Record ID: SWYOR-B4FF08
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint tool, probably a scraper, dating from the late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age. The tool is sub-oval in shape with one curved retouched edge. The tool appears to be bifacially worked although this may be simply a result of wear. The tool weighs 5.4g and measures 28.9mm in length, 19.8mm in width and 9.4mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B50571
Object type: SIDE SCRAPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint side scraper probably dating to the Neolithic. The scraper is roughly tear shaped with one finely retouched scraping edge. The bulb of percussion is clear on the ventral surface. There is no retouch on the ventral surface. The scraper weighs 7.57g and measures 39.1mm in length, 26.5mm in width and 7.9mm in thickness and is knapped from honey coloured flint.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B51142
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Retouched flint blade, possibly dating from the Mesolithic – Neolithic. The blade is sub-rectangular in plan and has a curved section. There is some limited retouch around the edges and the tool may have been used as a knife. The blade weighs 5.06g and measures 41.9mm in length, 14.9mm in width and 11.2mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B55813
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small leaf shaped flint flake. The flake has no retouch and has been subject to heat, indicated by the cracked cortex. The flake has a double dorsal ridge and the ventral face is rough and cracked – again probably as a result of fire. The flake weighs 3.17g and measures 28.46mm in length, 16.9mm in width and 6.6mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B55FE5
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint blade dating from the late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. The blade is leaf shaped and has a sharp piercing end which is slightly worn. The tool weighs 2.75g and measures 36.3mm in length, 16.6mm in width and 5.4mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B617B4
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint flake, probably dating to the Neolithic period. The flake is pale grey in colour and has some crude retouch around the dorsal edges. There is a small patch of cortex at the butt of the flake. The flake weighs 9.27g and measures 42.14mm in length, 29.5mm in width and 6.9mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B620F3
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small flint flake with no retouch. The flake is likely to be a waste flake from the reduction process. The flake measures 31.4mm in length, 16mm in width and 2.47mm in thickness and weighs 1.6g.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B62887
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint blade, probably late Mesolithic to Neolithic. The blade has a strip of cortex up the right dorsal edge and a curved proximal end with some retouch. The blade may have been used as a cutting implement. The blade weighs 2.64g and measures 35.9mm in length, 14.5mm in width and 4.3mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B635D7
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint blade, probably late Mesolithic to Neolithic. The blade has a squared distal end with a sharp corner possibly used as a piercing tool. The blade may have been used as a cutting implement. The blade weighs 3.31g and measures 40.7mm in length, 16.9mm in width and 4.7mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B645D2
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint scraping tool or knife. The tool (sometimes known as slug knives) is finely worked across almost the entire dorsal face. On the ventral surface there is a small patch of bifacial working along the left edge. The tool is leaf shaped and curved. It weighs 11.24g and measures 57.1mm in length, 24.5mm in width and 7.9mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-E96BF0
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Snapped knapped flint blade of probable later Mesolithic or earlier Neolithic date (4500 – 3500 BC). The flint is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and lentoid in cross section. The ventral (reverse) face has a distinct bulb of percussion and conchoidal fractures; a slight striking platform is present on the heel of the flake. The dorsal face show several flake scars. There is a little abrupt retouch to the long edges on the dorsal face, although this could easily be caused in the ploughzone through tumble. The flint is a mid greyish brown colour with a series of flaws and different co…
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Forton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-DCC1B6
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worked flint flake of prehistoric date. The flake has a clear bulb of percussion and striking plaform at the proximal end as well as a bulbar scar on the ventral face. The flake exhibits what may possibly be retouch on both left and right edges, although there is a strong possibility that this 'retouch' is the result of accidental damage caused during use of the flake as a cutting tool or even after deposition.This is suggested by its slightly irregular spacing with only small areas of both sides exhibiting retouch, along with a lack of any clear functional reason for the applicato…
Created on: Monday 12th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-5BEAC0
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint flake. Prehistoric (probably Mesolithic to Bronze Age). Brown flint. Mass: 3.1g; length: 29.5mm; width: 21.4mm; thickness: 6.3mm. On the ventral face there is a bulb of percussion and ripples of the conchoidal fracture. On the dorsal face there are negative flake scars and small areas of cortex (<5%) at the distal and proximal ends. Approximately 60% of the dorsal face is patinated.
