Record ID: BERK-AC5646
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A probable Middle Palaeolithic handaxe. The handaxe is incomplete and was probably broken during manufacture or use, while one small area of more modern damage is evident. The handaxe is bifacially retouched, and a creamy grey core is covered by a thick orange patina, suggesting a gravel bed context or source, such as those known from Cassington, Oxon. The Devensian period at Cassington is well attested from evidence gained during gravel extractions. The period here dates from c.75,000BC to 35,000BC but this find is likely to have been redeposited from an earlier layer. The handaxe me…
Created on: Saturday 24th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 9th May 2014
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Record ID: BERK-F900D8
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A incomplete late Neolithic / Bronze Age tanged and barbed arrowhead. The arrowhead is long and slender having been finely worked bifacially. The tang is pointed and again worked bifacially. The tip of the arrowhead is missing but otherwise it is a very well made and well preserved object with no indication of post-depositional damage. Arrowheads of this type are not a common find; those more often found are usually short and squat.
Created on: Friday 27th May 2011
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-2B1DB7
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Middle Palaeolithic Devensian cordiform handaxe from Cassington, Oxfordshire. The handaxe is bifacially retouched but does display some more modern weathering damage including fracturing and spooling. A grey-blue core is covered by a thick creamy-yellow patina. The handaxe measures 74.81mm long, 64.99mm wide and is 19.83mm thick. It measures 86.7gms. The Devensian period at Cassington is well attested from evidence gained during gravel extractions. The period here dates from c.75,000BC to 35,000BC.
Created on: Thursday 6th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 29th April 2014
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Record ID: BERK-D58E82
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A frgament from a Neolithic polished flint axehead dating from c.4000-2100 BC. Polished axes are very labour intensive and are thought to have held high value during this period. Polished axes were traded throughout Britain and Western Europe. In this example only the tip survives. The flint is covered in thick white patina suggesting a chalk downland source. It measures 43.79mm long, 42.43mm wide and is 22.84mm thick. It weighs 39.8 gms.
Created on: Thursday 20th August 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2015
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Record ID: BERK-057F02
Object type: END SCRAPER
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A retouched secondary flake, possibly a horseshoe scraper with retouch visible on both the dorsal and ventral sides. The tool appears to have battered edges all around it. The flint is a brown-grey in colour and the bud is still present on the ventral surface, although it has been partially removed by retouch. This tool measures 30.20mm long, 20.87mm wide and is 8.12mm thick. It weighs 6.9gms.
Created on: Friday 4th September 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ledwell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID4389
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The scraper is a sub semi-circular shape in plan. The rounded edge has been knapped on the dorsal surfacing, forming an oblique angle. The reverse is the ventral surface. The flint is a mottled grey/blue/white colour.
Created on: Friday 1st March 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-61C800
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Sub-rectangular flint tranchet adze or axe. Both surfaces bear many flake scars and ridges as well as numerous areas with rippling although one is not so heavily worked as the other. The flint is yellow/green in colour. A very nice example of the type.
Created on: Thursday 27th November 2003
Last updated: Friday 9th May 2014
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Record ID: BERK-465847
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint flake with deep secondary reworking along one edge. The reworking extends to the middle of the ventral surface. This is a ?scraper or a fragment of a larger tool. From the invasiveness of the reworking I suspect it is Bronze Age.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-2B3542
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Upper Palaeolithic small flint handaxe of Wymer Type E, from the Devensian Glacial Stage. The handaxe is bifacially worked and has an opaque white patina covering the majority of its surface. Length: 53.44mm, width at widest point: 38.12mm, thickness at thickest point: 14.77mm, weight: 30.68g.
Created on: Thursday 25th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DENO-D38BB3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Large cortical flint flake, with c.30% cortex. The cortex is sandy coloured indicating the flint originated from sand/gravel/soil rather than chalk. The inner flint is a fine brown-red colour with no patination. There are five striking platforms. The bulb is large. The tip is broken off and the proximal end is damaged. Length 69.7mm, width 35.18mm, thickness (across the proximal (bulb) end) 12.2mm, weight 27.34g.
