Record ID: DUR-97CD1D
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, flint, leaf arrowhead of early Neolithic date. Green (1980) Type 3Bn. c.4000BC-3300BC. The object is sub-triangular, the dorsal face is slightly convex with covering parallel low angle retouch and short sub-parallel low angle retouch around all the edges. The ventral surface is slightly convex near the point then becomes slightly concave towards the proximal end due to a negative scar and percussion ripples. Reference: Green, H.S., 1980. The flint arrowheads of the British Isles: a detailed study of material from England and Wales with comparanda from Scotland and …
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-D4F83D
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper likely dating to the late Neolithic to early Bronze Age period (2000-1600 BC). The object is broadly sub-triangular with a rounded base. The dorsal face presents a small patch of the original cortext, as well as evidence of retouch around the side. The ventral face is smooth with a prominent bulb of percussion at the proximal end. The object is struck from a piece of dark brown flint. Dimensions: Length 34.98mm; width 27.22mm; thickness 12.48mm; weight 12.50g
Created on: Monday 17th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 24th October 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-0DBE86
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age flint side scraper formed on honey brown secondary debitage. Along one mesal there is semi-abrupt, short, sub-parallel retouch from the ventral face that has created an effective scraper. At the pointed end of this retouch, there is a couple of removals that may have been to form or strengthen a gouge. Dates to between c1000 and c400 BC. Length 46mm, width 43mm, thickness 18mm, weight 27.26g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-945099
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint barb and tang arrowhead, similar to a Ballyclare B, formed on a tertiary flake now patinated white. Multiple flaking scars cover both the ventral and dorsal sides. The fully invasive primary working has been retouched to all edges. It is triangular in plan with slightly projecting barbs on the base either side of a 5mm wide rectangular tang that projects 4mm beyond the bottom of the tangs. The barbs are more or less pointed and the tang only slightly rounded. Probably dates to between c2500 and c1500 BC. Length 25mm, width 17mm.
Created on: Thursday 3rd December 2020
Last updated: Saturday 2nd January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Milnthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-ED9D57
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Mid Bronze Age flint scraper on debitage. The pink grey tertiary flake has been retouched (short, scaled, abrupt to semi-abrupt) into an end scraper at the distal end. There is also retouch (short, scaled, abrupt) that forms a notch on the distal half of one of the mesal edges. The other edges have been blunted with crushing and retouch, but probably to make the tool more comfortable to hold than for any utilitarian purpose. Dates from c2700 to c1000 BC. The length is 57mm, width 32mm, thickness 15mm, and the weight is 21.4g.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
Last updated: Sunday 6th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Maryport', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LANCUM-8A4099
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint scraper dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2150 - 800 BC). The object is oval in form with a broadly flat ventral surface and convex dorsal surface. The flint is dark brown in colour with white patches. Formed from a flake, there is a bulb of percussion at one end of the ventral surface. The ventral surface displays scaled short abrupt retouch around three sides. The object is 72.43mm in length, 36.33mm in width and 10.55mm in thickness. It weighs 40.46g.
Created on: Friday 11th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DE0051
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint debitage retouched to a scraper. The flint is pale brown in colour. It is a tertiary piece of debitage that has had short, stepped, abrupt to semi-abrupt retouch to one corner. This has produced an artefact that could have been utilised as a crude but effective scraper. Probably dates to between c2700 and c1600 BC. The length is 24mm, width 16mm, and the thickness 10mm.
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-879949
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A scraper of Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age date (-2500 -800 BC) being heavily worked down and manufactured on a tertiary flake fragment of black flint, with the distal end cloudy white/light beige. The bulb of percussion is absent but there are pronounced ripples on the ventral face, which has been long retouched with four or five stepped fractures and semi-abrupt retouch on the left side, but the edge has been worn away. The dorsal face has a layered series of flake facets but very little retouch has been applied to the edges on the ventral face, except at the distal end where an…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 27th July 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-DD536E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a flint flake or a fragment of a bifacially worked flint knife, dating from the Neolithic period, that is c. 4000-2350BC. The knife was bifacially worked with some cortex remaining on the right side, along the edge. On the opposite site, the edge shows clear retouch/serrated edge.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carlisle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-17B046
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly Neolithic or EBA waste flake made from translucent brown flint. Dorsal surface shows multiple flake scar ridges and 3-4 flake scars. The ventral surface is even with a great number of concentric ripple scars.
