Record ID: LANCUM-A32091
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age grey brown flint thumbnail scraper fabricated from a tertiary flake. The scraping edge has been formed with semi-invasive, sub-parallel, semi-abrubt removals along the curved edge. A small gouge or burin has also been fashioned on one of the 'corners' of the flake. Dates to between c2700 to c1600 BC. Length 30mm, width 22mm, thickness 3.5mm, weight 4.80g.
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Haslingden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-31F4B2
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Mesolithic to mid Bronze Age debitage, tertiary patinated white flint, heat effected post working, no retouch. Dates from c7000 to c1000 BC. The length is 15mm, width 11mm, thickness 3mm, and the weight is 0.48g.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Sunday 18th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-31F0E6
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mid Mesolithic to early Neolithic tertiary grey flint debitage. Possible retouch to one mesal. Dates from c7000 to c3500 BC. The length is 16mm, width 10mm, thickness 3mm, and the weight is 0.43g.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-31EF00
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to mid Bronze Age tertiary pale grey flint debitage. Small areas of parallel short semi-acute retouch on mesals, possibly for use as side scrapers and/or cutting edges. Dates from c4000 to c1000 BC. The length is 19mm, width 12mm, thickness 4mm, and the weight is 0.68g
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-31EC56
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early to late Neolithic red brown flint secondary debitage or blade butt. There is very fine sub-parallel short acute retouch to both mesals. Dates from c4000 to c2350 BC. The length is 13mm, width 11mm, thickness 3mm, and the weight is 0.39g.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-31EAF4
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic to Neolithic tertiary grey chert blade. Parallel short acute retouch to the longer mesal, probably to form a cutting edge. Dates from c10,000 to c2350 BC. The length is 32mm, width 15mm, thickness 6mm, and the weight is 2.00g.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-31E1DB
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early to late Neolithic grey flint tertiary blade fragment with sub-parallel short acute retouch to both mesals forming edges that could be used for cutting or scraping. Second phase of retouch to the distal mesal to form a burin on the corner. Dates from c4000 to c2350 BC. The length is 17mm, width 12mm, thickness 3.5mm, and the weight is 0.77g.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-31DDB7
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Neolithic to early Bronze Age tertiary patinated white flint debitage. Probably a fragment from the proximal end of a discarded blade. There is occasional random short acute retouch to both mesal edges, but nothing that suggests the fragment was reused as a tool. Dates from c4000 to c1600 BC. The length is 15mm, width 11mm, thickness 5mm, and the weight is 0.81g.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-31DBA0
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic tertiary pale grey flint blade. The distal end has snapped off. Sub-parallel acute to semi-actue short retouch to both mesals. Dates from c4000 to c2350 BC. The length is 26mm, width 18mm, thickness 5mm, and the weight is 2.05g.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-31D9EC
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic patinated tertiary grey flint end scraper. The scraper is on the distal end and there are two stages of sub-parallel abrupt retouch, short on semi-invasive, and some damage from crushing. Dates from c4000 to c2350 BC. The length is 21mm, width 13mm, thickness 5mm, and the weight is 1.42g.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rufford', grid reference and parish protected.