Created on: Thursday 27th August 2009
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lichfield area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1F15B4
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint thumbnail scraper, probably dating from the late neolithic or early bronze age periods. Length 16.6mm; width: 17.9mm; thickness: 8.0mm; mass: 2.7g. The scraper is formed on a secondary grey coloured flint flake, with approximately 25% cortex remaining on the proximal end of the dorsal side. There is invasive retouch on the dorsal side, with the retouched edge stretching around much of the circumference, excluding the cortex covered proximal end. On the ventral face there is a diffuse bulb of percussion and ripples of the conchoidal fracture. There is also a sub-triangular n…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 5th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1F0855
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric flint end and side scraper. Length 33.2mm; width: 22.8mm; thickness: 8.2mm; mass: 7.2g. The scraper is formed on a dark gray, almost black coloured secondary flint flake, with approximately 10% cortex remaining on one edge of the ventral side. There is abrupt retouch on part of one mesial edge and the distal end of the ventral side. The dorsal side has gentle ripples of the concoidal fracture, with a series of scars at the proximal end. There is also a large scar on one side of the distal end. The scraper is likely to be prehistoric, probably dating from the mesolithi…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1EF771
Object type: RETOUCHED FORM
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped flint blade with retouch. Length 41.4mm; width: 27.1mm; thickness: 9.5mm; mass: 8.2g. The blade is broken at the distal end. The blade is partly coritical and dark grey and off white in colour. On the ventral face there is a bulb of percussion at the proximal end, with a small bulbar scar and ripples of the concoidal fracture running down the face. On the dorsal side there are multiple scars, and on one edge there is some invasive, retouch and a notch. It is unclear if the notch is an original feature or whether it represents damage. There are also some scars between t…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1EF044
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nine items of flint debitage. The items are likely to be prehistoric, probably dating from the mesolithic to the neolithic periods (c. 8300 BC to c. 2100 BC). 1. Flake. Light grey coloured flint. Length: 33.6mm. Width: 31.9mm. Thickness: 8.7mm. A ridge on the dorsal face, with cortex to one side (about 50%). Bulb of percussion and conchoidal ripples on the ventral face. 2. Irregular waste/core fragment. Length: 53.6mm. Width: 42.2mm. Thickness: 17.9mm. Mass: 35.1g. Grey/brown coloured flint. One face consists of approximately 30% cortex. There are also negative flake scars and rid…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-F7B580
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A largely complete disc scraper, fabricated from a broad, squat flint flake, probably from the later neolithic or early bronze age. In plan the scraper is broadly circular, with a flat striking platform at the proximal end. In profile, the scraper has two convex sides which meet at the distal end, with the flat striking platform at the proximal end. The convex ventral face is formed by a bulb of percussion with a bulbar scar at the proximal end, and gentle ripples of the conchoidal fracture visible towards the distal end. There are some fractures on the perimeter of the ventral face, b…
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-9AF4B7
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small waste dominated lithic assemblage of ten probably mesolithic (8300BC to 4500BC) worked flints, found scattered over a field (approx 100m2). Some of the flints are incomplete; some damage appears recent, possibly from ploughing. 1. Blade, largely complete but the distal tip is missing, black/brown flint, approximately 10% cortex, incomplete bulb of percussion and shallow ripples of the conchoidal fracture on the ventral face. Negative scars on the dorsal face are unidirectional. Length 26.3mm, width 11.8mm, thickness 4.5mm, mass 1.4g. 2. Blade, incomplete (recent (?) break a…
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-9999C2
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint flake, with retouch on the distal end, possibly dating from the neolithic period (3500 BC to 2100 BC). The function of the tool is uncertain. This is a secondary flake, with approximately 10% cortex on the dorsal surface. At the proximal end is the striking platform. The ventral face has a bulb of percussion, and ripples of the conchoidal fracture run down the surface. Ripples on the dorsal surface are broadly unidirectional. Viewed in plan, the distal end is uneven. There is a projection to one side, with retouch on both sides of the distal edge (low angle of retouch,…
Created on: Thursday 1st May 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hill Ridware', grid reference and parish protected.