Record ID: SWYOR-2CEA65
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic flint blade. The blade is tertiary and does not appear to have any retouch. It has a hinge fracture. Don Henson of the CBA has examined the flint and suggested that it may be Upper Paleolithic or Early Mesolithic. The flain has a white patina and is 46mm long, 20mm wide and 6mm thick.
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-40A676
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A mesolithic flint blade. The whole tertiary flint blade is a creamy white flint from a source in the Yorkshire Wolds. The blade shows no evidence of retouch and although undiagnostic would fit into an earlier Prehistoric (possibly Mesolithic) context. Length 33.04mm, width 13.43mm, thickness 5.84mm, weight 2.65g
Created on: Thursday 12th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-95AB74
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lithic implement; a flint annular ring which probably dates from the 19th or early 20th century. It is made of opaque tan flint and has scalar retouch. It weighs about 2g. This object has been identified by Hazel Martingel and is probably a rare survivor of the work of flint knappers during the early part of the 20th century. They were originally called 'fakes' but later 'replicas'. Bill Basham was one such flint knapper who made a flint necklace of rings very like this one. He also made a Flint alphabet! At the time, gunflints were made in Brandon in Suffolk and some of the skill…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-16C971
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic flint Microlith dating from 8300BC to 3500BC. The flint is ogival and has shallow angled retouch on all edges with some invasive working on both faces. It is too small and delicate to be an arrowhead. The flint has a white patina with some tan cortex on the dorsal face.
Created on: Thursday 28th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-95EFE4
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lithic implement; a flint barbed and tanged arrowhead probably dating from the Late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age (2500 BC - 1500 BC). It has invasive working with scalar retouch and has a squared tang and rounded barbs. According to Butler (in Prehistoric Flintwork, page 164) it can be classed as a Sutton type arrowhead, one of the non-fancy barbed and tanged types. It weighs about 2g. The object was found in the same place as SWYOR-95AB74 which has been identified as a 19th or 20th century object. Flint knappers of this period such as Edward Simpson and Bill Basham were ver…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Last updated: Sunday 8th June 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-8A6811
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A barbed and tanged flint arrowhead of the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age (2500 BC-1500 BC). The arrowhead is made from opaque tan coloured flint and has a squared tang with rounded barbs, one of which is damaged at the tip. The flint has been retouched by pressure flaking across all surfaces. Compare ESS-3D3A23 and SWYOR-2CB2F5 for example.
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 1st June 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-8B6C62
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint tool; a denticulared blade dating from the Late Mesolithic or Early Neolithic period. It is 54.3mm long, 23.3mm wide and 6mm thick. It is oval in plan. The blade is a tertiary flake which is worked on the left edge into two deep notches or denticulats with abrupt retouch. The right edge is backed. This tool was probably used like a saw. The flint is mid brown and opaque with a large white inclusion on the ventral face. A similar example can be seen on page 110 of Prehistoric Flintwork by Chris Butler.
Created on: Friday 18th April 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-8B8766
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint tool; a knife dating from the Neolithic period. It is 67.3mm long, 26.4mm wide and 98mm thick. It is curved in plan and is crudely worked on the left edge at the proximal end. There is some cortex surviving on the distal left side. The flint is dark grey.
Created on: Friday 18th April 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-D8A0E2
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Neolithic flint arrowhead which is 32.7mm long, 15.1mm wide and 3.7mm thick. The arrowhead is leaf shaped, and is oval with a pointed end. It is invasively retouched on the dorsal face. The flint is light grey and is partially patinted. Similar arrowheads are discussed in Butler (2005), on page 122.
Created on: Friday 16th May 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-D8AD94
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic arrowhead made of chert which is 42.8mm long, 27.8mm wide and 8.1mm thick. The arrowhead is leaf shaped and is ogival. It is invasively retouched on the right hand side. The chert is very dark grey, almost black, which may suggest that it originates in Derbyshire. Similar arrowheads are discussed in Butler (2005), on page 122.
Created on: Friday 16th May 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-6CC7E7
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint knife which dates from the Late Mesolithic or early Neolithic period. The knife is formed on a tertiary blade which is 40.1mm long, 22.9mm wide and 5.4mm thick. The flake has a hinged termination and is retouched along the right edge, but worked from the ventral face. The retouch is abrupt. The flint is dark grey and has few inclusions.
Created on: Monday 4th August 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-6CD9C2
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint blade which has been retouched and which dates from the Mesolithic or Neolithic period. The blade is 51.9mm long, 19mm wide and 9mm thick. It is triangular in section with a ridged dorsal face. The right side corner has been retouched at the distal end. The flint is matt grey and has few inclusions.
Created on: Monday 4th August 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-6CF043
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint microlith dating from the Late Mesolithic period. The microlith is 22.7mm long, 11.3mm wide and 4.7mm thick. It is shaped like a triangle with two sides of equal length and is retouched on both sides. The flint is dark grey.
Created on: Monday 4th August 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th February 2019
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Record ID: YORYM-1DF7A1
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four waste flint flakes, Mesolithic to Neolithic in date.
Created on: Friday 27th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: YORYM-1E4DE3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piece of a possible blade. One edge shows signs of very fine retouching.
Created on: Friday 27th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Leeds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-1E8DB7
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic thumb scraper, knapped from flint. The scraper is horseshoe shaped, with a rounded end and a flat end. There is evidence of retouch around the rounded end.
Created on: Friday 27th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Leeds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-085405
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A triangular flint barbed and tanged arrowhead of the late Neolithic period 2500BC-2100BC. The base of the arrowhead has two notches which form the barbs and tang. The end of the point has broken off and there is a small chip from in one edge. It has been invasively worked with scalar retouch. The flint is white/brown in colour and is partially patinated. It is 21.7mm long, 18.5mm wide and 3.8mm thick. It weighs 1.13gm. It has been repaired with glue at some point. For reference see Butler 2005. Prehistoric Flintwork p. 163.
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-150943
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A barbed and tanged arrow head dating from the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age period, c.2500BC - 1500BC. The flint is mottled white/grey in colour and is hardly patinated. The ends of the barbs have snapped off and are missing, making it difficult to assign to a type. The tang is triangular. It has a length of 25.67mm, width 17.66mm, thickness 3.55mm, weight 1.18g. The arrowhead was manufactured using pressure flaking invasive retouch which covers both faces. This suggests that the arrowhead was well made and may have been a fancy type. For reference see Butler 2005. Prehistoric F…
Created on: Monday 16th November 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-C515F1
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint barbed and tanged arrowhead which dates from the early Bronze Age. The arrowhead is complete, with a wide rectangular tang and slightly curved, wide barbs. It is 27.7mm long, 25.2mm wide and 4.7mm thick. It is intensively worked with scaled removals covering all surfaces. The flint is patinated. It is mostly grey, with deeper white colouration along one edge and barb. The arrowhead is similar to Conygar Hill types which are discussed in Butler (2005) on page 164.
Created on: Monday 5th March 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-D495D6
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint thumbnail scraper which dates from the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age period. The flint is semi-circular with invasive semi-abrupt retouch round the distal end and both sides. The scraper is 22mm long, 20mm wide and 8.9mm thick. The flint is a creamy yellow colour and is well patinated.
Created on: Tuesday 6th March 2007
Last updated: Friday 23rd August 2019
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