Record ID: BERK-736C0C
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped gun-flint with lead casing from a flintlock musket of the Post Medieval period, dating from c. AD 1500 - c. AD 1750. The flint is rectangular in shape and triangular in cross-section. The flint is dark blackish-grey in colour with some lighter inclusions. The flint is enclosed on both upper and lower faces by a sub-rectangular folded lead holder. The flintlock was introduced in the middle of the 16th century and became the main regulation firearm for the British Army during the reign of William III. The knapped flint was used within the musket mech…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2018
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Record ID: BERK-3FD7B9
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint gunflint dating to the post-medieval period. The gunflint is rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in section with broad flakes removed from the dorsal side and with short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect trimming its edges. Flintlock guns were in use in France by c. AD 1600 and it is likely that this example dates from c. AD 1650 - 1850.
Created on: Friday 19th June 2015
Last updated: Friday 19th June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bicester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-EACDFA
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete post-medieval gunflint, made from a dark brown/black tertiary flint flake. The gunflint is broadly wedge-shaped in section and would have been square or rectangular in plan before the post-depositional damage. The gunflake has retouch around all extant edges, the retouch being hard and direct with a scaled appearance. The wedge end of the gunflint is completely retouched, however the dorsal back surface is unworked. Gunflint like these are known from both English and later American Civil War sites and are thought to have been issued during the AD 1650-1660s, possibly alo…
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 12th January 2015
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Record ID: BERK-3AE006
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A wedge-shaped gunflint of the 17th century AD. The gunflint is made on a piece of mottled brownish-grey flint, with direct percussion retouching around the dorsal surface end and the two laterals; on the thin end of the wedge the retouch is limited to the ventral side. These wedge-shaped gunflints or gunspalls have been found on colonial sites in America and would have been used with flintlock muskets. Mention of the objects are recorded in returning shipments and post-date c. AD 1650 (Courtney 1998, after Kent 1983).
Created on: Friday 31st October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 6th November 2014
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Record ID: BERK-CA7426
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval gun flint (17-18th centuries AD)
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Record ID: BERK-B18671
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Eight late 16th/early 17th century gun flints.
Created on: Friday 15th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Record ID: BERK-15BF67
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint flake fragment with extensive edge damage. Although this flake looks a bit like the beginnings of a tanged and barbed arrowhead, its condition and construction suggest that it has actually been produced and used as a gun flint, therefore dating to the Post-medieval period.
Created on: Tuesday 10th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 10th August 2010
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Record ID: BERK-B8BBF7
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval flint possibly part of a gun flint. Circa 17th-19th century AD. Dimensions: length 21.20mm; width 26.31mm; thickness 6.36mm; weight 4.71g
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2007
Last updated: Monday 29th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chipping Norton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-8E2BC1
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint flake fragment with hinge fracture, possibly a gun flint. The flint has marked conchoidal fractures and has been retouched along one edge. Dark grey flint. Dimensions: length 29.67mm; width 16.77mm; thickness 7.40mm; weight 3.08g
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chipping Norton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-FDA2A4
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval gun flint (17th-19th century). It is rectangular in plan and wedge shaped in section. It has been reworked on three edges to create the shape. The distal end has abrupt retouch. Mid grey flint Dimensions: length 18.30mm; width 27.38mm; thickness 5.83mm; weight 4.45g
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chipping Norton', grid reference and parish protected.