Record ID: WAW-2ACB35
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worked / knapped flint thumb nail scraper of later Neolithic date, circa 2700 - 2350 BC. The scraper is circular in plan and lentoid in cross section. The flint is heavily patinated in an even light grey / blue colour. Evidence of burning on all surfaces. No cortex is present indicating that the scraper was formed from the tertiary phase of working of the core. The dorsal and ventral faces of the scraper are uncertain. The retouch is heavily abraded and difficult to discern. The striking platform is intact with long, crossed abrupt retouch present on all other edges. Length: 22.0…
Created on: Wednesday 26th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 22nd May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-A11995
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint thumb nail (horseshoe) scraper of later Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (2300 -1800BC). The scraper is formed from a mottled grey coloured piece of flint with a relatively thick white surface patina. It is created from a tertiary flake (due to the size of the scraper this may originally be debitage). The ventral face shows clear evidence of conchoidal fractures that ripple across the underside of the flake; the point of percussion and the bulb of percussion have both been removed. The dorsal face has multiple and layered series of flake facets. These are most dense around t…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: WAW-4A4165
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The scraper is a sub semi-circular shape in plan. The apex of the rounded edge has been retouched. The flint is a mottled brown/beige colour with a thread of cortex remaining which is in the centre of the scraper and is visible on both faces.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-6FDEC3
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Small 'D' shaped flint scraper made from the end of an already patinated flint blade. Plano-convex, one face flat, the other bearing two parallel scars where blades were removed. Retouch around the curved edges, this is angled at around 45 degrees. The straight edge is break caused by snapping the end off a blade.
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cleeve Prior', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-70C654
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Flint scraper of 'thumb nail' type. Plano-convex with one face entirely covered with retouching. Some traces of patination on curved face.
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2008
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cleeve Prior', grid reference and parish protected.