Record ID: ESS-DEB397
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3300-1500BC) single piece sickle. Knapped from dark grey-black flint, the sickle is an elongated sub-oval in plan, with the cutting edge being relatively straight and the outer edge more convex. The outer edge is thicker than the cutting edge, measuring 4.82mm and 1.94mm respectively. Both ends of the sickle have been worked to a tapering point. The sickle was created using bifacial retouch which covers both faces. There has been further abrupt retouch along the cutting edge. The sickle measures 115.82mm long, has a maximum width of 30.22mm, a maxim…
Created on: Thursday 10th April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Mersea Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-3D6C04
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete flint sickle of Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (2500 BC – 1500 BC). Length 73.0mm, width 48.0mm and 12.5mm thick. Weight 40.24g. This single piece, bifacially worked, sickle is crescent-shaped in plan and has been produced on a primary or secondary flake. It is light grey with some lighter mottling. The ventral face has a bulb of percussion at one tip, although the morphology of the bulb is largely lost by having been retouched. There are also indistinct ripples on this face that are associated with the conchoidal fracturing. Short flaking around most of the e…
Created on: Sunday 10th September 2006
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IOW-F1B433
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete flint sickle of late Neolithic to early Bronze Age date (2500 BC-1500 BC). The implement was made from a large tertiary flake. However, there are two tiny areas of cortex on the ventral surface. It is roughly crescent-shaped in plan with truncated ends. The ventral face is slightly concave and has percussion ripples with retouch around the concave and convex edges. The dorsal face is slightly convex with retouch around the concave and convex edges. All the retouch around these edges is semi-abrupt and scaled. At the larger end there is retouch which is parallel and abrupt. O…
Created on: Friday 9th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT3337
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
Triangular fragment of flint. Flat on reverse, with percussion marks on obverse.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SURREY REIGATE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-C5DE66
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late Neolithic – early Bronze Age (2,100-1,500 BC) single piece flint sickle. The sickle is crescentic in outline with invasive flaking and a medial ridge on each side and it has been bifacially worked. It is formed from black, glassy flint with a number of large inclusions. A small amount of cortex (approximately 5%) remains on the inner edge at one end. The end with the cortex also has less invasive flaking suggesting this section formed the tang for hafting. Polish is visible along the outer edge for approximately 49mm from the tip. It is similar to a sickle found at Milde…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2006
Last updated: Sunday 7th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aston le Walls', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-332665
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete single-piece flint sickle of Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (3000 BC – 1500 BC). Length 83mm, width 36mm and 19mm thick. Weight 48.71g. In plan, the cutting edge is straight and the outer profile is evenly curved. The initial flaking on both faces has been carried out with a hard hammer and the edges appear to have been created by the use of pressure flaking. There is no evidence for a bulb of percussion or any wear along the cutting edge. The implement has a whitish patina with small areas of iron oxide staining.
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shalfleet Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-543148
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic of Early Bronze age flint sickle fragment, 48mm long, 20mm wide and 6mm thick with a weight of 8.21grams. The object is rectangular in form with a slightly curved edge and is made from dark brown flint. It has been worked on both faces, to provide a triangular cross section. Its edges have been worked with fine, steep re-touch, one side steeper than the other. The object is probably a sickle fragment and is similar to ESS-DEB397 NMS-A13788
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2015
Last updated: Friday 26th February 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-EF3635
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Neolithic to early Bronze Age flint sickle or knife (4000 BC-1601 BC). This implement is sub-triangular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section. It has been retouched on both faces around the edges and the removals are short, parallel and semi-abrupt. Both faces are shiny and grey with creamy mottling. Length: 58.52mm; width: 38.45mm; thickness: 13.81mm. Weight: 33.63g. Compare with other sickles from the Isle of Wight: IOW-3D6C04; IOW-332665 and IOW-F1B433.
