Record ID: LON-E6676C
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic to early Neolithic, flint blade flake probably dating 10000-3001BC. This is a tertiary flake with some cortex remaining at one end. There is a pronounced bulb of percussion. There are three blade flake removal scars on the dorsal surface. There is evidence of retouch along the edges and at the striking end where four flakes have been removed. Dimensions: length: 73.21mm; width: 16.51mm; thickness: 4.54mm; weight: 5.34g
Created on: Wednesday 12th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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Record ID: NLM-1423F2
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Opaque grey flint knife. A small leaf-shaped flake with broad flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a concave ventral surface. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows the converging long edges and the rounded butt. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC Length: 28.2mm, Width: 16.4mm, Thickness: 3.8mm, Weight: 2.77gms
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-13AE22
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete retouched blade of probable Neolithic date, made from a light grey-brown flint. Only the proximal end remains; this has short abrupt scaled retouch down one or possibly both sides, perhaps suggesting that original tool was a backed blade or side scraper. The blub of percussion has been reduced on the ventral surface with long, low angle retouch.
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: NLM-C3A45F
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark grey-brown flint blade. A thick sub-triangular flake with broad flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a bulbar ventral surface with smaller flakes struck by hard hammer working from the ventral aspect. Very short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows one long straight edge, possibly forming a knife on whose cutting edge pressure might be brought to bear with the user’s thumb resting in the dorsal concave surface. Dark brownish flint seems associated with early and skilful flint-working in our region. The edges are so fresh as to suggest the recent dist…
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-5B6156
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Core rejuvenation blade, most likely to be of Neolithic date (c. 4000-2500BC). Made of flint. Length = 79.0mm; width = 28.0mm; thickness – 15.0mm; weight = 25.3g. The blade is struck from a blade core with the intention to refresh the striking platform of the core to enable further blades to be removed from it. Blades from such a core could have been retouched and made into scrapers, knives, or other tools.
Created on: Monday 4th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-381DCE
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary soft hammer struck blade, of sub-trapezoidal cross section, struck from a single platform core, of unpatinated mid-grey flint, grading to black towards the distal end, this itself if broken transversely and carries a small patch of thin cortex to the dorsal face. Both lateral edges are finely and slightly irregularly damaged, it is difficult to say if this is recent or ancient. Neolithic, 4,000 to 2,350 BC.
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-6C593E
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to Bronze Age tertiary soft hammer struck blade of unpatinated black flint with fine use wear or damage on both lateral edges. The distal end is irregularly damaged. 37 x 17 x 16 mm.
Created on: Monday 14th September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-1C0B02
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible broken end of flint blade. Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. Surviving length 34mm.
Created on: Friday 7th June 2013
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3CAA3E
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tertiary flake Neolithic blade struck from pale brown grey flint, dating to the Neolithic c. 4000 BC-2000 BC. The flake has a triangular cross section, with short sub-parallel low angle retouch along both sides of the flake. There is a high bulb of percussion and ripple marks along the length of the flake. Measurements; 57mm length, 17.5mm width, 11.5mm thickness, weight 13.28g.
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-F16179
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Semi-hard hammer struck, tertiary blade, of sub-trapezoidal cross section. Mid grey flint now patinated a misty white/light grey; recent damage to some parts of the thin edges shows the original colour of the flint to have been darker than the patination. Platform has been abraded or trimmed to the dorsal edge before this blade was struck from the core, the bulb of percussion shows a bulbar scar indicating the hammer used was soft enough to drive long flakes, yet hard enough to produce the bulbar scar. The distal end is finely retouched to the dorsal face to form a straight transverse …
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-80AAED
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary soft hammer struck blade from a single platform core, of lightly patinated mottled grey flint, the dorsal face has the blade removal scars from four similar strikes, the dorsal side of the platform has been abraded to remove overhangs before each blade was struck. both lateral edges have fine edge damage but most of this looks recent as the colour of the flint is slightly darker than the main faces and most likely does not represent retouch. Early Neolithic, 4,000 to 3,000 BC.
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2021
Last updated: Sunday 7th January 2024
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Record ID: CPAT-71BD32
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete blade or knife made on a flake. Both long, thin cutting edges show signs of retouch on the dorsal surface. The distal end still has a small area of buff-coloured cortex in situ, the proximal end has a clear bulb of percussion. The ventral surface is flat with conchoidal ripples down its length. The tool has a roughly triangular section. The flint is a mottled grey/brown colour. The tool is still quite sharp and appears not to have been extensively rolled since loss/deposition. It was recovered from a rabbit burrow or material excavated by rabbits on the Wat's Dyke Path.
