Record ID: NARC-E38AC2
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint from a postmedieval firearm. It is well cut, weighs 5g, and measures c.20mm x 25mm x 10mm.
Created on: Monday 30th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-F19E84
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gun flint wrapped in a lead casing from a post-medieval flintlock gun. The flint is roughly square shaped in plan, with three edges visible and showing working; the fourth edge is obscured by the sub-rectangular lead holder. There does not seem to be another example of a gunflint with a lead casing on the database.
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-5F14C4
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval flint gunflint (17th – 19th century). The flint has been worked to form a trapezoidal shape in plan with a triangular profile. All the edges have been shaped by abrupt retouch and there is a scar in the middle of the dorsal surface that is consistent with metal percussion. Dark grey flint. Dimensions: length: 28.50mm; width: 23.54mm; thickness: 8.03mm; weight: 7.29g.
Created on: Monday 29th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chessington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-5F34C4
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval flint gunflint (17th – 19th century). The flint has been roughly worked to form a trapezoidal shape in plan with an irregular triangular profile. The distal and proximal edges have been roughly shaped by retouch. Mid grey flint. Dimensions: length: 29.71mm; width: 27.24mm; thickness: 9.16mm; weight: 10.44g.
Created on: Monday 29th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chessington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-6CEF48
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval to modern gunflint from a flint lock rifle dating to the 17th - 19th centuries. The gunflint is sub-square in plan and appears complete. The flint has been knapped around the edges in order to get the correct shape. The distal edge is thinner and the flint is triangular in section. All of the edges are relatively straight. The flint used is a dark grey in colour. Clive Bond, PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics : PAS, pp163-164 notes that these gunflints date from the 17th to 19th century.
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2011
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Ferriby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-944C16
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fragment of flint debitage, very difficult to date. The fragment is very worn and probably some kind of waste flake that was chipped off the core and discarded. Since flint was in use until the early modern period in this area, it is very difficult to date it without context. However, flint does natually appear on the west coast of Britain and thus, the fragment probably came off a core that was brought here from the east.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd February 2011
Last updated: Friday 11th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thornton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A5EB15
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible rectangular core or flake from the late Mesolithic to early Neolithic period. There is no cortex surviving and the flint appears to have been retouched to the distal end. There is a large bulb of percussion with fissures.The flint is translucent,brown in colour with a silky smooth patina. Dimensions are; Width 29.41 mm. Length 32.98mm. Thickness 10.65 mm. Weight 13 grams. FLO comment: A probable gunflint. A thick flake with a wide striking platform and bulb of percussion with a small bulbar scar. The dorsal face has two main parallel flaking scars. At the distal end the …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 28th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CPAT-073E64
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a flint piece from a post medieval flintlock musket or pistol. The piece has the typical oblong form with a chisel edge. The long sides have been re-touched and shaped with numerous conchoidal scars to form the straight edges. These flints were in use from the early 17th century into the early 19th century. The material is a mid brown flint with sparse dark inclusions.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2011
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Record ID: WAW-1B6E67
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval/modern gun-flint from a flintlock musket. The flint is sub-square in plan. The bulbar end is the thickest point (c. 8.08mm). The ventral face slopes down gradually to the other end. The ventral sides are bevelled. There is some retouching to the distal end. The flint is mid- to dark-grey in colour. It measures 28.47mm wide and 29.56mm thick. It weighs 7.33g. The flintlock was introduced in the middle of the 16th century but it was not until the reign of William III that the flintlock became the main regulation firearm for the British Army. The knapped f…
Created on: Monday 5th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 7th July 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-7FCD57
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval/modern gun-flint from a flintlock musket. The flint is rectangular in plan and cross-section with sloping edges to give it a trapezoidal side view. The flint is mid-grey in colour. The flintlock was introduced in the middle of the 16th century but it was not until the reign of William III that the flintlock became the main regulation firearm for the British Army. The knapped flint was used within the musket mechanism to produce a spark and would last between 20-25 shots before it had to be replaced, ' Clive Bond, 0. PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and R…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 17th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishop Burton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-15BF67
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint flake fragment with extensive edge damage. Although this flake looks a bit like the beginnings of a tanged and barbed arrowhead, its condition and construction suggest that it has actually been produced and used as a gun flint, therefore dating to the Post-medieval period.
Created on: Tuesday 10th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 10th August 2010
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Record ID: HESH-D51947
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily burnt gun flint of post medieval - modern date (1650-1850 AD). The flint is sub-square in plan and trapezoidal in profile and section. The flint is a light white (plastic) colour with a crazed mid grey surface patina. The dorsal face has been knapped / worked on all four sides; this work consists of creating sloping edges to give it a trapezoidal side view. The ventral face retains the waves emanating outwards from the point of impact, but the bulb of percussion has been removed. At the mid point, visible on both the dorsal and ventral faces, a distinct notch is present. Thi…
Created on: Thursday 19th August 2010
Last updated: Thursday 7th October 2010
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Record ID: WAW-679807
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval gunflint with lead casing from a flintlock gun. The flint is square in plan and is enclosed on both faces and one side by a sub-rectangular folded lead holder. The three visible edges of the flint show signs of working, both controlled and uncontrolled fractures, the other edge is obscured. The edges of the lead are rounded and there is a small hole present in the folded side of the lead holder. This hole was presumably part of the mounting mechanism. A hairline crack is present along the fold. The gunflint measures 22.60mm long, 24.24mm wide and …
Created on: Thursday 26th August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 1st September 2010
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Record ID: DUR-A02B67
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval gunflint from a flint lock rifle dating to the 16th - 18th centuries. It is sub-square in plan and appears complete. The top edge is thinner (2.71mm) widening to a bulbous base (6.39mm). The top edge is a straight edge, the lower, wider edge is curved.
Created on: Friday 10th September 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 5th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Theakston area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9E07C7
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Black glassy flint Gun Flint. Sub-rectangular flat flint, notched by percussion at both ends. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1700-1850. Length: 26.9mm, Width: 21.6mm, Thickness: 7.0mm, Weight: 6.34gms.
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-9F7E46
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark Grey Flint Gun Flint. Rectangular knapped flint worked with hard hammer and side edges finished by pressure flaking. Rust stains on one corner. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1700-1850. Length: 27.7mm, Width: 22.4mm, Thickness: 9.7mm, Weight: 8.94gms
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: LIN-DDB486
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval/modern gun-flint from a flintlock musket. The flint is sub-square in plan with each side sloping down to the base. The flintlock was introduced in the middle of the 16th century but it was not until the reign of William III that the flintlock became the main regulation firearm for the British Army. The knapped flint was used within the musket mechanism to produce a spark and would last between 20-25 shots before it had to be replaced.
Created on: Thursday 7th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-421617
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped gunflint of the Post-Medieval period, 16th-19th century. The flint is rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in section, and well knapped from a piece of brown-grey flint with white inclusions.
Created on: Tuesday 12th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 12th October 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-4C3193
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval/modern platform gunflint possibly from a flintlock musket, or pocket pistol, given its small size. The flint is rectangular in plan. The upper and lower surfaces are flat; the bulb is not present. The ?dorsal face is bevelled on all sides, very steeply at the proximal end. There is some retouching to the distal end. The flint is mid- to light-grey in colour.
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2012
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Record ID: LVPL-8E8545
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval gun flint from the 17/18th centuries. It is semi-circular in plan, and thickens out at the rounded end. There is working on all edges and the edges are not straight. In cross-section it is wedge-shaped. It is 8mm at it's thickest and only 1mm at it's thinnest.
Created on: Monday 30th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.