Record ID: SWYOR-B4C108
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Long worked flint blade dating to the Mesolithic period. The blade is mid-brown in colour and displays a double dorsal ridge. There is some fine retouch along the left dorsal edge. The left ventral edge also has some fine retouch in a localised area which has created a small semi-circular notch about a third of the way up the edge from the proximal end. The piece has been labelled by the finder and has a shiny fixative on the ventral face. The blade measures 60.1mm in length, 14.3mm in width and 6.86mm in thickness.
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
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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
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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
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Record ID: SWYOR-DE56AB
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint debitage blade of Mesolithic date, 10000 BC - 4000 BC. It is a tertiary blade of mottled grey flint, snapped at one end. There is no retouch. The object is 19.4mm long, 5.3mm wide, 3.2mm thick and weighs 0.43g. It is possible that this object was imported to the findpot with gravel.
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.