Record ID: LVPL-A2AD92
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint scraper or blade from the end of the Mesolithic period. The scraper is hexagonal in plan. The two long sides both look to have some retouching. The dorsal face has had 3 flakes taken off, the centre is flat with sloping sides. The ventral face shows the conchoidal ripples caused by striking the flake from its core. The top end appears broken which would suggest a function as a blade rather than a scraper. At the bottom the end has been retouched, to make it flatter, there is no clear striking platform. The flint is a brown colour all over. This flint was seen by Peter Reavill…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-2FA218
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete flint blade of probable late Mesolithic date (6000BC - 3500BC). The flint tool is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross section. The bulb of percussion is present on the reverse (ventral face) of the blade. The striking platform is also present and the edges have been trimmed by retouch. The front face of the blade (dorsal face) has a number of clear facets and ridges. There is an area of relative recent damage on one edge. There are several small areas of retouch present on the long edges; this is haphazard and has been partially distorted by hinge fr…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-2FAA15
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Snapped end of a chert blade of probable late Mesolithic date (6000BC - 3500BC). The microlith tool is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross section. The chert is very poor quality and flaking has been difficult to achieve. There is no evidence of retouch, cortex or striking platform / bulb of percussion. The chert is a mid mottled grey colour with a number of flaws in the matrix. It has also been abraded in the ploughsoil. The source of chert is difficult to ascertain. The blade measures 17.3mm length, 13.5 mm width, is 6.2mm thick and weighs 1.16 grams.
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-301AF5
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete snapped flint blade of probable Mesolithic date (6000BC - 3500BC). The flint tool is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross section. The flint is relatively coarse and may be chert rather than true flint. The bulb of percussion and striking platform are lost. The front face of the blade (dorsal face) has a number of clear facets and ridges. There is an area of relative recent damage on the lower edge and base. It is difficult to assess retouch as the blade has been rolled in the ploughsoil and any retouch has been masked by modern hinge fractures. There…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-302277
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Reworked debitage flake of probable Neolithic date (3500BC - 2100BC). The tool has been reworked from a piece of tertiary debitage. It is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross section. The flint is relatively coarse and may be chert rather than true flint. The bulb of percussion and striking platform are lost. The front face of the blade (dorsal face) has a number of clear facets and ridges. The edges of one face of the flake have been modified by retouch. These consist of a series of small notches which have created a series of small projections. The presumed us…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-302FA3
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four irregular flakes of primary debitage of probably Neolithic date (3500-2100 BC). These pieces of flint have been deliberately removed from outer faces of small pebbles / nodules of flint to prepare it for further work and tool production. The debitage has a combined weight of 47.43 grams
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CPAT-D5A0A8
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a small flint blade or knife of the Neolithic period. Beneath the percussion platform, the ventral surface shows a diffuse bulb of percussion with the classic concentric pattern to the distal end. On the dorsal side, the cutting edge has been formed by the removal of at least two flakes, leaving a shallow angle to the 'front' part of the cutting edge and a steeper angle with near vertical striations running down it on the 'rear' part. Also on the dorsal surface is a central ridge and some proximal end scarring; to one side of the ridge, cortex runs the length of the blade. T…
Created on: Friday 14th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-D5BD26
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Here we have an interesting small flint tool of probable Neolithic origin. Given the dimensions, it may be reasonable classed a blade, although both long edges show signs of re-touch. The dorsal surface is marked by small ridges from the distal end followed by a ‘Y’-shaped ridge running the remaining length. The proximal end terminates in what may be a ‘hinged fracture’. The material has a grey-brown colouration with darker inclusions.
Created on: Friday 14th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-D5D834
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This piece of flint material is a Neolithic flint flake. The ventral surface has radiating ripples and is heavily scarred by small secondary fractures. The dorsal surface has ridges and a central negative scar. There is an ‘edge’ but there are no signs of re-touching although it possibly displays evidence of polishing through use. The material is dark brown with a small lighter-coloured inclusion.
Created on: Friday 14th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CPAT-D5E418
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Here we have an interesting secondary flint flake in the form of a trapezoid, of probable Neolithic origin. The piece is very thin in section and may have re-touch on the long side. There are traces of cortex surviving and the ventral surface is smooth with a small bulb of percussion. The dorsal surface is marked by ridges and negative scarring. The material is a translucent dark brown with white patches which may be from their proximity to the partially removed cortex.
Created on: Friday 14th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-D5EF95
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is an attractive flint flake, probably from the Neolithic period. It has a worked and re-touched cutting or scraping edge. The dorsal surface has ridges and negative scarring, the ventral surface is smooth. Fissures are visible on both surfaces. The tool is of a dark translucent brown with an unusual striped margin, possibly surviving cortex, or a fragment of a fossil. This striped margin consists of alternate white and medium grey/brown banding, with the white bands being slightly wider than the darker bands.
