Record ID: SOMDOR-6EBD33
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint core. The presence of several long thin flaking scars suggests a Mesolithic or early Neolithic date. There is an area of nodule cortex on one side. The mottled light and mid brownish-grey flint has a mid-gloss patina. Dimensions: 36.79mm by 31.63mm by 27.92mm Weight: 40.42g
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-5527F1
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic tranchet axe. Long, oval axe with an oval cross section. Made on a narrow nodule of gravel flint. Mid grey flit with occasional white and dark grey mottles. Mid gloss, slightly milky patina. Cortex is present at the butt end and two thirds along one face. The cortex is weathered and stained brown. The the butt end there are traces of earlier, greyish white patination indicating earlier breakage of the nodule. The axe is extensively flaked along both edges. The flakes are broad. The cutting edge is formed by similar broad flaking on one face, and the removal of a tranchet (tr…
Created on: Monday 13th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-55C357
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint bladelet core. Dark brownish grey mottled flint with a pale grey, mid gloss patina. Gravel flint. One face retains a patch of weathered cortex and also shows evidence of earlier breakage in the form of a patch of off-white patination. The core has been worked from two sides, having numerous elongate, blade-like scars on both. Plausibly Mesolithic.
Created on: Monday 13th March 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-02ABF0
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint blade dating from the Mesolithic to early Neolithic. There is extensive edge damage along both sides and at the distal end. The dorsal surface has a single rise, splitting to two at the distal end and the ventral surface is flat.
Created on: Thursday 8th March 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Toller Down', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-F67E61
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Half of a pebble mace. Made from an orangey-grey quartzite pebble. It was originally sub-oval in shape. The perforation has an hour-glass profile indicating that it was made using a solid bit, drilling halfway from each side. Date: These are often dated to the Mesolithic, but may well also be later in date (Neolithic). Dimensions: 58 mm x 65 mm x 29 mm. Hole diameter: 20 mm at top, 14 mm at centre. Weight: 140 g
Created on: Sunday 30th September 2007
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-BEF9A2
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Flint axe. Probable tranchet axe of Late Mesolithic date. Long, oval flaked axe with an oval cross section. Off-white flint with a heavy patina and orange iron staining. This object was unearthed many years ago and has been curated by the owners, hence its yellow-brown "mantlepiece" patina. The butt of the axe is tapered almost to a point. The axe is extensively flaked along both edges. The flakes are broad. The cutting edge is formed by similar broad flaking. The diagnostic transverse flake of a tranchet axe has been obscured by subsequent flaking or re-working. However, the overall …
Created on: Tuesday 27th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 22nd May 2014
No spatial data available.

Record ID: WILT-4A3E51
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic/ Early Neolithic blade flake, measuring 27x13mm and weighing 1.8g. The flint is 100% heavily patinated.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-BFEF96
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint flake, the waste product from flint working (debitage). The flake has been struck but is not a tool form. The flint is yellowish brown and is not patinated. The flake is 35.4mm long, 19.5mm wide and 9.9mm thick. It weighs 6.52g. Some cortex survives and it is a reddish brown colour.
Created on: Wednesday 20th August 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th February 2019
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SWYOR-C000D0
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint flake that has been retouched to use as a tool. The flake is sub-triangular in plan. Cortex survives on the proximal end and there is delicate retouch on the right side. The flint is heavily patinated and has a yellowish tinge. It is 35.6mm long, 28.5mm wide and 9.3mm thick. It weighs 9.3g.
Created on: Wednesday 20th August 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th February 2019
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SWYOR-C01CB5
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint flake, the waste product from flint working (debitage). The flake has been struck but is not a tool form. The flint is yellowish grey and heavily patinated. The flake is 27mm long, 16mm wide and 5mm thick. It weighs 2.5g.
Created on: Wednesday 20th August 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th February 2019
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SWYOR-C02925
Object type: MICROBURIN
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint microburin, a piece of waste material from the process of forming microliths. The flint is sub-triangular in plan. It is yellowish grey and patinated. It is 15.5mm long, 10.6mm wide and 3.5mm thick. It dates from the Mesolithic period.
