Record ID: SUR-6A9063
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small ovate flint handaxe of lower Paleolithic date (500,000-180,000 BC), 95mm in length and of Wymer (1999) Type K. The handaxe is struck from a pale orange-brown flint with cream coloured patination from post depositional exposure to chalky soils. The object is worked with soft-hammered removals across both faces; the cross section is roughly lenticular, but with an asymmetrical lump to one side.
Created on: Tuesday 20th July 2021
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-201861
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pointed flint handaxe, 108mm in length and 189.6g in weight with bifacial working and a roughly lozengiform cross section. There is short sub-parallel abrupt retouch around all edges. According to Wymer's (1999) typological series, it can be described as part of his Mode 2 technology, Type F, with a trimmed butt, straight sides and an acute point. The handaxe has a brown patina corresponding to prolonged deposition in terrace gravels. The tip has a relatively fresh break which shows a brown coloured flint typical of nodules available from paleogene clay-with-flints deposits in d…
Created on: Wednesday 19th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-47D706
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint retouched flake of Palaeolithic date. The flake has been made from a yellowy-beige flint using hard hammer percussion. The bulb and platform are visible along with some soft-hammer retouching along the left lateral edge. This piece is hard to date as its execution is generally undiagnostic, however it is potentially Palaeolithic (c. 450,000-10,000 BC).
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-A15D68
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Lower Palaeolithic Acheulean bifaced flint hand axe dating c. 500000-190000 BC. The axehead has been worked on all sides with one region of thin pebble cortex being visible on one of the wide faces. This is a cream colour with occasional iron staining There are patches of cortex like cream coloured material on other faces which may be imperfections in the flint. The flint is mostly an off white colour with dark grey patches and occasional iron staining The axe is triangular in plan with a rounded butt and well formed rounded point. It is broad…
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: SUR-F7C037
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint handaxe of lower Paleolithic date (500,000-180,000 BC). The tool is of elongated ovate form, 140mm in length and most likely of Wymer (1999) Type K. It has a thick (48mm) cross section and is struck from a dark grey-brown flint, with light brown to buff-coloured patination typical of deposition in glacial outwash sand and gravel terrace deposits in southern England. The tool is bifacially worked with soft hammer flaking; recent and unpatinated post-depositional damage is evident from the broken off tip and a potlid fracture on one …
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2022
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Record ID: BERK-BB2324
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small pointed handaxe made from orange-brown coloured flint. Leaf-shaped with smoothed/rolled surfaces. Almost flat on one face, the other face with central ridge. Possible large chip at base end and another towards tip.
Created on: Friday 15th September 2017
Last updated: Friday 15th January 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: FAJN-66BBE9
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A large Lower Palaeolithic Acheulean flint handaxe dating to c.340,000-190,000 bc (either 340,000-300,000 bc or 245,000-190,000 bc depending upon which Thames valley gravel terrace it was derived from). in slightly abraded condition. It is ovate in plan with a pointed oval cross section.
Created on: Thursday 8th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Abingdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-7C4F41
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint bladelet with a rubbed end dating to the Late Upper Palaeolithic or early Mesolithic period, c. 40,000 - 7,000 BC. The bladelet has been made from a tertiary flake of a mottled dark brown flint. Part of the platform has been retained and this also appears to have been rubbed, as has the distal end. There are thin flake scars over the dorsal surface. There is possible ancient reutilisation damage on the left hand edge.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-B29187
Object type: END SCRAPER
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end-scraper made on a thick flake of a brown-orange flint. The scraper is sub-square in plan and broadly rectangular in profile, although the large bulb is retained on the reverse. There has been some recortication of the scraper, with this extending over the hard hammer retouching on the right side of the distal end. There are more modern removals (cutting through the patina of the recortication) to the left hand edge. This piece is hard to date as its execution is generally undiagnostic, however it is potentially Palaeolithic (c. 450,000-10,000 BC).
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: BERK-B9F46D
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Upper Paleolithic to Neolithic flint Plunging flake, no retouching with several flake removal scars. No photograph, and finder unknown.
Created on: Thursday 21st December 2017
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-8ED937
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a larger worked Prehistoric flake. There is some retouch along the straight edge; there is also modern damage and evidence of crushing along the other edges. An area of cortex is present on the ventral surface. The flint is patinated to a patchy orange-brown colour. Dimensions:
Created on: Saturday 17th July 2004
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woodstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-7F2596
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lower palaeolithic handaxe, dating from c. 476,000 - 421,000 BC. The handaxe has been made of a flint nodule that has a greyish-white outer colouring, likely to be from a chalk downlands source. Dating from the Anglian phase of the Lower Palaeolithic, c. 478,000 to 423,000 years ago, the hand axe has bifacial removals made using a hard hammer, such as another stone. Although the hand axe has some post-depositional damage and iron staining, it survives in very good condition. Based on the location of discovery this hand axe probably derived from the Caversham Channel, an ancient rout…
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
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Record ID: BERK-682545
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tertiary flake with buff-coloured patina. This flake has been retouched on both lateral edges and the proximal tip, and the bulb has been removed. The same thick patina seen over the dorsal and ventral sides of the flake can be seen over the retouched edges. There is a sub-circular notch fracture at the proximal end, although this appears to be natural. The patina on this flake suggests a date of great antiquity, possible dating from the Upper Palaeolithic or Mesolithic periods (c.300,000 - 4500 BC). This retouched flake may have been used as an end and side scraper. The flake's sha…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Begbrooke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-A8FB61
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Prehistoric flint flake. The flint is white-grey with small rust patches on the surface (possibly indicating the flint orignated in the Chilterns). There is an area of cortex present on the dorsal side that extends onto the butt. There are at least 3 clear flake scars on the ventral surface and a notch has been removed on the right side. There is some evidence of retouch within the notch. The flake has broken laterally and there is some modern edge damage.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Goring Heath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-85BDCC
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Lower Palaeolithic (c800,000 to 180,000BC) handaxe made from grey brown flint patinated with ochre. The axe is fresh and unabraded but there is very slight damage on the cutting edge. The axe is cordate in shape with a twist on its cutting edge.
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2016
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Record ID: BERK-648C34
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unusual flint flake, with some limited retouch along the lateral edges and distal tip. The flake has a natural hole towards the proximal tip, but it does not show signs of human manipulation. The distal tip is hooked and appears to have occured naturally when the flake was struck from the core. Although the retouch is minimal, there are signs of human working, and this flake may have been utilised as a scraper or blade (one edge is quite jagged). The tool may have have been utilised as a piercing tool as the tip shows signs of being pressed hard against something and is crushed and …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2009
Last updated: Monday 5th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Begbrooke', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: BERK-2CFDB4
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic flint flake (no. 8). Probably Upper Palaeolithic. No further details available.
Created on: Friday 17th June 2005
Last updated: Monday 5th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Banbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-38A5D3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lithic implement, possibly an Lower Paleolithic hand axe but it is also possible that it is a Late Neolithic 'Ovate'. Roughly flaked but with some finer retouch forming a point.
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2012
Last updated: Friday 24th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caversham area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: BERK-396AC3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Prehistoric flint flake
Created on: Monday 15th October 2007
Last updated: Friday 15th August 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-AFCCA2
Object type: POINT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
6 Late Upper Palaeolithic points
Created on: Friday 15th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
No spatial data available.