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2007
Last updated: Saturday 9th December 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-79E7D6
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete knapped lithic implement, possibly a blade or knife, of early Neolithic to Bronze Age date, c. 4000 - 1500 BC. The object is a tertiary flake, broadly triangular in plan and ovate in section. Both surface display multiple removals. Short, sub-parallel, low angle retouch is present along one edge creating a sharp cutting edge. A transverse break is present along one edge. The flint is a light grey colour with lighter white inclusions. The object is 32.5mm long, 25.3mm wide, 5.2mm thick and weighs 3.7g.
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 30th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-D210B2
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, semi-soft hammer struck blade, of mottled grey flint, the one lateral edge that is sharp is irregularly damaged as is the tip of the distal end. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D19520
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary, hard hammer struck blade from a single platform core, of unpatinated grey mottled flint, The tip of the distal end is broken transversely, one lateral edge is steeply retouched for c. 22 mm just below the platform on the ventral face. Neolithic, 4,000 to 2,350 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D16F69
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary, semi-soft hammer struck blade from a single platform core, of dark brown/orange flint (patinated?), both lateral edges are finely and steeply retouched/use worn, a notch to one side appears to recent damage. Date is uncertain, possible Early Neolithic, 4,000 to 3,000 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D538FC
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Semi-hard hammer struck, sub-triangular sectioned tertiary small blade, of glossy black flint, both lateral edges are irregularly damaged. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-159DC7
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete debitage flint blade probably dating from the Neolithic period, about BC 4000 - 2350. The object is sub-rectangular in plan and triangúlar plano-convex in cross-section, made of light-grey opaque flint. There is no retouch present (other than agricultural wear/retouch). There are previous removal scars on the dorsal face.  Dimensions:  The object is 34.9mm in length, 24.3mm in width, 6.8mm in thickness and it weighs 5.83g.
Created on: Monday 25th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
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Record ID: LON-C0430E
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic to early Neolithic, flint blade flake probably dating 7000-3001BC. This is a tertiary flake with no cortex remaining. There are four blade flake removal scars on the dorsal surface. The distal end is broken and there is some damage to the edges and the dorsal surface.  Dimensions: length: 55.30mm; width: 13.90mm; thickness: 4.85mm; weight: 4.45g
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2023
Last updated: Monday 25th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-7ECB41
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary semi-soft hammer struck blade from a single platform core, of relatively unpatinated mottled grey flint, one lateral edge has a small notch at the mid point, the other edge appears to have irregular retouch along its length, it is unclear if this is post-depositional damage or intentional. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 27th April 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-23DD37
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped lithic implement of possible early Neolithic date, c. 4000 - 3500 BC. The object is a serrated blade or saw which is broadly rectangular in plan and triangular in section. The ventral surface is smooth with visible ripples of percussion. Both edges of the dorsal surface features short stepped low-angle retouch which create saw tooth serrated edge along the entire length. The flint is a light grey colour with frequent lighter inclusions. The lack of pebble cortex suggests that this object was formed from an inner (tertiary) flake.&n…
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd August 2023
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Record ID: NLM-CBBABD
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint blade. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC. Length: 43mm, Width: 20.7mm, Thickness: 7.5mm, Weight: 6.58gms
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
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Record ID: NLM-CADB8A
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint blade. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC Length: 45.1mm, Width: 24.8mm, Thickness: 4.9mm, Weight: 7.21gms
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
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Record ID: NLM-CAAB0B
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint blade, described by accompanying database as a fragment. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC Length: 41.8mm, Width: 22.8mm, Thickness: 8.6mm, Weight: 6.92gms
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
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Record ID: NLM-E43E7B
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint blade. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC Length: 47.3mm, Width: 24.2mm, Thickness: 10.1mm, Weight: 8.92gms
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2023
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Record ID: NLM-429F30
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint blade. Source record suggests dating to 3000 BC. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC Length: 50mm, Width: 14.3mm, Thickness: 5.3mm, Weight: 3.35gms
Created on: Tuesday 4th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2023
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Record ID: WMID-EC5CB9
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete struck / knapped blade, formed from a tertiary debitage flake, of probable Neolithic dating (c. 4,000 BC to c. 2, 350 BC). The probable blade has a sub triangular cross section, and is sub triangular in shape. Retouch is present along the long edges and the short side (short, subparallel, abrupt). The probable blade has been made from a piece of tertiary debitage, probably the remains of a core for making blade. The flake has been made from a dark grey flint, with little surface patination. Length: 49.8 mm Width: 28.6 mm Thickness…
Created on: Friday 30th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2023
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Record ID: SUR-57B174
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two small and incomplete flint blades (32mm by 26.9mm and 24.1mm by15.5mm), struck from a pale brown flint and found together. Both have dorsal surfaces with removal scars struck from several angles, suggesting a Neolithic or later prehistoric date. The smaller blade has a small patch of possible short abrupt retouch along one side.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
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Record ID: WMID-9AF466
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete struck / knapped blade, formed from a tertiary debitage flake, of probable Neolithic dating (c. 4,000 BC to c. 2, 350 BC). The probable blade has a sub trapezoidal cross section, and is sub rectangular in shape. Retouch is present along the long edges and the short side (short, subparallel, abrupt). The probable blade has been made from a piece of tertiary debitage, probably the remains of a core for making blades. The flake has been made from a dark grey flint, with little surface patination. Length: 29.2 mm Width: 22.1 mm Thickness: 5.2&n…
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: WMID-4D01FC
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete struck / knapped blade, formed from a secondary debitage flake, of probable Neolithic dating (c. 4,000 BC to c. 2, 350 BC). The probable blade has a sub trapezoidal cross section, and is sub rectangular in shape. Retouch is present along the long edges and the short side (short, subparallel, abrupt). The probable blade has been made from a piece of tertiary debitage, probably the remains of a core for making blade. The flake has been made from a dark grey flint, with little surface patination. Length: 31.1 mm Width: 21.1 mm Thickness: 4.4 m…
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: OXON-BD6901
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A later prehistoric Flint blade, Proximal Fragment, plain platform with preparation.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: OXON-ABF9F9
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flint blade made from a tertiary flake of a mottled dark brown flint. with platform bulb an removals. Tiny area of retouch on left proximal end and at proximal end over bulb. Broken at distal end. c. 4000-2100 BC.
