Record ID: LANCUM-5E2017
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 'Marles Wood' black chert core, possibly late Mesolithic to early Neolithic. The colour is almost black with numerous mid brown speckled inclusions. There is evidence of 5 large flakes having been struck laterally from the sides and evidence of a smaller flake having been removed from near the top of one of these. There is also evidence that a flake has been removed transversally from both the top and bottom of the piece. The base still retains a light grey cortex with a small 'vein' of iron stain. The colour and texture of the chert is typical of other examples found at the same lo…
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2013
Last updated: Monday 14th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-E7C543
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Light grey flint tool, probably late Neolithic. Striking platform visible. Ventral side is slightly concave with prominent bulb of percussion at proximal end. Multiple flaking to dorsal side to create a curved blade profile with most of dorsal ridge having been removed and micro-touching along full extent of two main edges. Grey colour with slight blackening at proximal end, with some lighter inclusions throughout. Blade is incomplete having been snapped at distal end in antiquity. Length 25mm, Width 15mm, Thickness 4.5 mm. Weight 2g.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pendle Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-13D1D8
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nearly opaque, pale grey grading to white, worked quartz or quartzite. It has probably been made by working a pebble removed or eroded out of the native millstone grit. The shape of the tool has been formed with 5 major flakes and a number of smaller ones. Two of the edges have been retouched by microflaking. The edges remains sharp. It was possibly mounted at the end of a stick, bone or similar. The photograph has been taken so that the two retouched edges are pointing up. The unusual choice of knapping material, given the local abundance of good quality chert, may have accorded this…
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ratten Clough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-73AF48
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark grey chert tool, probably Bronze Age. A more or less round shaped thumb scraper showing flaking to all edges of dorsal face. Dark grey with no inclusions. The ventral face is largely flat. Dorsal face has a pronounced hump at one side Length 22mm, Width 20mm, Thickness 8mm, Weight 3g.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wiswell Moor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9F84F0
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone chisel, probably rhyolite possibly originally derived from Cheshire. A great deal of care has been taken in its manufacture. The shaping at the rear of the tool suggests it was made to be mounted at the end of a bone, antler or piece of wood. Dating between c8300 and c4500 BC, probably Mesolithic. Some waste flakes were found close by (LANCUM-9F98D5). It measures 31mm in length, 16.5mm in width, 8mm in thickness and weighs 6.2grms.
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-F81C94
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unusual millstone grit tool. The stone out of which the tool has been made is a type imported into the area for use as querns and millstones. It is much harder, finer and more evenly grained, more cohesive, and paler than the local grit. Likely to be within the date range of c2900 BC to c100 AD, but probably Bronze Age (2150-800 BC) It is probable that the object started life as larger quern or milling stone that broke at some stage. As the stone would have been sought after locally, it was reused. See also LANCUM-0F97C8 for further information. Measures 160mm in length, 70mm i…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Briercliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C647F2
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small (diameter c20mm) stone ball formed out of a hard grey sedimentary stone with visible bedding planes. It was found eroding out of an mid to late mesolithic strata. It has had its sphericity augmented by pecking and rubbing. Its purpose is unknown but it looks like a sling stone. It weighs 7.4 grms. Probably dates to between c8300 to c2900 BC. None of the very scarce comparable records has yet had a purpose ascribed to it. Numerous microliths, mesolithic debitage and material up to the Bronze Age, has been found on the site. see LANCUM-0F97C8 for further notes on this site.
Created on: Saturday 28th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Briercliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-589344
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worked stone possibly rhyolite or more likely sandstone perhaps a scraper possibly Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic 6500-2900 BC. It is yellowish-brown in colour with. There are known sources of sandstone in the South Pennines and this may well be naturally occurring around this part of the Ribble Valley. The length is 42mm, width 26mm, thickness 5mm and the weight is 6.92g.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 8th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LANGHO', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5884B8
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Chert or more likely rhyolite blade probably Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic 6500-2900 BC. The rhyolite is a reddish grey in colour. There are known sources of black chert in the South Pennines and it is naturally occurring in beds on Pendle Hill and in the local glacial dumped material. The length is 24mm, width 11mm, depth 15mm, and the weight is 1.69g.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 8th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LANGHO', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-17B375
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Mesolithic grey/green rhyolite borer and possibly also used as a chisel. Dates to between c10000 to c7000 BC. Measuring 3lmm long, 16mm wide, 11mm and weighing 4.76g.
Created on: Monday 18th May 2009
Last updated: Saturday 15th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trawden', grid reference and parish protected.