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: NLM-EFF6B3
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic to Neolithic flint scraper. The mid grey opaque flint has spots of white in the fabric. The dorsal face has a patch of cortex in the centre and has steep haphazard retouch all the way around. The ventral face is plain with some damage at the proximal end. The length is 35.4mm, the width is 33.4mm, the thickness is 15.5mm and the weight is 23.86g.
Created on: Wednesday 24th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LANCUM-14F8F0
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Scraper is a unifacially retouched tool with a steep wide angled edge. It is designed to scrape material such as wood, bone and hide.One important variety is the thumbnail scraper, which characteristically tends to be small and discoid in outline. This small, circular worked flint is from the Mesolithic period. It is dark brown in colour with transluscent edges. The cortex covers the dorsal surface, with the exception of the worked edges. The striking platform and bulb of percussion are both evident. The flint measures 18.12mm x 17.58mm and weighs 1.50g. These flints form part of…
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Anglezarke Moor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-153661
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Scraper is a unifacially retouched tool with a steep wide angled edge. It is designed to scrape material such as wood, bone and hide. One important variety is the thumbnail scraper, which characteristically tends to be small and discoid in outline. This very small, circular flint is from the Mesolithic period. It is dark bown in colour. On the ventral surface, the striking platform and bulb of percussion are evident, with some rippling. The flaking scars almost completely cover the dorsal surface and it has been finely worked. The flint measures 14.67mm x 13.30mm and weighs 1.80g.Th…
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Anglezarke Moor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1562F2
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Scraper is a unifacially retouched tool with a steep wide-angled edge. It is designed to scrape material such as wood, bone and hide. One important variety is the thumbnail scraper, which characteristically tends to be a small discoid in outline. This sub-circular flint tool dating from the Mesolithic period, has a dark brown glassy hue on the ventral side, with a central area of cortex remaining above the working on the dorsal side. A small flake has broken off just below the striking platform. It measures 17.88mm x 16.95mm and weighs 2.33g. These flints form part of a large ant…
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Anglezarke Moor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-A807D5
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Scraper is a unifacially retouched tool, with a steep wide-angled edge. It is designed to scrape material such as wood, bone and hide. One important variety is the thumbnail scraper, which characteristically tends to be a small discoid in outline. This sub-circular chert dating to the Mesolithic period is light grey in colour with some white mottling and a dull, matt hue. It has a dark grey stripe , which runs obliquely across both sides. A flake has been removed across the stripe, creating a ridge on the dorsal side. It is well worked around the edges. It measures 26.86mm x 23.70mm…
Created on: Monday 24th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Anglezarke Moor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-A91895
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A blade is an elongated flake that was detached from a core-the rule of thumb being more than twice as long as it is wide. Blades were often modified and mounted in handles or hafts. This blade, dating to the Mesolithic period, is grey in colour, with almost half the cortex remaining on the dorsal face.It is blunt at one end and rounded at the other. There are several flaking scars and the edges are well worked. It measures 51.28mm x 14.67mm and weighs 3.16g.
Created on: Monday 24th November 2008
Last updated: Friday 10th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Anglezarke Moor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-477CF6
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Scraper is a unifacially retouched tool, with a steep wide-angled edge.It is designed to scrape material such as wood, bone and hide. One important variety is the Thumbnail scraper which tends to be a small discoid in outline. This Mesolithic flint is dark grey in coliur and was circular until breakage across the striking platform created two flaking scars at right angles to each other. A piece of cortex on the dorsal face has not been removed and creates a central ridge across the face. It is well worked at the edges. It measures 30.61mm x 25.58mm and weighs 6.77g.These flints form…
Created on: Monday 19th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Anglezarke Moor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-177CC5
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete 'D' shaped scraper knapped from grey black flint and dating from the late Neolithic period 2500-2100BC, possibly a Riley Type 5 (Bond, C. Plate 5.112 and 5.113). The scraper is complete, made from a short, round flake with retouch along the total distal and halfway up the two mesial edges. Both the ventral and dorsal faces are very smooth with even ripple marks. Scrapers could have many uses from scraping the fat off animal skins, to scraping the bark off arrow shafts. The length is 42mm, width 34mm, thickness 6mm and the weight is 14.21g.
Created on: Monday 18th May 2009
Last updated: Sunday 4th December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WYCOLLER', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-944C16
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fragment of flint debitage, very difficult to date. The fragment is very worn and probably some kind of waste flake that was chipped off the core and discarded. Since flint was in use until the early modern period in this area, it is very difficult to date it without context. However, flint does natually appear on the west coast of Britain and thus, the fragment probably came off a core that was brought here from the east.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd February 2011
Last updated: Friday 11th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thornton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9D45D3
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Chert core, possibly Mesolithic or Neolithic in date, c. 6500-2900 BC with multiple blade strikes on both faces. The colour is dark grey/black. Length: 15mm, width: 12mm, depth: 8mm, weight: 4.16g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wheatley Lane', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9DED31
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Chert core, possibly Mesolithic or Neolithic in date, c. 6500-2900 BC with multiple blade strikes on all faces. The colour is light to medium grey. Length: 50mm, width: 22mm, depth: 15mm, weight: 17g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pendle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9E8405
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Chert core, possibly Mesolithic or Neolithic in date, c. 6500-2900 BC with multiple blade strikes. The colour is light to medium grey. Length: 30mm, width: 10mm, thickness: 5mm, weight: 3.3g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sabden Fold', 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-5A1D15
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible chert arrowhead Mesolithic or Neolithic 6500-2900 BC. Mid grey in colour striking platform and striking scars on every face. The length is 30mm, width 20mm, thickness 5mm and the weight is 4.04g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
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.