Record ID: SUSS-1E2003
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete prehistoric knapped flint implement, possibly a Neolithic flint chisel (3500-2100 BC). The object has broken in a large hinge fracture approximately one-half to two-thirds of the way down the tool-end. It seems that the butt of the implement and the majority of its body is intact. The remains of the implement consist of a narrowed, thin butt-end, which still maintains a small degree of cortex; the body has been knapped carefully overall to shape into a thin oval cross-section, visible at the break. Both ventral and dorsal surfaces have symmetrical rises, unlike adzes.…
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-FFDE21
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint chisel, heavily patinated, relatively crude with heavy flaking and plano-convex cross-section and tranchet blade edge on one face. Narrow slightly bent towards blade end. Irregular, thick, flat butt end. Tranchet blade and plano-convex section suggest a Mesolithic date. Length 117mm, width at blade, 23mm amd maximum width 28mm, height 20mm.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wimpole', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4DCB46
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint chisel probably of Neolithic date. The opaque light grey and white sub-rectangular flake is broken at the proximal end. The left and right edges are notched, which suggests that the flake was once hafted. The distal end of the dorsal face has slight retouch. . The ventral face has several flakes removed but is otherwise plain. The surviving length is 32.3mm, the width is 33.4mm, the thickness is 7.7mm and the weight is 11.93g.
Created on: Monday 9th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scawby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3C8325
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Triangular piece of dark grey flint with white circular inclusions. The dorsal face, distal edge is flat with two small nicks in the medial and right side, the left margin distal has a small piece of cortex on the surface. The left margin is conave in appearance with no indication of retouch, while the proximal edge retains some cortex on the edge, the right side is abraded. The medial of the dorsal face is prominent, with a piece protruding out from the face. Which then slopes (angle of about 30 degrees) down towards the distal edge, the slope is flat with some evidence of rippling.…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd August 2011
Last updated: Sunday 5th February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-E37B31
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
central fragment from a Neolithic flint chisel. It is rectangular with an oval cross-section. The body is narrow with all-over working, and is unpatinated. The flint is black with brown (light and medium) patches. The chisel is 63.36mm in length, 33.75mm in width and weighs 60.57g.
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2006
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Barton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C0C8C7
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
About half of a polished flint chisel in light grey / white patinated flint with some spotty iron staining. The cutting edge is undamaged, finely ground and still sharp. The break is also patinated and shows "bending fracture" characteristics and was probably broken in use (cf. a complete example found in 1989 at Bradenham (HER 25486) and now in Norwich Castle Museum). 70 x 25 x 18.5mm. Chisels of this type were in use throughout the Neolithic, c.4000 - c.2350 BC
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-BEA7D3
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete late Neolithic to early Bronze Age flint chisel c.2200-1000BC. Description: The chisel is bifacial flaked, narrowed at the top widening slightly towards the blade end. It is roughly flat on one side and convex on the other forming a rough triangle in cross-section. It is has scaled near-covering low angled retouch particularly on its flat side. The convex side has semi-abrupt long scaled retouch. There is cortex on the left side of the convex side and the retouch on this side was likely to have occurred to remove the cortex along this edge. The flint is dark brown, the c…
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2016
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-814716
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey-green flint probable chisel. Elongated triangular tool of sub-rectangular section with a fairly flat broad end and tapering to a stepped point at the other. A longitudinal hollow runs down on one side, possibly the dorsal, and elsewhere the object bears covering angled scalar retouch. Suggested date: Late Neolithic, 2700-2350 BC. Length: 58.1mm, Width: 32.2mm, Thickness: 15.0mm, Weight: 29.69gms
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-C32DDE
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable core formed unfinished flint chisel of late Neolithic or early Bronze Age date c.4000-1000 BC. Description: The chisel sub-rectangular in shape and pointed oval in cross-section. It has been flaked to shape from a larger piece of flint by covering scaled semi-abrupt flaking. The tool has a hinge fracture at one end is pointed and triangular in plan with cortex still adhering across half of it. It is presumed this is the working end as one would expect the butt end would be flatter. the pointed end has less flaking also, so it is uncertain if this was a working end or if …
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-D9ED3E
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An elongate, narrow, sub-oval, bifacially worked flint chisel made on a thick flake or naturally fractured nodule fragment. One face has steep flaking around the entire margin and a central axial zone of chalky cortex remains. The other face has covering, scaled, low angle retouch with an irregular flake pattern, one end is steeply flaked from both sides, producing a sub lozengiform cross-section; the other end is flatter, creating a near plano convex cross section. The 'plano convex' end is blunt; the other end is wedge shaped, formed by an oblique (not tranchet) flake. The tool is c…
Created on: Thursday 16th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-ED1CC7
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint implement, probably a chisel, dating to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. The object comprises a narrow, elongated, blade with a blunt butt at one end and a rounded cutting blade at the other. The majority of the body is pointed-oval in cross-section, becoming oval in cross-section at the butt end. There is invasive scaled, covering, low angled retouching on both surfaces and possibly some polishing of the edges, especially on the rounded tip. The flint’s patination is light to dark grey in colour and there are small traces of iron discolouration on both surfa…