Created on: Monday 19th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: CORN-9535BA
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thin probable blade-like flake of possible Mesolithic to Neolithic date (c. 6000 BC - 3500 BC). It is broadly trapezoidal in plan and sub-triangular in cross section. It is a tertiary flake with no remaining cortex. The bulb of percussion is visible at the proximal end on the ventral surface with conchoidal ripple marks travelling towards the distal end. There is evidence of tiny flake removals on the dorsal face and possible retouch along the right hand edge although this could be accidental. There is a pronounced flake s…
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
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Record ID: SUR-5AC69A
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A secondary flint blade, 52.8mm in length and of Neolithic or later date date, struck from a dark brown coloured flint and retaining a patch of pale buff coloured cortex along one side. The blade has a trapezoidal cross section and has broken at the distal end. The edge without cortex has short, low angle scaled retouch along three quarters of its length on the ventral surface to refine a cutting edge, possibly suggesting use as a knife..
Created on: Monday 5th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2023
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Record ID: ESS-FCCB97
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete worked flint blade of neolithic date (c. 4,000-2,500 BC). Description: This blade is made of translucent dark brown flint. It is roughly oval in plan and triangular in cross-section. The dorsal face has a central line and the ventral face is slightly dished. The proximal end has a small area of light brown cortex surviving. Both edges display retouching along their entire length, although one is damaged about a quarter of the way back from the point. Measurements: The blade measures 54mm long, 23mm wide, 6mm thick, and weighs 6.93g
Created on: Wednesday 19th April 2023
Last updated: Friday 21st April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-FE8E38
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary semi-soft hammer struck blade from a single platform core, of white/light grey “frosted” patination with a few spotty iron stains to the dorsal face, recent edge damage shows the original colour of the flint to have been mid-grey.  Neolithic, 4,000 to 2,350 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 19th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 19th April 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-747DE5
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped lithic implement of Neolithic date, circa 4000 - 2300 BC. The implement is a blade formed from a tertiary flake which is rectangular in plan with a triangular section. As its length is more than twice the width and the sides are more or less parallel, it is identifiable as a blade. No striking platform or bulb of percussion remain. Semi-abrupt, short, parallel retouch is present along one of the narrower edges. The left and right wider edges shows signs of very limited retouch. The flint is a mid-white colour. The implement is 31.45mm long, 13.61mm wide, 5…
Created on: Tuesday 7th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2023
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Record ID: NLM-22E6D7
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint blade, as kindly identified by the finder. Thin sub-rectangular flake with broad and narrow parallel flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a flat slightly rippled ventral surface. The shorter of the opposed long edges may bear fine serrations, though these are more readily felt than observed. A dense white patina overall suggests the object has endured a long period of exposure to a calcareous environment. Suggested date: Early Neolithic, 4000-3500 BC Length: 30.9mm, Width: 18.1mm, Thickness: 2.6mm, Weight: 1.84gms
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2023
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Record ID: SUR-E73CDC
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A secondary flake of pale brown flint, struck from a core. One edge has a patch of long, low angle and semi abrupt retouch suggesting casual use as a scraper or cutting tool. 
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
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Record ID: NLM-E817D9
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pale buff flint blade. A small thin flake with narrow parallel flakes struck from its dorsal side and with an undulating ventral surface. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect forms a small [length 6.5mm] notch on one side. Misty patina then developed, suggesting the object endured a period of exposure to a calcareous environment. This patina was then removed by very short abrupt retouch following one long edge to form a cutting edge. The notch may also have been reworked at this time. The Neolithic period could probably accommodate both episodes, though an older flake m…
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Low Burnham', grid reference and parish protected.