Record ID: LANCUM-825D97
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lithic implement, probably a knife or scraper. It was knapped from light grey speckled flint and is hardly patinated. The dorsal face shows several large facets while the ventral face shows numerous waves/ripples. There are retouch marks forming a very ragged edge all around the edges on both the ventral and dorsal faces, although they are slightly more pronounced on the dorsal face.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catterall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-8B74D2
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Black Pennines chert scraper possibly Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic 6500-2900 BC. The chert is a dull black in colour with traces of the original white banding at the distal end. The surface reveals traces of weathering but this would be consistent with the original working of the weathered face for extraction. There are sources of black chert in the South Pennines. The chert is worked on 4 faces and 2 edges with 4 blade scars visible. The length is 3.5mm in length and 1mm in width.
Created on: Tuesday 21st September 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 18th January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BURNLEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-8B92C7
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Black Pennines chert scraper possibly Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic 6500-2900 BC. The chert is a dull black in colour with traces of the original white banding at the distal end. The surface reveals traces of weathering but this would be consistent with the original working of the weathered face for extraction. There are sources of black chert in the South Pennines. The chert is worked on 3 faces and the proximal point has been worked into a long narrow tapering point now broken suggesting a kind of boring tool. The length is 2.3mm in length and 1.2mm in width.
Created on: Tuesday 21st September 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 18th January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BURNLEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-8BAE56
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Black Pennines chert scraper possibly Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic 6500-2900 BC. The chert is a dull black in colour with traces of the original white banding at the distal end. The surface reveals traces of weathering but this would be consistent with the original working of the weathered face for extraction. There are sources of black chert in the South Pennines. The chert is worked on 3 faces and the proximal point has been worked into a long narrow tapering point now broken suggesting a kind of boring tool. The length is 4mm in length and 2mm in width.
Created on: Tuesday 21st September 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 18th January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BURNLEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-8BBEC8
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint knife blade possibly Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic 6500-2900 BC imported as flint is not naturally occurring in this area. The flint is a caramel colour with 5 blade scars and is worked on both edges. The length is 3.5mm in length and 1.5mm in width.
Created on: Tuesday 21st September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 13th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BURNLEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5A0B37
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary chert waste flake probably Mesolithic or Neolithic 6500-2900 BC struck off a prepared platform. Bulb of percussion and percussion waves on the ventral face; multiple arises on the dorsal face. The colour is dark grey with light grey patches. The length is 30mm, width 18mm, depth 10mm, and the weight 4.75g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 7th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trawden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5A27D1
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Mesolithic chert microlith 6500-2900 BC. The colour is light grey with whitish patches. The length is 13mm, width 9mm, thickness 6mm - 1mm and the weight is .90g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 18th January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trawden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5A3137
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Mesolithic chert microlith 6500-2900 BC. The colour is light grey with whitish patches. The length is 16mm, width 7mm, thickness 4mm and the weight is .48g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 18th January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trawden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1327A3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably Neolithic 4000-2000 BC debitage originally from the south mid grey speckled (prob from frost action) debitage waste flake with striking platform, bulb of percussion at the distal and hinge fracture at the proximal. The length is 34mm, width is 28mm, thickness 5mm and the weight is 5.95g.
Created on: Thursday 10th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HEYSHAM HEAD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-135701
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably Neolithic 4000-2000 BC debitage mid grey flint speckled from frost action part of core remaining and evidence of retouch or hinge fracture on the distal end. The flint is concave on dorsal convex on ventral faces. The length is 28mm, width is 25mm, thickness 9mm and the weight is 10.80g.
Created on: Thursday 10th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HEYSHAM HEAD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1A68E3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint waste flake debitage probably from the Yorkshire Wolds possibly Neolithic dating from 3500-2100BC. There are two striking scars on ventral face and one on the dorsal along with a striking platform. The length is 28mm, the width 20mm and thickness 5mm.
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2009
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HALTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LVPL757
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Small orange coloured waste flint flake
Created on: Wednesday 25th August 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LANCASHIRE SLYNE WITH HEST', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-7287B2
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Light brown flint possible scapper, with evidence of working chipping around edges, bulbous percussion.
Created on: Thursday 4th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Garstang', 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-C54F32
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic white flint blade. Two adjoining pieces of the blade were found, the proximal end is absent. They have differing degrees of patination & the distal section has evidence of extensive retouching after the break. 1 - distal end; length 15mm, width 14mm, depth 2.5mm, weight 0.7g. 2 - middle section; length 16mm, width 7mm, depth 2.5mm, weight 0.4g. Dates to between c3500 & c1500 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-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-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-B5D572
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Black chert scraper & burin of unusual form. Measures 35 x 19 x 9mm & weighs 8.2grammes. Dates between c6500 & c1150.
