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: 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-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-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.