Record ID: BH-268C97
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of four flint flakes, forming part of a larger assemblage of lithic material (see other PAS records). Given the lack of diagnostic features, the suggested date of these pieces is Mesolithic to Bronze Age. One of the flakes (no. 1) is a tertiary flake; the other three are secondary flakes. The level of recortification varies greatly, from virtually none (no. 6), to heavily recortified (no. 1). None of the flakes shows clear evidence of retouch, with the possible exception of no. 6, although the serrated edge on this piece may be the result of wear through use. All four piece…
Created on: Saturday 18th October 2014
Last updated: Saturday 18th October 2014
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Record ID: BH-26F6E2
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of ten flint blades, forming part of a larger assemblage of lithic material (see other PAS records). Five of the blades are secondary (i.e. retaining some cortex), and the remaining five are tertiary (no cortex). Nos. 3, 14, 16, 22, 23 and 11 have been snapped at their distal ends. The lack of patination on the breaks of nos. 8, 16 and 11 suggests relatively recent damage, whereas that on the others is consistent with the overall patination of the blade, indicating that the damage occurred in antiquity. Most of the flakes have a light blueish recortification, retain parts o…
Created on: Saturday 18th October 2014
Last updated: Saturday 18th October 2014
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Record ID: BH-2788C7
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint 'end' scraper, probably dating from the Neolithic period. The tool has been made from a secondary flake, is plano-convex, and suboval in plan. Retouch is confined to one end, is abrupt to semi-abrupt and scaled. The opposite end has suffered damage. The flint is unpatinated, dark orange-brown in colour. Length: 36.2mm; width: 29.2mm; thickness: 9.4mm. Weight: 12.04g.
Created on: Saturday 18th October 2014
Last updated: Saturday 18th October 2014
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Record ID: NARC-B1E29C
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint Scraper of Neolithic date (3450-1500 BC). The lithic is sub-triangular in plan and concavo-convex in section. The dorsal surface is convex and has four predominant negative scars with corresponding arrises. All edges have short parallel flaking and semi- abrupt retouch. The ventral surface is concave and has ripples of percussion emanating from the distal end. The lithic retains no cortex and is therefore a tertiary flake. The flint is dark grey in colour with some cream inclusions throughout. Length: 43.28mm, Width: 32.81mm, Thickness: 10.22mm, Weight: 14.5g.
Created on: Wednesday 9th August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2017
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Record ID: BH-B32117
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A secondary flint waste flake of uncertain (Mesolithic to Bronze Age ) date. The proximal end of the sub-triangular flake exhibits a prominent bulb-of-percussion and bulb scar, beneath which is a conchoidal fracture. The proximal end of the flake retains some of the original flint cortex. On the dorsal surface, arrises separate three flake removal scars.The edges of the flake are chipped, probably as a result of post-depositional damage. The exposed flint is dark grey and unpatinated. Length:28.1mm; width:40.1mm; thickness: 7.6mm. Weight: 8.34g
Created on: Tuesday 22nd February 2005
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2022
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Record ID: BH-24E6A1
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Flint handaxe of Lower Palaeolithic date. Measures 125.6mm long, by 82.9mm wide, by 34.4mm thick. Weight = 324.5g. Thought to be Lower Palaeolithic due to the fact that a flake has been deliberately removed from one of the edges, thus creating a scraping edge.
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 19th March 2015
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Record ID: BH-DD20C3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Four waste flint flakes found as part of a spread of similar material (see notes). Flint 1: Measures 48.2mm wide by 39mm high and 10.6mm thick. It has a bulb of percussion at the top and a weathered surface. Weight = 28.31g. It has been struck from a large flint nodule. Flint 2: Measures 47.2mm high by 24.5mm wide and 8.7mm thick. It has a bulb of percussion on one side and, on the otherwise unworked reverse, there is a flake removal scar measuring 22.5mm high by 9.5mm wide. Weight = 15.11g. It appears to have been struck vertically from a flint nodule in order to form a…
Created on: Tuesday 9th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BH-DEE9F4
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Flint scraper of probable early Neolithic date. Made of a light grey to white flint. The front of the implement can be described in two halves. The upper half has received no retouching and is irregular in shape, whilst the lower half has been significantly retouched to form a rounded scraping edge 30.6mm across. The reverse has received no retouching work and there is a bulb of percussion visible at the unworked top end. The implement measures 43.2mm long and 8.5mm thick. Weight = 12.72g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BH-AA9895
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A flint core of probable late Mesolithic to early Neolithic date. The core has a sub-oval platform and has been worked around most of its perimeter by the removal of several narrow blade flakes. There is chipping around the edges of the platform, which shows an attempt to maintain the shape of the core. The flint is yellowish-grey in colour with some light greyish-blue patination. It measures 40.7mm high by 30.9mm wide and 22.4mm thick. It weighs 28.93g.
Created on: Wednesday 30th March 2005
Last updated: Saturday 8th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pertenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-138112
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A flint implement 'fabricator' of late Mesolithic -Early Bronze Age date. The object is sub-rectangular and measures 38.6mm long by 15.7mm wide and 5.9mm thick. The upper surface has two angled vertical faces which sit either side of a flat central vertical face. Both of the angled faces have been significantly re-touched with approximately two rows of pressure flaked chips. The horizontal edges have been deliberately squared off. The reverse has rippling but no bulb of percussion. The flint is a mid yellowish-brown. It weighs 4.72g.
Created on: Monday 4th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pertenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-16C513
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A flint core of probable Mesolithic to early Neolithic date. The core has a single semi-circular platform and has been formed by the removal of three or four broad flakes around its convex edge. The reverse retains a small portion of the cortex. The flint is a heavily patinated creamy white colour. It measures 33.6mm high by 39.6mm wide and 18.4mm thick. It weighs 29.69g.
Created on: Monday 4th April 2005
Last updated: Saturday 8th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pertenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-CA1563
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A bifacially knapped fragmentary handaxe of a yellow-brown flint. It is very coarsely knapped, with large and angular removals covering both faces. the flint itself is somewhat freckled and mottled with darker brown spots, in addition to some quite significant iron staining on the ventral face, where cracks and scarring are also clearly visible. It is suggested to be of Lower Palaeolithic date.
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5AB001
Object type: FLAKED AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
An elongate bifacially flaked pick or axe-rough but dating to a probable mesolithic period, The object is made on a broken tabular nodule of probably opaque pale grey mottled flint, there is rough and often deep flaking on both faces resulting in centre axial ridges. Both faces retain traces of chalky cortex and both margins are markedly irregular and have traces of deliberate battering or dressing. One end of the object tapers to a blunt point where it has broke off, the other is blunt thick and squared-off and has a lozenge shaped cross-section, consisting largely of naturally fract…
Created on: Saturday 4th February 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 1st August 2018
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Record ID: SF-8FE101
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
An abraded and rolled flint handaxe of probable Lower Palaeolithic date. It is oval in form, pointed oval in section, struck from a grey flint with grey/white patination and some orange/brown iron staining, retaining a small amount of cortex at the striking platform. The surfaces have bifacial flake removal and very abraded edges resultant from post-depositional damage and glacial rolling. It measures 81.93mm in length, 72.81mm in width, 26.97mm in thickness and 197.88g in weight. this handaxe is of Lower Palaeolithic date, c.500,000-40,000 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 6th November 2012
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pertenhall', grid reference and parish protected.