Record ID: LVPL-2FA3FB
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper dating from the Neolthic to Bronze Age period (c. 4000-2000 BC). The scraper is made from a tertiary flake, presenting no cortex. The bulb of percussion on the ventral face is incomplete. The edges present short, abrupt retouch. The object is made from a dark grey flint. Dimensions: Length 62.4mm; width 40.8mm; thickness 13.7mm; weight  37.01g
Created on: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 29th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-FE7128
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lithic flake, probably debitage, dating to the Neolithic period (c.3500-3000 BC). The flake is irregularly shaped and shows no signs of retouch. A small portion of the cortex is visible from a protruding point. The ventral face presents faint ripple lines. The object has a light brown colouring. Dimensions: Length 15.6mm; width 9.1mm; thickness 4.1mm; weight 0.54g
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-7D541C
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete early to middle Neolithic flint leaf arrowhead dating to c.4000-2900 BC. It is a leaf arrowhead and is lentoid in plan and bi-convex in section. It is broadly pear-shaped with its upper edges incurved, the extent and type of retouch is invasive and scaled with a low angle on the dorsal face. The extent of retouch is also shorter on the ventral face.The arrowhead retains no cortex and is therefore a tertiary flake. The flint is light brown in colour and increasingly transparent towards the worked edges. A similar pear shaped example is …
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-FB5A3B
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flake of translucent white flint, possibly for use as a tool. The object is roughly rectangular in shape, with two faces. One face of the object is very smooth and curves slightly. The other face has flakes missing at an angle, making a thin edge around three sides of the object. The other edge of the flint is very smooth and flat.
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2019
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-FB38E4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two pieces of white stone, of uncertain date: One piece is off-white with mottled brown and grey marks, and appears to have four thin lines tapering together, like the pattern of a bivalve shell. These are most likely shock lines. The object is roughly triangular in shape. (Dimensions in mm: Length: 34, Width: 22, Thickness: 12. Weight in grams: 8.15) The second piece is white with mottled brown, grey and orange marks. it is also roughly triangular in shape. (Dimensions in mm: Length: 34 Width: 21 Thickness: 11 Weight in grams: 6.10)
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-F31B84
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A primary flake of flint with at least 45% of dorsal surface covered in cortex. Distinctive ripples run across the ventral.There appears to be no reuse or reworking of the flake. The material itself is semi transparent, with a ruddy-brown tinge that deepens as the thickness increases.
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Delamere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-78537D
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two pieces, probably from the same small blue flint nodule. One a small flake waste removed from the lower part of the nodule with some cortex (piece 1), and another small flake with more cortex remaining on the back but with evidence of fine edge damage and smoothing on the flint interior edge probably from use (piece 2). Piece 1: 12mm in length, 12mm in width, 3.5mm thick, 0.55g Piece 2: 18mm in length, 13mm in width, 5mm thick, 1.50g Two pieces of flint which look like very rough waste, (piece 3 & 4) with evidence of small narrow flake scars having previously come from thi…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
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Record ID: LVPL-77BC1B
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lithic implement of prehistoric date. The object is triangular in plan and is a light creamy brown colour. Ron Cowell, Curator of Prehistoric Archaeology, Museum of Liverpool notes: Triangular piece of miscellaneous-type flint I haven't seen much of in the region. There is some possible working around the thinner butt end, with a vertical break on the reverse side removing where the bulb of percussion may have been. There are some longitudinal fine scars along the right hand side, although difficult to tell whether these were put on before the piece was removed from the nodule or…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
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Record ID: LVPL-77A135
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A grey flint, possibly a naturally created blank but with signs of surface working at one edge, perhaps to aid holding or even hafting, and retouch and damage along the longer continuous edge. The object is sub-oval in plan and sub-triangular in cross section. The retouch along the long edge is short, sub-parallel and semi-abrupt. Dimensions: 30mm in length, 11mm in width, 11mm thick, 4.60g Ron Cowell, Curator of Prehistoric Archaeology, Museum of Liverpool notes: This suggests a cutting type tool which would fit most easily into the following technology. The flint belongs to…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
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Record ID: LVPL-3FB3D7