Created on: Wednesday 20th August 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th February 2019
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SUSS-5C8C83
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Flint tranchet axe of Late Mesolithic date. The axe has rounded ends and expands in plan from the butt to the blade end; It is pointed oval in longitudinal and transverse cross section. It is 101.8mm long, 45.2mm wide and 24.7mm thick; it weighs 120 grams. It is made of pale grey flint with a heavy white patina. There are remains of original cortext at the butt end and small patches on both sides. The axe is extensively flaked on both sides. On one side there is evidence of large flake removal at the butt and down the sides and long, parallel semi-abrupt removals from the blade; the c…
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 22nd May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-922972
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint blade, probably dating to the Mesolithic. The blade is long and thin. It has three flaking scars on the dorsal face. Both ends have been snapped leaving them blunt. There is a small notch missing on the right edge of the ventral face at the proximal end. Whether this was produced deliberately or is later damage is unclear. The flint is light milky brown in colour. Length: 33.36mm, Width: 12.17mm, Thickness: 4.70mm Weight: 2.37g
Created on: Wednesday 17th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cattistock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9252E1
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint microlith, probably dating to the Mesolithic. The object is long, thin, and slightly curved, coming to a point at the distal end. The dorsal surface has three long, parallel flaking scars. The flint is very light in colour, with a milky, white patina and small patches of orange staining in places. Length: 31.44mm, Width: 11.46mm, Thickness: 4.41mm Weight: 2.09g
Created on: Wednesday 17th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cattistock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-8C8E18
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An axehead made on a partially naturally fractured flake of mid grey secondary flint. A crude tranchet style axehead. The surface has patinated to a very pale grey with areas of iron staining and a mid gloss. It has been crudely and steeply flaked to produce a tapering shape. The wider end has been modified with a single tranchet flake to form a crude cutting edge. There is some thin, abraded cortex on one face of the implement. The lateral margins have been pecked and abraded to blunt the edges of the piece. Date: Probably Mesolithic - c. 8300 to 3500 BC Dimensions: 94 mm x 42 mm…
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 29th July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-C07A12
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint waste flake. A tertiary waste flake of mid grey flint with dark grey speckles. It has a mid-gloss patina. There is a triangular striking platform, low bulb of percussion and waves of percussion on the ventral face.. There is some slight denticulation around the edges, but ist is not clear if this is deliberate of the result of damage. There are two flaking scars and a pronounced inter-scar ridge on the dorsal face.The flake is very small and is most likely to be from Mesolithic or early Neolithic bladelet manufacture (pers. comm. Peter Bellamy) Date: Mesolithic to Early Neolit…
Created on: Tuesday 24th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 7th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-0E7A57
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete flint axe. A large tranchet axe of the Mesolithic. The cutting edge and part of the body of the axe only remains, the butt having been broken off in antiquity. It is made from pale mid grey and grey brown flint with less siliceous patches and bands. It is patinated to a matt, pale grey colour with some iron staining. There are numerous flaking scars on all the surfaces, with several transverse flakes removed from one edge and resulting in an off-centre ridge along the length of the axe. The body of the axe has an irregular triangular cross section which, as the axe is sh…
Created on: Friday 5th March 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-E9F146
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint axehead of Mesolithic date., The butt appears to have been broken off in antiquity. The tip and one edge appear to have suffered recent damage, the opposite edge has numerous small flaking scars which appear to be retouching. There is evidence of several transverse flakes being removed from one edge and these are highlighted with iron staining to the ridges of each one. It is roughly oval in cross section with one face having a slight central ridge. It is patinated to a semi matt pale grey colour to one face the other face is dark brown with less siliceous patches.…
Created on: Saturday 15th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-1260D8
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pyramid-shaped single platform core dating from the late Mesolithic period (6,000 BC) to early Neolithic period (3000 BC). There are approximately nine flake removals. A small area of cortex remains at the distal end. The core colour is banded from dark brown to a milky white with a silky smooth patina. The flint has a major flaw to one side which has probably rendered the core unsuitable for further flake removal. Dimensions are; Length 46.86 mm. Width 39.02 mm. Weight 52 grams. FLO comment: Date: Possibly late Mesolithic to probably early Neolithic - c 6000 - 3000 BC
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-89BA54
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic flint end scraper. Fabricated from a secondary flake, it has a patinated white exterior with mid grey core. It has been knapped to produce an end scraper and side scraper and/or knife, both with worn retouches. The dorsal has a percentage of retained cortex that would aid with grip and applying pressure when utilising the tool as a knife. Dates from c10000 to c4001 BC. Length 29mm, width 16mm, thickness 4.5mm, weight 3.4g.
Created on: Saturday 24th August 2013
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Abbotsbury', grid reference and parish protected.