Record ID: NLM-490462
Object type: WORKED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Two fragments one is 27.5mm by 29.9mm by 14.2mm wide, the other is 30.3mm by 22mm by 10.2mm wide. Both are dark brown, number of flakes removed over the whole of the surface, small part of the cortex remains on each, no clear working surface.
Created on: Monday 8th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-1C41B4
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric to postmedieval possible whetstone. The surface on one side of the stone has a slight concavity which appears to be slightly polished (pers comm, Prof Bruce Bradley, March 2012).
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2012
Last updated: Friday 9th November 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-E21AE2
Object type: WASTE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large piece of flint waste of uncertain prehistoric date.
Created on: Thursday 21st November 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2013
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Record ID: BERK-38225E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Windsor and Maidenhead
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
In total 6 pieces of flint. From left to right, top to bottom, Nos. 3, 5 and 6 are probably debitage. The others are doubtful. 1. Length: 58.2mm, Width: 46.1mm, Thick: 17.9mm, Weight: 43.96g 2. Length: 50.8mm, Width: 35mm, Thick: 11.5mm, Weight: 19.64g 3. Length: 50.7mm, Width: 31.3mm, Thick: 13.1mm, Weight: 19.46g 4. Length: 51.2mm, Width: 13mm, Thick: 6.4mm, Weight: 4.61g 5. Length: 35.1mm, Width: 28.9mm, Thick: 7.2mm, Weight: 8.28g 6. Length: 35.3mm, Width: 21.2mm, Thick: 5.5mm, Weight: 4.55g
Created on: Friday 10th December 2021
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2022
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Record ID: SOM-8D81A5
Object type: TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Chisel shaped arrowhead with tranchet sharpened end. Arrowheads of this type were popular in both the Late Mesolithic and Late Neolithic but given the other material in the assemblage the former date appears most likely. Formed on a large flake with the bulb of percussion removed. The ventral face is plain apart from some chipping and some shallow long scalar retouch at the hafting end of the left edge. On the dorsal face the left and right edges both have long abrupt scalar retouch along their length becoming invasive at the hafting end. The blade end has been sharpened with a large …
Created on: Thursday 10th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th October 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-16A722
Object type: TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint transverse arrowhead, almost triangular in plan and lozenge shaped in section. It has a retouched notch on the left side of the distal tip. Both left and right margins have been retouched and both the upper right margin and proximal tip have been snapped. There is gloss on both the dorsal and ventral sides with some retouching on the left margin. It is translucent brown grey with cream flecks in colour and a tertiary cortex. Keene (1999) illustrates a similar example on page 55, Fig. 6, No. 1 which is dated to the Mesolithic period.
Created on: Sunday 9th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2012
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Record ID: SOMDOR-713D60
Object type: TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A transverse flint arrowhead. Retouched along the distal edge and the left dorsal edge. Waves of percussion on the ventral surface. The leading edge is damaged and irregular. Mid grey-brown translucent flint with a low-gloss patina.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2005
Last updated: Friday 18th June 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-5EA0D2
Object type: TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Published
Late Mesolithic to Neolithic possible chisel shaped flint arrowhead 22mm long, 22mm wide and 7mm thick with a weight of 3.15grams. The object has a rectangular form with a tranchet sharpened distal end. Tertiary flake.
