Record ID: LANCUM-97FFE6
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Good quality black chert tool, probably used as an end scraper or chisel mounted at the tip of a stick, and possibly adapted from a borer or drill. There is wear to the working end and it has been retouched. Mid Mesolithic to mid Neolithic in date (c6500 to c2500 BC). The length is 10mm, width 5.5mm, thickness 3.5mm, and the weight is 0.3g. A number of chert lithic items, & a few flint ones, have also been found in the vicinity, mostly on the other side of the Ribble. John Hallam directed a dig in that area some time ago. There is an account of the excavation in David Barrow…
Created on: Friday 18th January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9869C5
Object type: MICROBURIN
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark grey chert microlith or possibly a waste flake. Probably a microburin or gouge. Mid Mesolithic to mid Neolithic in date (c6500 to c2500 BC). The length is 6mm, width 5mm, thickness 1mm, and the weight is under 0.1g. A number of chert lithic items, & a few flint ones, have also been found in the vicinity, mostly on the other side of the Ribble. John Hallam directed a dig in that area some time ago. There is an account of the excavation in David Barrowclough's book "Prehistoric Lancashire". It is worth noting that the Marles Wood area is on what would have been a natur…
Created on: Friday 18th January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-98A313
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three pieces of worked chert. Mid Mesolithic to mid Neolithic in date (c6500 to c2500 BC). 1 - Black chert waste flake, or possibly a failed attempt at a tool. The length is 22mm, width 14mm, thickness 4mm, and the weight is 1.4g. 2 - Dark grey chert debitage.The length is 16mm, width 10mm, thickness 7mm, and the weight is 1.2g. 3 - Grey chert debitage. The length is 19mm, width 10.5mm, thickness 6mm, and the weight is 1.2g. Quite possibly evidence of a knapping site. Found near LANCUM-975D75
Created on: Friday 18th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 9th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-AF1DF4
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three pieces of worked chert and one piece of worked flint. Mid Mesolithic to mid Neolithic in date (c6500 to c2500 BC). 1 - Dark grey chert debitage or core fragment. The length is 6mm, width 3mm, thickness 3mm, and the weight is under 0.1g. 2 - Black chert microlith or waste flake.The length is 12mm, width 10mm, thickness 1mm, and the weight is under 0.1g. 3 - Black 'Marles Wood' chert microlith/scraper or waste flake. The length is 12mm, width 11mm, thickness 1.5mm, and the weight is 0.3g. 4 - White flint microlith or waste flake. The length is 5.5mm, width 5mm, thickne…
Created on: Saturday 19th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 9th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Ribchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-AF31C4
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Black chert, with cortex, concave side scraper. Mid Mesolithic to mid Neolithic in date (c6500 to c2500 BC). The length is 33mm, width 20mm, thickness 5mm, and the weight is 2.5g.
Created on: Saturday 19th January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Ribchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-AF7535
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Black chert abandoned/broken tool or possibly debitage. Mid Mesolithic to mid Neolithic in date (c6500 to c2500 BC). The length is 13mm, width 5.5mm, thickness 3.5mm, and the weight is 0.4g. A number of chert lithic items, & a few flint ones, have also been found in the vicinity. John Hallam directed a dig in the area some time ago. There is an account of the excavation in David Barrowclough's book "Prehistoric Lancashire". It is worth noting that the Marles Wood area is on what would have been a natural migration & trade route. The geology of the area produces something …
Created on: Saturday 19th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Ribchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-143915
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White flint debitage. Probably Mesolithic (c8300 to c3500 BC) in date but could date to anytime between c8300 and c800 BC. The length is 15mm, width 14mm, thickness 8mm, and the weight is 1.42g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Colne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-146913
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mid Mesolithic to early Neolithic worked translucent milky flint. Probably a microlith but possibly a waste flake. Dates to between c6500 and c2900 BC. The length is 18mm, width 7.5mm, thickness 1mm , and the weight is 0.15g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2013
Last updated: Monday 9th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Colne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-149910
Object type: GRAVER
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic worked translucent grey/brown flint graver/burin on a blade. An attempt has been made to remove 12mm of the dorsal ridge at the distal end with three removals. One large flake has removed most of the proximal end, leaving the point that could be used as a graver or burin. Dates to between c8300 and c3500 BC. The length is 36mm, width 9.5mm, thickness 5mm, and the weight is 1.5g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2013
Last updated: Monday 9th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Colne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C5B8B6
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic black chert tool, possibly a borer. The proximal end has remnant cortex. Length 18mm, width 11mm, depth 6mm, weight 1.3g. Dates to between c8300 & c2500 BC. Other lithics found in localised patches in the area by finder last year and by others throughout the last century or so.
