar ridges. Date: Mesolithic to Early Neolithic 10000 to 3300BC. Dimensions: 47.2mm x 53mm. Weight: 124g.
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 9th January 2020
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Record ID: DOR-F01081
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint core. A single platform bladelet core of irregular shape, but tending towards conical. Made from a piece of mid grey mottled nodule flint with a low gloss patina. There is some thick, off-white cortex remaining at the pointed base. The odd shape is probably due to the presence at one side of an irregular void which prevented this side from being worked further. The rest of the "conical" surface is covered in multiple converging bladelet removal scars. The flakes have been removed from a single platform. The edges of the core are damaged, possibly from re-use as a scraper. Ther…
Created on: Sunday 3rd November 2019
Last updated: Monday 4th November 2019
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Record ID: DOR-1E6766
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bipolar core with two striking platforms at opposing ends, made on a crudely flaked flint nodule fragment. The flint is opaque and originally light grey, however most of the object is now covered in a smooth, thin mid-gloss patina with areas of heavy reddish brown ferrous staining, mainly on the flake scar ridges. Two small areas of nodular cortex remain. Broad flake scars and more linear blade flakes scars are visible around all sides, many showing hinge fractures. Date: Neolithic 4000 BC - 2350 BC Dimensions: 57.2 mm x 43.7mm Weight: 122 g
Created on: Monday 1st April 2019
Last updated: Saturday 22nd June 2019
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Record ID: DOR-640125
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint keeled core,made on a broken polished axe. An elongate oval shaped core with platforms at acute angles to one another creating a keeled edge and an upper and lower face. Both faces show broad flake removal scars, many terminate in hinge fractures indicating probable use of a hard hammer. The flint is opaque and mottled dark to light grey with plentiful areas of reddish brown ferrous staining, mainly to flake scar ridges. Ridges and edges are smoothed. There are remnants of polished surface on one face. There is also an area of use waer (battering) along the edge at one end. D…
Created on: Monday 10th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-A437C5
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pale grey flint core possibly from the Early to Mid Mesolithic. it is roughly 'conical in shape and shows evidence that at least 1 and possibly 5 flakes have been removed from it. The rear still includes a large area of cortex with a rough stepped surface. The other surfaces appear to be patinated to several shades of pale grey and there is some evidence of iron staining. Length 41mm Width 26mm Thickness 27mm Weight 23g
Created on: Friday 25th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Lulworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-FD2BC1
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete small flint core dating from the late Mesolithic 6,300-4,300 BC to early Neolithic period 4,500-3,500 BC. In plan, the core is oval and in section it is pointed sub-oval. The core has had many blade removals of various sizes. Opposite the butt end there is a natural fault within the flint, which probably resulted in the core being discarded. There is one very small patch of cortex remaining to one edge. The core is a milky /grey: silky smooth with a less siliceous patch below the butt end. Dimensions are: Height from butt end, 36.19 mm. Width41.18 mm. Thickness 27.45 mm. We…
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.