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Record ID: SOM-8D49B1
Object type: TRANCHET FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a poorly stuck 'tranchet' flake from the end of an axe of Late Mesolithic date. The small flake has been taken off across the end of a large heavily retouched tool. It is triangular in section with the retouched faces of the tool meeting in a curved end at almost 90 degrees. More of one side is present than of the other. Both sides show evidence of invasive scalar invasive semi-abrupt to shallow retouch. This flake would not have removed the entire end of the piece and although it would have created a sharp edge it is not a large or shallow as more tranchet flakes. It is 30.…
Created on: Thursday 10th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 10th March 2011
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Record ID: SOM-9BBB64
Object type: TRANCHET FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tranchet shapening flake taken across the blade of a Mesolithic axe. The piece has clear ripples on the ventral face from being struck across the width of the blade. It is triangular in section with the dorsal face being the two sides of the axe blade. One side of the blade was relatively plain with only a few removals The other shows evidence for long semi-abrupt sub-parallel retouch along most of the blade. It is medium to translucent grey flint, 31.3mm long and 8.8mm by 7.4mm; it weighs 1.85 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2011
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Record ID: NMS-206A1C
Object type: TRANCHET FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary soft hammer struck flake, sub semi-circular in plan, of pale white patinated light grey flint with a slightly darker band through the middle of the flake and a few small spots of iron stains. All flake scars to the dorsal face are also soft hammer and are struck centripetally from the curved edge, the ventral face has two small remnants of the (presumably) original ventral surface of the core tool, also to the curved edge. The distal end to the flake is broken transversely. This is appears to be a tranchet flake to sharpen the cutting edge of an adze or similar tool, if…
Created on: Monday 30th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 24th November 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-DDE725
Object type: TRANCHET FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint tranchet axehead from the early Mesolithic period (c.9000 - 8000 BC). The flint is a brownish-cream colour with crumbling inclusions visible. The axe is crudely worked, with a rounded cutting edge, roughly parallel sides and a pointed butt. It has a broadly triangular cross-section. The flint appears to be in the second stage of being worked. The broad shape of the blade and technique used of the removal of a single flake with a transverse blow is common in the early Mesolithic. The object has been broken in antiquity caused by inclusions or possibly been discarded because th…
Created on: Friday 10th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-27A744
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Mesolithic tranchet axe knapped from light grey flint. The axe is S-shaped in profile with some long removals at the cutting tip. Little or no cortex survives. There are small patches of iron staining on the surface.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2007
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
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Record ID: SF-A735A0
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unpatinated dark grey flint tranchet axehead of Mesolithic date. With a plano-convex cross-section, small area of cortex forms butt.
Created on: Wednesday 26th September 2007
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-F8AB72
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A small tranchet axe made from a large flake, 89.2mm long, 46.8mm wide and 25.9mm thick. The implement is made of dark brown flint with numerous lighter and darker cherty inclusions; about 5% cortext remains. The upper, dorsal face, has multiple arrises; at least 7 flakes had previously been removed from the core but later retouching and possible flaking from use makes an exact count difficult. The ventral, lower face, has two large facets with again multiple scars from retouching and damage; these have removed the bulb of percussion/bulb scar. The visible bulb scars and percussion wa…
Created on: Friday 12th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 22nd May 2014
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Record ID: DOR-BEF9A2
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Flint axe. Probable tranchet axe of Late Mesolithic date. Long, oval flaked axe with an oval cross section. Off-white flint with a heavy patina and orange iron staining. This object was unearthed many years ago and has been curated by the owners, hence its yellow-brown "mantlepiece" patina. The butt of the axe is tapered almost to a point. The axe is extensively flaked along both edges. The flakes are broad. The cutting edge is formed by similar broad flaking. The diagnostic transverse flake of a tranchet axe has been obscured by subsequent flaking or re-working. However, the overall …
Created on: Tuesday 27th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 22nd May 2014
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SF-3F4433
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Unpatinated black flint Mesolithic tranchet axehead, possibly partially stained brown at blade end. Tranchet flakes on both faces of the cutting edge, large flake scars, roughly plano-convex section, small areas of cortex near butt survive on both faces.
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 22nd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wilburton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-156C68
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete flint Mesolithic tranchet axe recent damage to blade end and butt, revealing mottled grey flint underneath patinated/stained pale to medium browns. It has a tranchet edge large flake scars and roughly plano-convex cross-section. Reltaively straight sided and narrows slightly towards the butt which is sub-square. 115.80mm in length and 40.54mm in width and 24.40mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 22nd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mendlesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-5C8C83
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Flint tranchet axe of Late Mesolithic date. The axe has rounded ends and expands in plan from the butt to the blade end; It is pointed oval in longitudinal and transverse cross section. It is 101.8mm long, 45.2mm wide and 24.7mm thick; it weighs 120 grams. It is made of pale grey flint with a heavy white patina. There are remains of original cortext at the butt end and small patches on both sides. The axe is extensively flaked on both sides. On one side there is evidence of large flake removal at the butt and down the sides and long, parallel semi-abrupt removals from the blade; the c…
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 22nd May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-2E7A48
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A complete flint flaked tranchet axehead of Mesolithic date. The flint is a dark to medium grey colour with light grey areas. This may be the result of plough damage. The axehead has an oval blade and a pointed butt end, with relatively heavy flaking one surface, while the other only has flakes on the lower half of the ae. it could be that the axe was not finished, pooibly becuase of flaws in the flin. It measures 104.1 in length, 43.2mm in width, 34.2mm in thickness, and weighs 190.2g. This axehead is of Mesolithic date.
Created on: Friday 30th January 2009
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cobham', grid reference and parish protected.