Created on: Sunday 10th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 29th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Clitheroe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C61293
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a late Mesolithic or early Neolithic light grey worked stone (prob chert or rhyolite) probably an unfinished blade. The distal end has been retouched to act as an end scraper. It is quite worn Length 30mm, width 13mm, depth 7mm, weight 2.9g. Dates to between c6500 & c2900 BC. Other lithics found in localised patches in the area by finder last year and by others throughout the last century or so.
Created on: Sunday 10th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 29th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Clitheroe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C62720
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a late Mesolithic or early Neolithic white flint fragment from a core, possibly part of a broken tool or waste flake. Length 10mm, width 6.5mm, depth 3.5mm, weight 0.1g. Dates to between c6500 & c2900 BC. Other lithics found in localised patches in the area by finder last year and by others throughout the last century or so.
Created on: Sunday 10th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 9th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Clitheroe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C64E16
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early to late mesolithic heavily patinated worked white stone (probably flint), probably a broken or unfinished blade/tool. It has similarities in form to LANCUM-17B375, though it is much smaller. Length 20mm, width 9mm, depth 6.5mm, weight 0.8g. Dates to between c9600 & c4000 BC. Other lithics found in localised patches in the area by finder last year and by others throughout the last century or so.
Created on: Sunday 10th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Clitheroe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-46C1D5
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Core, conical, single platform from which broad blades were struck, some traces of platform preparation. Banded brown flint, some patination on one side. Early Mesolithic/Early Neolithic. Platform 26.3 x 18.7mm, Height 30.8mm, Mass 17.05g.
Created on: Friday 21st June 2013
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laneshaw Bridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-8442F2
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Core and chip Core, irregular shaped piece of poor, opaque grey flint, some faces showing original, natural fractures. At one point three narrow blades have been removed two terminating in hinge fractures. Length 53.7mm, Width 26.8mm, Thickness 16.8mm, Mass 16.51g Chip, translucent grey flint, Length 12.7mm, Width 7.5mm, Thickness 2.5mm, Mass 0.19g
Created on: Monday 24th June 2013
Last updated: Monday 24th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laneshaw Bridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-38E278
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mid Mesolithic to early Neolithic flint microlith. The high quality flint is a pale grey to greyish white with occasional white pinpoint inclusions. The bulging (1mm to 3mm) ventral side has been left untouched with the exception of one microflake. This was probably to remove an imperfection just below the cortex. The dorsal has much more complex working. It has been worked in three stages to produce the implement. The initial two stages are probably from preparation on the core (overall effect has been to reduce the overall thickness) as the working is from the distal end. The third …
Created on: Friday 3rd May 2013
Last updated: Friday 14th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bowland-with-Leagram', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-83292A
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint microlith of late Mesolithic date, about 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is a Group B microlith formed on dark grey chert. The flint is triangular in plan and is sub-triangular in cross-section. There is abrupt, sub-parallel, short retouch on the left side. It is 18mm long, 11.4mm wide and 3mm thick. 0.52g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-8363C7
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint microlith of late Mesolithic date, about 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is a Group B rod microlith formed on dark grey chert. The flint is sub-rectangular in plan and is sub-rectangular in cross-section. There is abrupt, sub-parallel, short retouch on the right side. It is 17.2mm long, 5mm wide and 3.4mm thick. 0.29g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-8376B1
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint microlith of late Mesolithic date, about 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is a Group B rod microlith formed on patinated white flint. The flint is sub-rectangular in plan and is sub-trapezoid in cross-section. There is abrupt, sub-parallel, short retouch on the left side. It is 17.6mm long, 4mm wide and 2.4mm thick. 0.21g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-8383BF
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint microlith of late Mesolithic date, about 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is a Group B rod microlith formed on dark grey chert. The flint is sub-rectangular in plan and is triangular in cross-section. There is abrupt, sub-parallel, short retouch on the left side. It is 15.9mm long, 5.2mm wide and 2.3mm thick. 0.18g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.