Record ID: HAMP-E1FF33
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Palaeolithic Levallois core, knapped from very high quality dark black flint. The core has two convex faces. The upper surface has a considerable amount of flakes removed, leaving a large amount of flaking scars and impact ripples on the surface. There are patches of natural mid-grey cortex surviving on the outer edges of this surface. The other face has a bulb of percussion and there is a hinged fracture along part of the outer edge. This surface has only been worked around the edge, the majority of the surface remaining smooth with the exception of a few small scars. There is …
Created on: Friday 17th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-9679B9
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, hard hammer struck flake, of black and grey flint, now lightly patininated orange and white, the edges are broken at a steep angle resembling retouch, though this is later damage as they lack the same degree of patination. Three large flakes have been previously removed to the dorsal face, one overlaps another and looks like part of the same flake scar. The wide platform has four incipient cones of percussion from trying to remove this flake, the last one (very close to a previous blow) clearly "did the job". Thin, weathered cortex is extant to the distal end of the dorsal …
Created on: Monday 11th May 2020
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-8EB3FF
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, hard hammer struck flake, of mottled dark brown patinated flint, steep retouch to the distal end, one side, and half of the other side, up to a patch of thick, stained cortex. Platform is faceted. Possibly Late (final) Upper palaeolithic or earlier.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2018
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Record ID: NMS-8F7CFF
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary, hard hammer struck flake, of mottled dark brown patinated flint with a yellow inclusion towards the distal end, steep retouch to the distal end. Platform is faceted. Possibly Lower Palaeolithic.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-8FB430
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary, soft hammer struck flake, of dark orange/brown patinated flint, steep retouch to the distal end and irrugularly to both lateral edges. Platform broken in antiquity. Some recent damage to the edges, revealing the original dark grey flint. Palaeolithic.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-8FD127
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, hard hammer struck flake, of dark brown patinated flint with recent damage to both edges, revealing fresh dark grey flint below. Stained cortex extant to the platform. Palaeolithic.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-90CFCC
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small tertiary, hard hammer struck spear or knife-like implement, of sub-triangular plan form and of patinated dark orange/brown flint. Both lateral edges are steeply retouched on the dorsal face, the platform has been removed by steep bifacial retouch, presumably to enable hafting. Possibly middle to late Palaeolithic.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-91080B
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Soft hammer struck crested blade, with muti-directional flake scars to the dorsal face and some recent damage to the lateral edges, of orange and grey patinated flint. This type of distinctive debitage is part of the initial preperation of (mode 4) long blade cores. Upper Palaeolithic.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-91419B
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Correction blade from an opposed platform core, Hard hammer struck, of unpatinated mottled grey flint with some small iron scrapes from agicultural impements. Bulb of percussion removed by a transverse bending fracture, some irregular damage or use wear to both lateral edges. Possibly Upper Palaeolithic.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2018
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Record ID: NMS-A4FF46
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint blade. Length >73mm. Broken at the distal end. Struck from a blade core (probably with a single platform). Heavily abraded platform with two small bulbs of percussion. Sharp and unmodified, but with some recent damage to the right ventral edge. Probably Final Palaeolithic or Mesolithic. c.15,000 - c.4000 BC.
Created on: Friday 26th October 2012
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-970A76
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, sub-trapezoidal sectioned, hard hammer struck flake, in fresh condition but patinated brown with iron oxide concretions to the ventral face. The distal end and right lateral side (when viewed with from the dorsal face with the platform uppermost) is formed by original thermal (frost) fractures from the core. The left lateral edge is a hinged flake scar, the central face on this side appears to be a bi-polar flake scar, possibly produced by the anvil technique?  The slightly hooked distal edge (edge angle circa. 75 degrees) has fine use wear along its length with tiny fl…
Created on: Monday 11th May 2020
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2023
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Record ID: SF-03F8B5
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a snapped longblade, of probable Upper Paleolithic date. It is an orange-brown flint, rectangular and 95.48mm in length (width between 37 and 45mm) weighing 65.69g. The longblade has retouch along one edge, with smaller areas of retouch along the other edge and the distal end fracture. The retouch could be the result of re-utilisation at a later date.
Created on: Monday 13th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Needham Market', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-AC7A23
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unpatinated brown stained oval scraper, which could be Upper Palaeolithic to Bronze Age in date.
Created on: Tuesday 21st August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Finborough', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-ACDDE7
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unpatinated brown stained squat flake with retouch forming a roughly oval shaped scraper, Upper Palaeolithic to Bronze Age in date.
Created on: Tuesday 21st August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Finborough', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-AD0E36
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A patinated and stained end scraper on a long flake, Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic in date.
Created on: Tuesday 21st August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Finborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-52A194
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The butt end of an ovate or pointed hand-axe of Lower Palaeolithic date. The flint is dark grey in colour and has deep medium brown coloured staining on the surfaces and on the breaks, suggesting that the breaks are ancient. It has fine, shallow bifacial flaking on all surfaces leaving just three small areas of cortex visible. There is little evidence of rolling and no evidence of ploughmarks suggesting recent disturbance. The axe measures 96.31mm in length, 79.55mm in width, 30.35mm in thickness, and weighs 221.86g. This fragment is of Lower Palaeolithic date from between c.700,000 an…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hepworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-04F976
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A short patinated worked flint flake of probable Palaeolithic date. It has some orange/red staining and a prominent striking platform but apparently no bulb of percussion, although this may have been removed as parallel flake scars are visible on one face. It has limited edge retouch and measures 44.69mm in length, 39.43mm in width, 10.01mm in thickness, and weighs 20.87g.
Created on: Thursday 23rd April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ousden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3C3D21
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete but large flint blade of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic date. It has a dark brown or grey flint that has been stained a variety of browns possibly due to deposition in a peaty soil. The blade is snapped at both ends, one of the breaks being modern and the other ancient, and has bifacial edge retouch. It measures 149.78mm in length, 52.40mm in width, 22.06mm in thickness, and weighs 153.15g.
Created on: Monday 1st June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lakenheath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AE50E5
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A large flint handaxe of Palaeolithic date in the Acheulian tradition. It is sub-triangular in form with a pointed oval shaped cross section and struck from flint that has a stained medium to dark brown colour. The axe has a rounded tip with triangular butt end and heavy flake scars on all surfaces. It shows signs of having been rolled whilst in the ground. This axehead measures 186mm in length, 115mm in width, 52mm in thickness and weighs 989g. It is of Lower Palaeolithic date, c.500,000-40,000 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 12th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4CFD69
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of 35 tertiary flint blades of possible final Upper Palaeolithic to Mesolithic date. All are struck from a grey/brown flint with blue/grey patination and have a combined total weight of 452.78g. These blades form part of a larger assemblage of flint blades, flakes, and tools, all found together on spoil excavated from a single pit during the construction of a soakaway. The complete assemblage finds close parallels to excavated long blade assemblages and industries in the surrounding landscape, most notably those recently published in the immediate vicinity at Brandon (E.…
Created on: Thursday 14th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 18th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brandon', grid reference and parish protected.