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sabden Fold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-596416
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint thumb-nail scraper of very late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date c.2400-2100 BC. The flint is sub-rounded save for the striking platform edge. It has has short scaled abrupt retouch around the entirety of the rounded edges. The ventral face has been heavily rework to flatten the bulb of percussion with long invasive low angled retouch. Almost all the striking appears to be with heavy hammer technology. The scraper is a limid reddish yellow with mottling possibly from being exposed. The length is 27mm, the width is 14mm, thickness 13mm and the weight 3.77g.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2016
Spatial data recorded.

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.

Record ID: LANCUM-1B8C12
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint implement possibly a core used for striking microliths in the Mesolithic 8300 - 4500 BC. The flint is white and perhaps originates from the Yorkshire Wolds or could alternatively be worked beach flint from the Lancashire coast. There are 5 blade scars where microliths have been removed.The length is 30mm and the width 21mm.
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LONGTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-C00254
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small piece of flint of uncertain date. It is oval in plan and triangular in cross-section. The fragment has been water worn resulting in a gloss covering. This gloss makes the typical features of a struck flint very difficult to identify. The flint is a natural shape which occurs with broken fragments of flint, and it is not likely that it was decisively struck. The longest edge has been chipped. This may be due to ware while in the water or ice, however the fragment may also have been picked up and used at some stage. It has a toffee-brown patina.
Created on: Tuesday 24th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bickerstaffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0F97C8
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ten worked chert and two flint fragments. The new finds are a 1 - Chert core possibly Neolithic or Bronze Age with three blade strikes on the ventral face. The colour is mid grey with white banding on the upper and lower edges. The length is 25mm, width 17mm, thickness 10mm and the weight 6.93g. 2 - Waste chert flake possibly Bronze Age with striking platform, two striking scars on the ventral face and one on the dorsal. The colour is mid grey with white banding on the upper and lower edges. The length is 22mm, width 11mm, thickness 8mm and the weight 2.32g. 3 - Possible Mesolit…
Created on: Wednesday 16th September 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Briercliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B13D03
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic/Neolithic largely unmodified flake to judge from the negative scars on the dorsal surface 8300-2100 BC. The flint is grey with white patches with a striking platform. The dorsal face is concave with a bulb of percussion at the proximal end, ripples and evidence of retouching along a curved edge to the distal point. The ventral face is slightly convex with numerous blade scars and has been extensively worked at the proximal probably for the purpose of hafting. The arrises (the crests between each flake) on the right side. The arrises on the left, in contrast, are sharp The f…
Created on: Friday 30th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BICKERSTAFFE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5DE4C1
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic black chert tool. Probably used as a fine chisel and for widening holes. Full use has been made of the areas that are high quality material. There are a few removals to the distal that produce a curved chiseled end. These have received a significant amount of wear. It is probable that use has been made of the way the stone has fractured to enable to act has a hole widener. This impression is re-inforced by a long fine removal down one edge that seems to have been made in order to improve its cutting abilities while being twisted. Dates to between c8300 and c4500 BC. The …
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2013
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Higham', grid reference and parish protected.

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-862DE5
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic to early Neolithic worked mid grey flint or chert notched arrowhead or scraper. It is nearly identical in plan to the quartzite LANCUM-0A4612, though due to the easier to work stone, this artefact is much thinner and a little smaller. Dates to between c6500 and c2900 BC. The length is 15mm, width 8.5mm, thickness 1.5mm, and the weight is under 0.1g.
Created on: Wednesday 12th June 2013
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Ribchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-581865
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Black Pennines chert microlith possibly Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic 6500-2900 BC. The chert is a dull black in colour with traces of the original white banding at the distal end. The surface reveals traces of weathering but this would be consistent with the original working of the weathered face for extraction. There are known sources of black chert in the South Pennines and is naturally occurring in beds on Pendle Hill and in the local glacial dumped material. The length is 9mm, width 6mm, thickness 5mm and the weight is 1.63g.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LANGHO', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5843C5
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Black Pennines chert microlith possibly Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic 6500-2900 BC. The chert is a dull black in colour with traces of the original white banding at the distal end. The surface reveals traces of weathering but this would be consistent with the original working of the weathered face for extraction. 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 11mm, width 10mm, thickness 5mm and the weight is 1.55g.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LANGHO', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-585484
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint fragment probably part of a broken microlith or waste flake from a core possibly Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic 6500-2900 BC. The flint is caramel in colour with traces of the original white core. There are no known sources of flint in the South Pennines and this would have been imported possibly from the East of the country from the Yorkshire Wolds. The length is 8mm, width 10mm, thickness 5mm and the weight is 0.88g.