Created on: Sunday 23rd March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-FCE913
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flint possible sickle, measuring 138.07x41.71x15.49mm and weighing 83.81g. One long edge is straight while the other is curving. The curved edge has low angle retouch with pressure flaking at the edge. It has polish/ gloss on both faces of the knife at the edge. Both faces of the implement have had retouch, especially towards the curved edge, although one has had rather more work than the other. The straight edge has no retouch. The flint is grey in colour with some lighter grey patches. Mike Trevarthen comments 'This could be classed as a …
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-9060C5
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete fragment from the tip of a knife or more probably sickle knapped from a light grey coloured flint probably dating to the later Neolithic or Early Bronze Age periods (2500-1800 BC). The flake is broadly sub-triangular with a bowed curved edge; it is lentoid in cross section. Both the ventral and dorsal faces of the flake have been reworked. This secondary reworking is best seen on the curved edge where detailed neat small flakes have been removed by indirect retouch and pressure flaking. On the dorsal face this working extends up to the mid point of the blade, with a series o…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gladestry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-908CC7
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary waste of mid grey coloured flint probably dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age period (3500 – 1800 BC). The flake is irregular being broadly sub-triangular with a bowed curved edge. Clear secondary pressure flaking facets can be seen on the dorsal face along one edge. The purpose of this flaking is unclear and it is likely that this flake has been removed from a much larger tool, possibly a plano-convex knife or sickle. The flake measures: 15.6mm length, 13.2mm width is 6.1mm thick and weighs 1.27 grams
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gladestry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-909227
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary waste of mid grey / white coloured flint probably dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age period (3500 – 1800 BC). The flake is irregular being broadly sub-triangular with a bowed curved edge. Clear secondary pressure flaking facets can be seen on almost the entire dorsal face. The ventral face is unworked. The purpose of this flaking is unclear and it is likely that this flake has been removed from a much larger tool either to repair it or rework it. The type off tool is unclear, possibly a plano-convex knife or sickle. The flake measures: 13mm length, 15.5mm width …
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gladestry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-910672
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary waste of mid grey coloured flint probably dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age period (3500 – 1800 BC). The flake is irregular with a bowed curved edge. The flake has been heavily reworked although the type of artefact is difficult to ascertain. The artefact type is probably best described as a scraper, although it is a particularly poor example. One edge has been heavily reworked with multiple parallel sided facets. The curved edge also has reworking although this abrupt flaking with a hard a hammer in most places. The ventral face is also flaked but less intensively…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Radnor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM4536
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small light coloured flint, tip of a sickle or arrowhead.
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LINCOLNSHIRE NEWTON ON TRENT', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-095901
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of flint sickle dating to the early Bronze Age c. 2500 -1500 BC. Description: The sickle fragment remains roughly triangular with a tab at the wider end. Both edges have fine retouched serration and the retouch is scaled low angled and covering. It is dark black in colour with some white recortication beginning to occur. Each edged curves slightly towards the narrower end. The narrower end terminates in a fracture.
Created on: Friday 1st March 2013
Last updated: Saturday 13th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Herne Bay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A13788
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete elongated laterally curved biface in light grey / white patinated flint with spotty iron staining. Invasive percussion flaking covers most of both faces although some of the original (?tertiary) flake surface survives unmodified. The proximal end is broken. The intended tool type is obscure. It may be a rough-out for a sickle, though this is far from certain. 93 x 34 x 16mm. Neolithic (perhaps early).
Created on: Friday 8th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-AE6E36
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete bifacially worked fragment of a flint Sickle of Neolithic dating (circa 4000 BC - 2351 BC). The fragment is broadly sub-triangular in shape, and broadly lentoid (lozenge) shaped in cross section. The fragment comes from towards the tip of the sickle, however the actual tip and the base are now missing. The flint is white and grey in colour with the tip in a brown colour. The fragment has a bowed curved edge. Both the ventral and dorsal faces of the flake have been reworked. This secondary reworking is best seen on the curved edge where detailed neat small flakes have…
Created on: Friday 12th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 16th December 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-109DF1
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Toffee brown flint with cortex, the surface of which might suggest collection from the East Coast, sickle. Thin flake with broad flake struck from its dorsal side and with a rippled ventral surface. Both long edges bear angled invasive scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect, as does the shorter side between them; the straighter edge bears similar retouch executed from the ventral aspect. Although short, this does not appear broken from a larger or longer object; a spur projects at the base of the longer cutting edge. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC. Length: 50.5mm, …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ludford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1B6337
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pale grey flint possible sickle fragment, as kindly suggested by the finder. A slightly tapered thin sub-rectangular blade fragment of lentoid section with covering angled scalar retouch across both its sides. Misty patina has developed over struck surfaces, suggesting the object has endured a period of exposure to a calcareous environment. It is broken at its broader end; as this interrupts the patina, it is probably recent damage. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC. Length: 21.1mm, Width: 15.3mm, Thickness: 3.7mm, Weight: 1.80gms
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6C2DDE
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age sickle fragment, the pointed tip is absent, broken transversely by a bending fracture, leaving only the thicker basal half of the implement, it is worked from an elongated nodule of mottled grey and black flint, with some slight iron stains, both faces exhibit patches of thin, weathered cortex where the flakes failed to meet in the middle. The flake scars are from direct soft hammer percussion, with some of the earlier flake scars that are still visible appear to be hard hammer struck, the cross section at the break is lenticular. The back edge of th…
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2018
Spatial data recorded.