Created on: Thursday 10th March 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maryport', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-70AEB4
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped barbed flint arrowhead possibly of late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date, c. 2500-1500. The arrowhead looks complete even though one of the barbs may have been slightly damaged. The arrowhead is of roughly triangular shape with two barbs on either side and a very broad based. The notch for one of the barb is slightly higher than the other and the barb itself looks smaller in comparison. The arrowhead was made from dark brown milky non-translucent flint and all surfaces are worn. It is unclear if this arrowhead is of British origin - it is very different in shape from ou…
Created on: Thursday 26th November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4F004A
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint flake scraper of Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date (2700 - 1601BC). Sub-rectangular in plan. The flint is of a dark grey colour, but exhibits some light grey patination. Formed from a tertiary flake showing some invasive, low angle stepped retouch, particularly on the dorsal side. The length is 23mm, the width is 18mm
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 24th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Bees', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-21606D
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A natural flint 'pot-lid' which shows evidence of retouch and is of possible Neolithic date . The object is a light grey, heavily patinated pot-lid which has had a single small flake removed from one edge. Around the remainder of the edge however there is some slight evidence of use-wear suggesting that this may have been used as an ad-hoc tool. There is a second pot-lid missing from the outside surface of the object.
Created on: Wednesday 6th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beaumont', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-A794A6
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary worked cream coloured chert, probably late Mesolithic to early Neolithic debitage or waste flake or possibly an implement abandoned during manufacture. Cortex has been retained on around 50% of the surface. Dates to between c7000 and c3500 BC The length is 18mm, width is 14mm, the weight is 2.88g.
Created on: Sunday 13th April 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sunbiggin Tarn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-A79112
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary worked mid honey to cream coloured chert, probably late Mesolithic to early Neolithic debitage or waste flake. Dates to between c7000 and c3500 BC The length is 22mm, width is 13mm, the weight is 1.45g.
Created on: Sunday 13th April 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sunbiggin Tarn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-A79047
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary worked mid honey coloured chert, probably late Mesolithic to early Neolithic debitage or possibly a multi platform core. There are removals to the entire surface. Dates to between c7000 and c3500 BC. The length is 19mm, width is 12mm, and the weight is 1.30g.
Created on: Sunday 13th April 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sunbiggin Tarn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-A78FB4
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary worked dark grey high quality chert, probably late Mesolithic to early Bronze Age debitage or possibly an implement abandoned during manufacture. There are removals to the entire surface. Dates to between c7000 and c1600 BC. The length is 41mm, width 26mm, and the weight is 13.45g.
Created on: Sunday 13th April 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sunbiggin Tarn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-A78EC0
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary worked black chert, probably late Mesolithic to early Neolithic debitage or multi platform core or possibly an implement abandoned during manufacture. Ventral & dorsal are impossible to distinguish but on one side there are four near parallel removals from the better quality chert and on the other side further intersecting scars that suggest this may once have been part of a core. Cortex has been retained on around 30% of the surface. Dates to between c7000 and c3500 BC.
Created on: Sunday 13th April 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sunbiggin Tarn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2CA0A7
Object type: SERRATED IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mid to late Bronze Age serrated implement, and possible knife/scraper, formed on a tertiary flake of pale honey flint with large cream inclusions. Serrated edges have been formed by short, semi-parallel, abrupt retouch to the distal/mesal edges and the oblique distal end edge. The height of the dorsal ridge has been reduced and the proximal end thinned by invasive, scaled, low-angled retouch. Dates from c1600 to c800 BC. The length is 41mm, width 17mm, thickness 8mm, and the weight is 4.60g.
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Asby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2C9346
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic, patinated off white flint, leaf shaped arrow head, fashioned from a secondary flake off a beach pebble. It has been bifacially worked with removals to 80% of its surface. The centre of the ventral appears to retain a polished surface. This may be a fortuitous result of some form of flaking, but there are no sign of conchoidal rippling so this is unlikely to be the result of artificial flaking. There is a central retained patch of cortex on the dorsal side. Dorsal retouch invasive, sub-parallel, low angled; ventral retouch invasive, parallel, low angled. Dates from c3500 to …
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 6th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Orton Scar', grid reference and parish protected.