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint core probably of late Neolithic to Bronze Age date. The object is oval in plan and D-shaped in cross-section. Multiple flakes have been removed from each face of the object which has one definite platform and two more potential platforms. There is no visible sign of retouch. The flint is mottled mid-grey to white. Dimensions: 45mm in length, 45mm in width, 17mm thick, 33.8g
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-88B913
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A flint barb and tanged arrowhead of Early Bronze Age date. The arrowhead is triangular in plan and lozenge shaped in cross-section. Two notches chipped into the base of the flint separates the barbs and the tang. The arrowhead is bificially worked with covering, scaled, low angle retouch. The arrowhead has been made on a mid-grey piece of flint and there is no cortex remaining. The object dates to the Early Bronze Age or Beaker period, 2400-1600BC. Dimensions: 31mm in length, 25mm in width, 3.5mm thick, 1.8g
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sproston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-25BC11
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
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 Re…
Created on: Thursday 30th October 2014
Last updated: Sunday 5th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Christleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-AA7D76
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A flint core dating to the Prehistoric period, (8300-800BC). The object is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross-section. On the dorsal face three parallel blades have been removed. A large bulb of percussion on the ventral face indicates that the object was struck with a hard hammer. At the proximal end the striking platform measures 18.22mm in width and is 6.33mm thick. The distal end is smooth and rounded. On the right hand side of the flint (looking at the dorsal face) is a short length of short semi-abrupt retouch. Towards the distal end and along the left hand e…
Created on: Tuesday 30th September 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bickley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-5E0411
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete barbed and tanged arrow head of Neolithic or Bronze Age date. It is made on a flake and extensively retouched. This retouch is invasive on both faces, leaving only the centre area unworked. It is scaled and semi-abrubt.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 10th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Christleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-853F91
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A complete late Neolithic (2500-2100) 'British Oblique' flint arrowhead, with the 'tail' extended to form a long tang. The flint is light brownish grey in colour with white to one side of the dorsal (upper) face. The dorsal face has been extensively worked. The ventral (lower) face is smooth with visible ripples. Retouching is visible along all the edges. The tip of the arrowhead is complete. The top of the 'tail' or tang measures 16.60 x 7.28mm.
Created on: Thursday 6th March 2014
Last updated: Friday 30th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tiverton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-CC5171
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lithic waste flake dating from the Mesolithic to the early Bronze Age, (8300-800BC). The object is a pointed oval in plan and triangular in cross-section. The object is made from a toffee brown flint. Flint waste such as this is difficult to date more precisely when found alone.
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 4th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Neston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-F579E2
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete blade probably dating from the Neolithic period, (3500-2100BC). The object is a pointed oval in plan and D-shaped in cross-section. Three flakes have been removed from the dorsal (upper) face. The outer edges of the object have been retouched. The flint is mid grey in colour with a patch of brown.
Created on: Friday 23rd November 2012
Last updated: Friday 23rd November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarporley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-FE6985
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Light grey shiny flint. Heavy retouches on the dorsal side, triangular striking platform, diffuse bulb and compression rings. Triangular in section.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FE3493
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medium brown flint, dark brown at the distal end, with white mottling. Just over 4 centimeters long, 1.2 centimeters at its widest. Some cortex left on the distal end and a few negatives of previously knapped-off bits on the dorsal face (including one negative of a bulb and compression rings from a previous flake near the striking platform). A few small retouches on the sharp sides. Plump bulb with close and clearly visible compression rings. Eraillure on the bulb, flake triangular in section.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-41BDE1
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lithic implement dating from the late Neolithic to the early Bronze Age, c2500BC. The object is oval in plan and D-shaped in cross-section. There are several ridges on the dorsal (upper) face of the object. The object is a side scraper on a thick flake. It is greyish brown in colour.
Created on: Monday 16th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Helsby', grid reference and parish protected.