Created on: Friday 14th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-0EDB73
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small irregular flint waste flake / debitage probably dating from the Neolithic period (3500 - 2100 BC). The flake is irregular in both plan and profile. It has number of regular facets (caused by flaking) on the upper (dorsal) face of the flake. There is no cortex present suggesting that this flake has comes from the tertiary phase of tool production. The underside (ventral face) of the flake is irregular and has a large hinge fracture which divides it. There are small areas of deliberate retouch on both faces around the edges of this flake. This suggests that it was reused as a small…
Created on: Thursday 11th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-6C0097
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint scraper on a flake, probably neolithic or bronze age in date. Mass: 12.2g; length: 31.4mm; width: 34.7mm; thickness: 12.1mm. Off white/gray patinated flint. Arrises on the dorsal face and retouch at the distal end. Bulb of percussion and bulbar scars on the ventral face.
Created on: Monday 2nd February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tong CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-6C1271
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint scraper on a re-used primary flake. Possibly bronze age in date. Mass: 9.3g; length: 25.8mm; width: 27.1mm; thickness: 12.3mm. Gray/brown coloured flint. Dorsal face is approximately 50% cortex, with retouch around approximately 75% of the edge. There is a white patina covering the ventral face. A similar patina is evident on the dorsal face, although where the flake has been retouched, the (unpatinated) brown/grey flint is evident – indicating that this scraper is manufactured from a re-used flake.
Created on: Monday 2nd February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tong CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-6C14E6
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint end-scraper on a primary flake, probably neolithic or bronze age. Mass: 7.0g; length: 25.3mm; width: 31.1mm; thickness: 7.9mm. Brown/grey flint. Retouch on one end of the dorsal face which is otherwise corticated. Ventral face has a series of negative flake scars.
Created on: Monday 2nd February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tong CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-6C18B7
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint scraper, probably neolithic or bronze age. Mass: 12.2; length: 31.8mm; width: 24.8mm; thickness: 14.3mm. Light grey/off-white coloured flint. Retouch around the edges of the dorsal face, other than at the proximal end. Dorsal face is approximately 25% cortex. Ventral face is unusually flat, with ripples of the conchoidal fracture visible.
Created on: Monday 2nd February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tong CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-531583
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped and flaked flint knife blade / or possible scraper of later Neolithic date. The scraper is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and D shaped in cross section. It has been formed from a struck blade-like flake which has come from the secondary phase of knapping. Several larger ‘relic’ scars are present on the upper (dorsal) face which have been caused by striking other flakes prior to the removal of this blade. A small section of white cortex is present on one edge; this cortex is white and similar to that observed on nodules from chalk or limestone bedding planes. On the ventral…
Created on: Monday 9th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Craven Arms', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-D3BEA1
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small snapped flint blade of probable later Mesolithic date (5000-4000 BC). The flake is broadly rectangular in both plan and cross section. The flake has an irregular snapped top edge which has removed the bulb of percussion and upper part of the blade. The break may be old. The blade has number of regular facets created by flaking on the upper (dorsal) face of the flake. The long edges do not seem to be retouched. There is no cortex (the rough outer skin of the flint nodule) present on the dorsal face. This suggests that this blade comes from a well worked core. The flint is a …
Created on: Thursday 17th February 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newport', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-EC5E20
Object type: CHOPPER
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible Upper Palaeolithic flint chopper / tool, possibly dating to between 40, 000 BC and 10, 000 BC. The find consists of a sub oval piece of a light brown flint nodule. It has been formed from either a flake of a large nodule or from the nodule itself. The flint tool has been damaged by movement in the soil due to plough roll and as such is badly abraded. There is a small amount of evidence of direct percussion (conchoidal ripples) to the distal edge, to potentially form a serrated edge. However this could be the result of damage due to plough roll. The flint t…
Created on: Tuesday 27th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 28th July 2010
No spatial data available.

Record ID: HESH-2EA063
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped and flaked flint knife blade / scraper of later Neolithic date (3000-2000BC). The scraper is unusual as it is formed from a large piece / flake of secondary debitage. It seems to have been formed crudely and possibly discarded relatively swiftly; this is unusual in an area which has very small natural reserves of flint. The scraper / knife is broadly oval in plan and oval in cross section. It has multiple flaking facets on both faces, some of which seem to have been used to remove relatively narrow blades whilst others larger flakes. There are also a number of irregular uncon…
Created on: Friday 30th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 1st October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Badger', grid reference and parish protected.