• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: NMS-D538FC
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Semi-hard hammer struck, sub-triangular sectioned tertiary small blade, of glossy black flint, both lateral edges are irregularly damaged. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: NMS-D4898A
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thick, tertiary hard hammer struck flake, of unpatinated mottled grey flint, no obvious retouch. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: NMS-518A8F
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary, hard hammer struck flake with semi-steep retouch to the dorsal face of the distal end to form an elongated (possibly hafted?) end scraper, of unpatinated slightly mottled dark grey flint, both lateral edges are unretouched and left sharp near to the platform. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: NMS-75B843
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary, hard hammer struck flake, of brown patinated mottled flint, possible use wear or edge damage to the straighter lateral edge. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 13th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: NMS-75918C
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, semi-hard hammer struck long flake, from a water worn pebble of flint with worn and battered cortex to one side of the dorsal face, the dark grey flint is now slightly patinated brown, both lateral edges are recently damaged with the removals lacking patination. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 13th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-CF8172
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flaked axe, of mottled flint now impressively patinated orange, brown and black from exposure to iron oxides from deposition in sands and gravels, all flake scars appear to be relatively hard hammer struck with large negative bulbs of percussion visable to some of the flake removals. The cutting edge appears to be damaged in antiquity with the steep angles produced from this being similarly patinated to the rest of the axe. Broadly Neolithic, 4,000 to 2350 BC.
Created on: Monday 1st March 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-940053
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone axe, of pointed form with an oval cross-section, of Clough and Cummins (1988), petrological group XVIII, made from a cobble of green/grey quartz dolerite little bigger than the finished axe, original surfaces with a rough texture and with light brown surfaces are extant to the sides, the modified surface appear to be ground only, there is no evidence of pecking to achieve the final shape, this type of stone responds quickly to grinding. The cutting edge is heavily damaged, it has possibly been re-used as a hammer, though this is difficult to say for sure, the very tip of th…
Created on: Monday 11th May 2020
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-F6A447
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Cornish greenstone axe, of petrology group I (Clough and Cummins, 1979, 1988), uralitised gabbro/epidiorite sourced from Mount's Bay area, near Penzance, Cornwall, surface is pitted from loss of surface material but otherwise is in undamaged condition, it is of rather thick oval section with an asymmetrical cutting edge, the top edge of the axe extends further forward than the lower edge, both lateral edges are very straight from the top and the bottom of the cutting edge, only slightly constricting towards the butt, which is abruptly blunted, presumably to help with knocking…
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th December 2019
Spatial data recorded.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: NMS-915E2E
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Core from a thermally fractured piece of flint, the ventral face is unmodified from the natural fracture, the dorsal face has steep flake removals, grading to invasive around the edges, a patch of thin weathered cortex remains to near the centre of this face. Late Prehistoric.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: NMS-902AD5
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hard hammer struck sub-triangular flake, of slightly brown patinated mottled ?grey flint, all edges are irregularly retouched/damaged and the bulb has been removed or damaged. Possibly late prehistoric.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-8FFAC7
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Core, made from a large hard hammer struck flake, with a large bulbal scar to the ventral face, and several semi-invasive and centripetally struck hard hammer flakes removed from the dorsal face, also towards the centre of this face is a patch of thermally (frost) fracured surface where the flakes haven't overlapped. Banded flint now patinated white, yellow and orange. Possibly Early Neolithic, cf. Butler (2005) page 120, fig. 47, nuber 6 for a broadly similar dicoidal core.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: NMS-0D1BB3
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic chisel type arrowhead, made from an unpatinated tertiary flake of grey/brown flint; with the (now removed) bulb of percussion angled towards the right side of the ventral face of the broad cutting edge. The lateral edges expand from a 10 mm butt and are semi-invasively and bifacially flaked, and the cutting edge is similarly reouched only on the dorsal face, one corner of this edge is missing, presumably broken in antiquity as the break is glossy. Otherwise it is a good and large example of the type.
Created on: Wednesday 26th April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: NMS-AAAB66
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to Early Bronze Age lithic implement dating to c. 4000 - 1501 BC. The object is in the form of a blade like flake. A secondary flake with c, 20% cortex remaining. There is fine scaled semi-abrult retouch to the distal end. Fien retouch to distal end on dorsal face. Lithic implement. The flint is a semi-translucent light grey-brown.
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham', grid reference and parish protected.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: NMS-AA7C2F
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint debitage dating to the period c. 4000 - 1501 BC. A hard hammer struck tertiary flake with no evidence of retouch. The flint is a mottled mid-brown in colour.
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham', grid reference and parish protected.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: NMS-AA5DEB
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to Early Bronze Age lithic implement dating to the period c. 4000 - 1501 BC. A hard hammer struck secondary flake retaining c. 5% cortex. It exhibits semi-abrupt semi-invastive sub-parallel retouch extending from the distal end to approximately halfway along one mesal edge. The flint is dark grey with occasional light grey inclusions.
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wortham', grid reference and parish protected.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: NMS-701F8C
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to Bronze Age secondary hard hammer struck blade-like flake, struck from a single platform core. It is of unpatinated mottled grey flint with use wear or damage to both lateral edges. 65 x 28 x 12 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Spatial data recorded.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: NMS-423DC4
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age semi-circular small primary scraper of unpatinated mid-grey flint with steep scaled retouch around the circumference excluding the platform. Some minor recent damage to parts of the edges. 27 x 32 x 8mm.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd July 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-4226DE
Object type: COMBINATION TOOL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to Bronze Age tertiary sub-triangular flake of unpatinated mottled grey and brown flint with the extreme distal tip missing, the proximal end is also missing, both breaks are ancient. One lateral edge is semi-invasively retouched on the dorsal face while the other has fine use wear along its length. Probably a small hand held combination implement for small cutting, scraping and boring jobs, although roughly triangular. It is not a projectile point. 28 x 18 x 3.5mm.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2014
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2016
Spatial data recorded.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: NMS-B7B037
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic tertiary sub-triangular hard hammer struck flake of pale brown patinated mottled grey flint with fine use wear to one lateral edge, the other is recently damaged in places. Perhaps used as a cutting implement or knife. 51 x 36.5 x 8.5mm.
Created on: Tuesday 20th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 20th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: NMS-B79895
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Neolithic to Bronze Age hard hammer struck flakes: - tertiary, of unpatinated black flint struck with a hard hammer. 44.5 x 37 x 10mm. - secondary, of unpatinated dark grey flint struck with a hard hammer. 26 x 25.5 x 6.5mm.
Created on: Tuesday 20th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 20th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.