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-5866B5
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Black Pennines chert blade possibly Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic 6500-2900 BC. The chert is a dull black in colour with traces of the original white banding at the distal end. 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 45mm, width 18mm, thickness 5mm and the weight is 7.49g.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LANGHO', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-587633
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint scraper possibly Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic 6500-2900 BC. The flint is white in colour and yellow in colour with 5 blade scars. There are no known sources of flint in the South Pennines and this may well have been imported from the east coast possibly the Yorkshire Wolds. The length is 27mm, width 21mm, thickness 5mm and the weight is 3.81g.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 17th January 2011
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-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-58BBE7
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Black Pennines chert blade possibly Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic 6500-2900 BC. The chert is a dull black in colour with traces of the original white banding. The surface reveals traces of weathering but this would be consistent with the original working of the weathered face for extraction. There are known sources of black chert in the South Pennines and this may well be naturally occurring around Boulsworth Hill and Thursden Valley. The length is 55mm, width 30mm, thickness 20mm, and mass 24.8g.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 9th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trawden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0A4612
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Translucent white quartz or quartzite notched scraper. It has been formed by splitting a pebble (possibly eroded out of the nearby Cop Scar). The distal end has been worked from the ventral side with one large central removal flanked on either side by pairs of smaller flake scars. The centre of the large removal has been retouched by microflaking. The proximal has one large removal. The entire junction of the dorsal & ventral faces remains sharp. It is probably a multi purpose tool used in the preparation of wooden objects, particularly arrow shafts. The unusual choice of knapping mat…
Created on: Friday 11th January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-473674
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Good quality black chert borer, possibly retouched into a burin, and side scraper. There is quite a lot of wear to the working end of the borer. Mesolithic to Neolithic in date (c8300 to c2100 BC). The length is 26mm, width 14mm, thickness 7mm, and the weight is 2.9g. 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…
Created on: Monday 14th 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-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-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-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: LANCUM-F3A931
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
An assembly of chert artefacts dating to the late mesolithic period. 1 - baton shaped dark grey microlith or debitage. Length 9mm, width 3mm, depth 2mm,weighs 0.08g. 2 - burnt grey chert debitage. Length 12mm, width 8mm, depth 6mm,weighs 0.63g. 3 - grey chert with three removal scars, probably a drill or borer that would be mounted in the end of a stick. Length 18mm, width 6mm, depth 5mm, weighs 0.68g. 4 - part of a high quality black chert microlith core, with some cortex. Length 10mm, width 9mm, depth 5mm, weighs 0.45g. 5 - good quality black chert microlith or waste flake…
Created on: Monday 17th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Ribchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-8D45C0
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Notched and curved black chert tool, possibly used for fletching. Probably Mesolithic, but certainly dating between c8300 & c1500 BC. Measures 24 x 13 x 5mm. A number of other chert lithic items, & a few flint ones, were also 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".