Created on: Friday 2nd July 2021
Last updated: Monday 19th July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-A46E7E
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint chisel dating to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age (c. 3300 - 1600 BC). The object is rectangular in plan and lozenge shaped in cross-section with a blunt butt at one end and a cutting blade at the other. The flake removal is covering and scaled, with semi-abrupt retouch along one edge of the cutting blade. The patination is light to dark grey in colour and there are traces of iron discolouration on both surfaces. Measurements: length 84.82mm, width 25.93mm, thickness 23.3mm, weight 50.96g. Similar examples recorded on the database include: BH-…
Created on: Monday 16th August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 25th August 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-93D6BE
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A section of a tri-facially worked flint chisel. It is narrow and rod-shaped, possibly a chisel form. One end may be the butt; the other has a flat break, from use of manufacture. One face shows scaled, low angle working struck from the edges, which is now slightly smoothed. The other two faces show larger broader flake removal scars. It has a triangular section and is slightly curvilinear along its length. There is some slight edge battering to blunt angles. The flint is opaque, mid grey with areas of lighter less siliceous flint, darker areas have a mid gloss patina. Date: Late Ne…
Created on: Monday 13th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-D3F755
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flaked flint chisel. Grey flint with a thick, off-white matt patina. There is also iron staining over much of the surface, particularly along the ridges. The chisel is long and thin. It is broadly rectangular, tapering only slightly towards the butt. The butt has been snapped off and the flint has re-patinated to a mottled milky white. The chisel has a lentoid profile. It has been extensively flaked along the edges on both faces. The cutting edge is unsharpened and has been formed by the removal of small flakes. Date: Neolithic - c. 3500 - 2100 BC Dimensions: 126 mm x …
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 7th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-302060
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tranchet chisel struck on a tertiary flake of mid brownish grey coloured flint. The artefact is very regular and well made it is likely to be of prehistoric date: Neolithic - Bronze Age (3500-1800 BC). A direct parallel for such a specialist tool has not been found. The chisel is a triangular (wedge) shape in plan and rectangular in cross section. On the ventral face conchoidal ripples can be seen - from this the direction of the initial rough out blow can be identified; this is at right angles to the work on the dorsal face. The two long edges are near vertical and cleaved , on one…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 12th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Canon Pyon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F2F826
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete struck flint object, probably a chisel of Neolithic date. One blade end survives, terminating part way along the length of the object in a hinge fracture. It is struck from a pale grey/brown flint that has a grey to white patination which also covers the hinge fracture indicative that the break is an ancient one. The object is rectangular in form with parallel sides and pointed oval shaped cross section. Both faces have extensive and careful flake removal and edge retouch, with evidence of possible polishing visible on one face. It measures 83.81mm in length, 45.02mm in …
Created on: Thursday 27th February 2014
Last updated: Monday 17th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milden', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: BERK-6D86F5
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic polished flint chisel and a natural stone. No photograph taken
Created on: Saturday 29th September 2012
Last updated: Thursday 5th September 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-E1E3DC
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint chisel of late Neolithic or early Bronze Age date c.4000-1000 BC. Description: The chisel sub-rectangular in shape and lozenge in cross-section. It has been flaked to shape from a larger piece of flint by covering scaled semi-abrupt flaking. The butt end is flat on the right side and rises up on the left, this form is seen in some similar examples such as NMS-C0C8C7. The pointed end is partially narrow but not narrowing to a full point, typical of the object type. The flaking is clearly produced from hard hammer technology, common after the middle of the Neolithic and combi…
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2016
Last updated: Thursday 24th November 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-349000
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a possible flint chisel. The object appears to be the butt-end of a narrow, elongate bifacially worked tool, probably broken during manufacture. One end rounded, one end rectilinear. Both faces exhibit covering, scaled, semi-abrupt (in places stepped) flaking to form a lozenge shaped cross section. The midline edges are slightly irregular but straight overall, and the butt is irregular in shape. The break is near perpendicular to the long axis and is probably the result of end-shock during manufacture; a second angled facet to the break on one face is noted, co-inciding with a…
Created on: Monday 10th July 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3C9FF2
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The medial segment of a thin flake or blade of translucent brown flint with slight internal cracking as though it has been heated. The oblique truncations have been abraded, taking advantage of this property to blunt the edges. There are 2 divergent dorsal ridges and blunting of the short blade margin. The longer lateral margin is left sharp and there is a nearby small patch of use gloss. It looks like a small hafted tool like a petit tranchet arrowhead but the repetitive use implied by the gloss suggests something like a chisel. Bond(2004) illustrates a petit tranchet on page 124, fi…
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Spatial data recorded.