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.

Record ID: SUR-E41676
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Windsor and Maidenhead
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic 'slug' knife; a multi-purpose scraper-cum-knife. The tool has been made from a thick struck blade of good quality mottled mid-grey flint and has secondary working around the complete circumference. From the same findspot is a grey and glossy secondary flake with remaining cortex. There appears to be some secondary workign along one long side. (46.39 x 26.42 x 6.58mm. Wt 7.42g.)
Created on: Wednesday 1st September 2010
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-350248
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
?? Flint Knife? 53mm long, 34mm wide and 8mm thick. The object is in good condition and weighs 18.69 grams. If is leaf shaped and has fine re-touch along the length of one edge.
Created on: Friday 17th September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-9E1598
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cloudy Grey Flint Blade. Fragment of a flint blade of flat triangular section, broken at both ends; the fracture surface at one end is patinated and may be an ancient break; the break at the other end appears more recent. Suggested date: Neolithic, 3500-2100 BC. Length: 30.1mm, Width: 16.1mm, Thickness: 5.4mm, Weight: 3.1gms.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 9th November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scawby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B32117
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark grey flint Knife. Knapped flint knife of flat oval section and probably originally or intended to be of oval form - a large chip is lost from one side. The dorsal face bears cloudy whitish patina beneath the chips of hard hammer working; the ventral face is without patina and with conchoidal fractures from hard hammer working in various directions. The edges are sharp and apparently unfinished; the object may have broken in the course of manufacture. Suggested date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, 2500-1500 BC. Length: 68.1mm, Width: 31.7mm, Thickness: 8.7mm,…
Created on: Thursday 23rd September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 21st October 2010
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Record ID: NLM-B3A608
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark Grey Flint, high quality, perhaps collected from the East Coast. Knife. Fragment of a flat, possibly discoid, flint knife, with a finely smoothed cutting edge formed by polish extending about 7mm from the edge. The fragment is now sub-triangular, representing a segment from a larger object with breaks on either side. Both upper and lower surfaces bear scars from hard and soft hammer working and pressure flaking, with the edge polished completely smooth on both sides. The selection of apt material and the quality of work indicates a Neolithic date, while the finely po…
Created on: Thursday 23rd September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 21st October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope/Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-E3A134
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably Early Bronze Age (2150 BC - 1500 BC) attempt at producing a knife, with flake removal scars probably as a result of trying to thin in. There is steep retouch at the wider, thicker end and also at a corner at the other end - this is probably blunting for where the knife would have been held. The flint is dark grey in colour with light patination. Measures 46.94x45.32x14.97mm and weighs 32.2g.
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2011
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-74FAC3
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Brown in colour, flint flake knife, oval in plan and plano convex in profile and section. Medial ridge running from the along the centre of the implement from the proximal to distal ends, less than 1% o the cortex remains on the dorsal side tip (distal end). Appears to have sustained damage at the proximal end dorsal side, would not associate this with use wear or retouching. Dorsal face has been backed on the right margin distal end and retouched on the left margin distal end. There does apear to have been retouching on the right margin of the ventral face, agan at the distal end. Po…
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2011
Last updated: Sunday 29th January 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-78C1C2
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lithic tool; a worked flint knife of the late neolithic or early bronze age date, circa 2500-1500BC. It is 38.7mm long, 16.7mm wide and 6.4mm thick. It weighs 5.21gm. It is sub oval with a rounded proximal end and pointed distal end, the distal end curving to the left. The dorsal face has invasive semi abrupt retouch on both the left and right side. The left side also has some retouch on the ventral face. There is also evidence of platform preparation. The flint is a mottled orange brown colour.
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B99E46
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint plano-convex knife. A thick blade with no retouch on the ventral side but total and sometimes overlapping retouch around the entire margin of the dorsal side , even removing the proximal end and most of the bulb of percussion. The tool is slug-like with an elongated oval plan and a side view which flat on the ventral side but curves from proximal and dorsal ends with semi abrupt retouch on more invasive flaking up to a flat upper facet which continues over the dorsal surface. The section remains nearly constant except at the curved ends and is sub triangular with the knife-like …
Created on: Sunday 5th June 2011
Last updated: Sunday 29th January 2012
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Record ID: CORN-D22925
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete flint plano-convex knife, sub-rectangular in plan, and plano-convex in profile and section. The dorsal face has been unifacially retouched at the distal end and on both margins. The ventral face has only been retouched at the centre of the distal end to create notch, which may have been used as another tool once the knife had snapped. The proximal end has been broken off and is now missing, most likely through use. The flint is an opaque mottled grey-brown colour, and was likely derived from a local beach pebble. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 147, Fig.…
Created on: Monday 6th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F987E4
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A well crafted flint knife, light hazel brown with light grey specks and a pink distal tip. The ventral face has a curve to accommodate the right thumb at its distal end and the dorsal face has been retouched to creat a platform for the index finger. The sharp edge has some serration from use wear. Newberry has a similar example on Page 12. Fig 72, No 1, which is placed in the Neolithic.