Created on: Friday 2nd April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-2FED97
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An unusually large and chunky Neolithic arrowhead dating from c. 4000 - 2100 BC. The arrowhead was the cause of consideration by Alison Roberts (Ashmolean Museum) and Prof. Nick Barton (Institute of Archaeology), and thanks are given for their comments, which follow: 'The flint appears at first to be of considerable age, however it is too small to be of Upper Palaeolithic origin, but is not quite right for the Neolithic period either. There are large laurel-leaf arrowheads of the Neolithic that have been found in East Anglia, so it is probably better to consider this as a Neolithic…
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 17th April 2014
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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: WILT-3E0B43
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late Mesolithic flint bladelet dating to the period c. 7000 - 4001 BC. The bladelet is sub-rectangular in plan with a slight curve along the length of the blade and a diagonal flaw across both sides of the blade. The dorsal surface exhibits three negative flake removal scars with two smaller negative flake removal scars which terminate at the diagonal flaw. The ventral surface retains a small bulb of percussion, indicating manufacture by soft-hammer striking. The flint is mottled mid - light grey in colour. There is some evidence of short, abrupt, scaled retouch along both sides.
Created on: Thursday 24th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 25th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shellingford', grid reference and parish protected.

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: BERK-35867C
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A collection debitage consisting of 24 bladelets dating to the Mesolithic period (10,000-4001 BC). They are in varying sizes and varying stages of preperation. They are broadly rectangular in plan with a trapezoidal cross section., although the less-fine examples have a triangular cross section. All of the bladelets are on a mottled blue-grey flint many with a white patina forming. Seceral examples are in the early stage of preperation, retaining a small area of cortex. The pieces vary in soze from 33.5mm long x 14.4mm wide down to 16.4mm long x 7.2mm wide.
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 15th January 2015
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Record ID: BERK-E7709B
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A collection of 48 flint debitage pieces (bladelet material) of varying size, shape and colour, dating from the Mesolithic to early Neolithic period (c. 10,000 - 3501 BC). The collection consists of mainly blade or bladelet shaped pieces and flakes with a few broken blades and small chips. Most of the bladelets have a triangular cross section. None are reworked. The flint material is generally a blue-grey with white or grey patina. Cortex survives on about 25% of the pieces. These objects are part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site.
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 12th January 2015
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Record ID: BERK-E7B3F0
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A collection of 89 flint debitage pieces of varying size, shape and colour, dating from the Mesolithic to Neolithic period (c. 10,000 - 2350 BC). The collection consists of flakes and blade-like pieces and chunks, mostly undiagnostic but considering the rest of the assemblage probably of Mesolithic or Neolithic date. Most of the pieces are made on a blue-grey flint, some with white or grey patina. Cortex survives on about 10% of the pieces. These objects are part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site.
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2015
Last updated: Friday 8th January 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-E90944
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Two flint scrapers, probably dating from the late Neolithic to the Bronze Age. Both scrapers are made on tertiary flakes and have steep soft hammer retouching at the dorsal distal end and down laterals. Both of these tools have been damaged post-deposition and are missing portions. The colour of the flint varies from a light to mottled grey brown. These objects are part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site.
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 12th January 2015
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Record ID: BERK-E94884
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Four bladelet cores dating to the Mesolithic period (c. 10,000-4,000 BC). Three out of the four cores appear complete; one has suffered post-depositional damage. The three complete examples all have flat platforms and multiple single direction bladelet removals. The cores are worked in such a way as to create a cone-shaped core. The removals are long and thin, producing bladelets that could be fashioned into other tools, such as microliths. Three out of the four cores, including the damaged one, have some element of cortex remaining. These objects are part of a larger collection fr…
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 12th January 2015
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Record ID: BERK-E981F8
Object type: CORE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A discoidal multiplatform flint core of probable Late Neolithic or Bronze Age date. The core retains cortext on its ventral side, while the distal surface is a grey-brown flint. There are several multi-directional removals on this surface. C. 2700-1600 BC). This object is part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site.
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 12th January 2015
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Record ID: BERK-E9B1B6
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An irregularly shaped multiplatform flint core of probable Neolithic date. The core retains a very small area of cortext (c. 10%). The colour of the flint is a mottled light to mid grey. There are definately two platforms visible, however removals seem to have been made from other places too as there are several multi-directional removals over the surfaces. C. 4000-2350 BC). This object is part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site.
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 12th January 2015
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Record ID: BERK-EA5401
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a flint knife of later Neolithic date (c. 2700-2350 BC). The fragment is the tip of the knife, which would have been plano-convex in section. Parallel soft hammer retouch is restricted to the left lateral of the dorsal surface. The knife has been made on a tertiary flake of grey-brown flint. This object is part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site.
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 12th January 2015
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Record ID: BERK-EA7E13
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint blade with miscellanous retouching on both ventral and dorsal surfaces. The retouched flake has been formed from a light grey-brown tertiary flake. The blade retains the platform and bulb of percussion. Fine parallel soft-hammer retouch is evident around the distal end, qhich is quite square - it maybe that this flake was intended to be a formal tool or arrowhead but was rejected or discarded. This retouched flake probably belongs to the Neolithic or Bronze Age period (c. 4000-1100 BC). This object is part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site.