Created on: Monday 25th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B71A47
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two flint and five worked chert fragments. The size of the individual elements of the assembly indicate that they are the debitage of Mesolithic microlith production. Also found eroding out of the same horizon were a number of heavily burnt stone. One lump of grit, over 15 cm across, was broken open to ascertain the extent of burning. The changes due to heat went through the entire stone, excluding the likelihood of the burning being due to a moorland fire. Some smaller burnt stones were also collected as well as number of larger pieces of chert taken from the same horizon. The latter…
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near 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-0130E3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of stone tool (dating between c8300BC & c2900BC), possibly a borer, knapped from high quality black chert. It measures 23mm x 18mm x 9mm. It is probably late Mesolithic in date, but could well be Neolithic as the technological barrier between the eras appears blurred in the area.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Friday 14th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brink Ends', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-017DB1
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small knapped tool of high quality black chert at the working end. The other end is a lower quality chert. 22mm x 11mm x 4mm. Bulb of percussion & bulbar scar on dorsal side. Probably mid to late mesolithic, but could date to anytime between c6500 & c1800 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trawden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-01D1D2
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Mesolithic scalene triangle microlith and microburin. Formed on a tertiary piece of translucent milky white flint. There are small areas of short, acute, sub-parallel retouch on the two shorter edges. The most acute angle of the triangle has been formed into a burin. Dates to between c7000 BC and c4000 BC. The length is 4mm, width 2mm, thickness 1mm, and the weight is under 0.2g. see LANCUM-C38427 for further details of this site
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 2nd January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trawden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-02EB45
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worked chert tool dating probably Mesolithic between c8300BC & c4500BC. The tool reveals evidence of micro retouching and is made from high quality black chert probably from Pendle. It is roughly triangular and measures 20mm in length, 14.5mm in width, 5.5mm in thickness and weighs 1.35grms. The fineness of the retouching suggests a Late Mesolithic date. See also LANCUM-017DB1
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trawden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4DB993
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
High quality dark grey chert implement, possibly a borer, with signs of wear on the point. Probably mid to late Mesolithic, but could date to anytime between c8300 and c2900 BC. Measures 26 x 11 x 8mm. Weighs 2.6g
Created on: Monday 3rd September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blacko', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-ADCF41
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large flake of dark flint, probably debitage which may have been shaped into a crude scraper. It appears to have been further worked, showing three removals for microliths from one edge of the dorsal side. The dorsal side has various areas of conchoidal ripples, but these appear to be from later damage rather than knapping. There is evidence of removal of a large flake at the proximal end. The ventral side retains a large area of cortex. The length is 52mm, the width is 40mm mm, and thickness is 15mm
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-E2BE95
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Perhaps a Late Mesolithic or Early Neolithic 6500 - 2900 BC worked flint fragment which is could be debitage but as there is a cutting edge on one side is probably part of a broken blade. The flint is caramel with some white speckling suggesting patination from frost damage. It is unusual for the caramel colour flint to be worked possibly because as it is no where near the robust of the flint types. However there is no natural flint occurring in the area and it may well have been found or brought from elsewhere. There were a range of materials worked in the Mesolithic including chert,…
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2011
Last updated: Monday 14th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LANGHO', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-8DC615
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very worn black chert tool or core probably Mesolithic c.8300 - 4500 BC. A number of other chert lithic items, and a few flint ones, were also found in the vicinity. It measures 13mm in length, 7.5in width, 6mm in thickness and weighs 0.7grms. John Hallam directed a dig in the area some time ago. There is an account of the excavation in Barrowclough.
Created on: Monday 25th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salesbury', 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-A3C4C1
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped chert tool, probably multi purpose and possibly formed part of a larger tool that broke. Found on the ridge which terminates at the 'big end' of Pendle. Mesolithic or Neolithic in date (c8300 - c2100 BC). It measures 31mm in length, 16mm in width, 6mm in thickness and weighs 3.5grms.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Barley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-9A2D23
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Flake, pale grey translucent flint, low angle, long, scaled retouch on one side. Flake irregular. Early Bronze Age. Length 19.3mm, Width 12.9mm, Thickness 2.3mm, Mass 0.58g
Created on: Thursday 13th June 2013
Last updated: Saturday 15th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laneshaw Bridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-469FC4
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Flake, translucent light brown flint, well defined conchoidal fracture suggesting hard hammer. Traces of low angle long flaking. Early Bronze Age.Length 29.2mm, Width 26.0mm, Thickness 10.8mm, Mass 7.96g.
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: LANCUM-064172
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of four fragments of flint blades, clearly worked and three small pieces of flint debitage and two pieces of limestone which look unworked, but could have been used as tools due to their natural shape. Associated with a cremation probably human from a Bronze Age cairn. The length is 8-38mm, and the width is 5-22mm and the thickness is 1-9mm and the combined weight is 9.42g. Mesolithic to BA lithic assemblage. Two flint flakes, one burnt the other not; both worked and one quartz chipping possibly worked. Associated with a cremation probably human from a Bronze Age cairn. …
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2015
Spatial data recorded.

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-57D5A1
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small piece of medium hard black stone, possibly jet or a Scottish pitch. It leaves a black mark when drawn across paper. There is a series of three parallel lines on one face, there is a chance that these may be artificial. A small piece of possible jet/shale debitage (LANCUM 585BA4) was found next to this jet/pitch. These may have come from a burial unearthed in the near vicinity in the antiquarian period. Measures 18x13x10mm. Dates between c2500BC & c800BC.
Created on: Sunday 29th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sabden Fold', 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.