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2011
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Record ID: NLM-607F24
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pale grey flint. Knife or Saw fragment. Knapped flint bearing three long flake removal scars on its dorsal face, detached by hard hammer working before the object was itself detached from a core; now of triangular section towards its tip, and of rhomboid section closer to the other, broken, end. Finely pressure-flaked serrations run along both sides; worked from the dorsal aspect along one edge, and from the ventral along the other. Suggested date: Neolithic, 3500-2100 BC. Length: 41.2mm, Width: 19.5mm, Thickness: 4.7mm, Weight: 4.97gms.
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-1FEC18
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint chert knife, trapezium shaped in plan and plano-convex in profile. The right margin is sharp edged with a slight serration on the distal tip. The left margin has been retouched. The flint is pale grey orange and is covered in 1-49% cortex. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 147, fig. 5.133, no. 172 which is dated to the later Neoloithic period.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2011
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-46D191
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint backed knife made from a pasty shaped flake. The long edge at the proximal end has secondary cortex and the dorsal face has been semi-abruptly retouched to create a sharp edge with signs of use wear. The smooth cortex would protect the index finger, while the thumb and middle finger sit comfortably on each face. The knife could have been used in either hand, but sits better in the left hand. The ventral face is unretouched. The flint is translucent brown with white flecks and was probably derived from a local beach pebble. Bond illustrates a similar knife on Page 135. Fig 5.…
Created on: Friday 24th June 2011
Last updated: Saturday 29th October 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-64B033
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint nodular knife, almost square in plan and plano-convex in profile. The flint has been retouched on the proximal end and left margin. The distal end and upper right margin has been snapped off. The ventral side has visible conchoidal ripples. The lower right margin and proximal end has non-beach cortex covering 1-49% of the surface area. It is a dark grey brown with a dark tan cortex in colour. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 143, fig. 5.129, no. F.152 which is dated to the Neolithic period.
Created on: Saturday 25th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-7789F1
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This three sided flake of dark grey to black chert has been prepared as a knife by retouch on the margin right of the medial ridge. The sharp edge is translucent and there is a fossil included in its substance. The medial ridge shows signs of possible machine damage. The proximal end accommodates an index finger and the thumb sits comfortably in a shallow space on the dorsal face against the medial ridge. The tip has been snapped. The translucent edge is the result of use wear rather than having been ground. (pers comm Anna Lawson Jones.) There is no apparent retouch on the ventral f…
Created on: Sunday 26th June 2011
Last updated: Saturday 29th October 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-8E6D78
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A plano-convex knife made on a flake from a smokey grey flint with cream inclusions and secondary cortex, probably from a beach pebble. The ventral face has damage from use wear which coincides with the serrated wear on the left dorsal edge. The dorsal face is convex in shape and has been semi invasively retouched to create a sharp edge on the left margin, which has been blunted in use. There is secondary cortex on the right margin. The distal tip has been blunted by abrupt retouch. Bond 2004 illustrates a similar piece on Page 58 Fig 5.30. It is thought to be from the Neolithic period.
Created on: Monday 27th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A2E022
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a knife with one blunted edge formed on a hinged flake. The ventral face has a clearly defined bulb and no retouch, but there is use wear at both margins. The dorsal face has a left of medial flattened ridge, from which a long flake has been removed to the left margin and this margin has some abrupt retouch, while the right margin, which is translucent, is sharper. The flint is a mottled light to dark grey colour and was likely derived from a local beach pebble. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on Page 135, Fig 5.121. No 51 which is dated to the Neolithic period.
Created on: Tuesday 28th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B13D92
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knife on a thick flake with the medial and distal end snapped off and some abrupt retouch; perhaps to make a hollow scraper or to improve the finger grip. Both dorsal margins have been retouched with semi-invasive flakework, converging on the proximal end with the bulb of percussion removed. Flint is a fine dark brown, possibly from Devon. Butler(2005) illustrates invasively flaked knives on page 171, plate 72, 5-8.
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clodgy Moor', grid reference and parish protected.