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 12th January 2015
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Record ID: BERK-EACDFA
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete post-medieval gunflint, made from a dark brown/black tertiary flint flake. The gunflint is broadly wedge-shaped in section and would have been square or rectangular in plan before the post-depositional damage. The gunflake has retouch around all extant edges, the retouch being hard and direct with a scaled appearance. The wedge end of the gunflint is completely retouched, however the dorsal back surface is unworked. Gunflint like these are known from both English and later American Civil War sites and are thought to have been issued during the AD 1650-1660s, possibly alo…
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 12th January 2015
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Record ID: BERK-98F94B
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A blade-like flake, possibly a core rejuvination flake (debitage) dating to the prehistoric period. The secondary flake is made on a mottled blue-brown flint with the lateral edges showing some recortication. There are several long thin removals on the dorsal sidem and the ventral side retains the platform and small bulb of percussion, which indiates that the flake was struck with a soft hammer (bone). The flake is not particularly diagnostic so a wide date range of Mesolithic to (early) Bronze Age must be used.
Created on: Thursday 12th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 12th June 2014
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Record ID: BERK-4AE13B
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A blade-like flake, possibly a core rejuvination flake (debitage) dating to the prehistoric period, possibly the Mesolithic period. The secondary flake is made on a brown flint with the lateral edges showing some recortication. There are several long thin removals on the dorsal side. There is a post-depositional break at the proximal end which has removed any evidence of the bulb or platform, although some radiating fracture lines can be seen. This flake was probably struck with a soft hammer (bone). The flake is not particularly diagnostic and although the long thin removals suggest …
Created on: Friday 8th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 12th August 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-6549F5
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete flint handaxe of Lower Palaeolitic date. The axe is a cordate biface and is complete save for one or two small chips. One side is patinated white and retains areas of cortex; one remaining area forms a hollow. The other side is grey with a dense tangle of off white lines.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Sunday 25th March 2012
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Record ID: BERK-27574F
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete flint leaf-shaped arrowhead of early Neolithic date (c. 4000-3000 BC). The arrowhead has been made on a mottled grey-brown flint, with extensive pressure flaking evident on both dorsal and ventral surfaces. The very tip of the arrowhead is missing and there is some modern damage, while the arrowhead has also suffered from weather damage.
Created on: Friday 9th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
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Record ID: BERK-713A80
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete flint? polished axehead dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4000-2500 BC). The axe is in very good condition and is of high quality. The stone is a mottled light grey and mid brown colour. The axe has side facets and a thin butt. It has been polished all over and the cutting edge has been resharpened and re-polished in antiquity after being damaged. An area of damage on one side was caused by the finder hitting it with a pickaxe when it was discovered some c. 60 years ago. This is a very nice example of a Neolithic polished axe.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2018
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Record ID: BERK-C960A3
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, very well made. Dating to the early Bronze Age - c2000-1600BC.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 10th July 2014
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Record ID: BERK-17EC72
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete flint, partially ground and polished axehead head dating to the Neolithic period. The axe head is made from a whitish-coloured flint. It has rough bifacial removals with the rounded butt of the axe ground smooth and polished on either face. It is unclear whether this is an unfinished polished axe, or whether the restricted area that is ground and polished was intentional. Polished axes are characteristic of the Neolithic period; this specimen is likely to date to the Late Neolithic, c. 2700-2300 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 25th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 11th August 2014
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Record ID: BERK-E818F3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint scraper made on a tertiary flake, and probably dating from the later Neolithic to Bronze Age (c. 2500 - 1500 BC). The scraper is retouched along both edges of the dorsal surface only. Some flaking may be evident on the ventral surface.
Created on: Monday 29th October 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2012
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Record ID: BERK-E96204
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A broken flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating to the early Bronze Age (c. 2150-1500 BC). The arrowhead is roughly triangular in form although the point is missing, and one of the tangs appears broken. It has extensive bifacial flake removals on all surfaces.
Created on: Monday 29th October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 30th October 2012
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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.

Record ID: BERK-EF5FC7
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A tiny fragmant from a Neolithic polished axe, possibly knapped off the main object.
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-6F1AE5
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A handaxe of Lower Palaeolithic date measuring 159mm x 99mm. Bifacially worked with relatively crude flaking. Mmottled light grey flint and has a creamy patina and much iron staining. Some damage has occurred during the axe's long history.
Created on: Friday 6th July 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2012
Spatial data recorded.