Record ID: WILT-02C0D6
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint Neolithic flake dating to the period c. 4000 - 2350 BC. The flake is broadly kite-shaped in plan. It exhibits a broadly lozengiform striking platform, with a bulb of percussion on the ventral surface featuring a small bulbar scar. There are five negative scars visible on the dorsal surface separated by four arrises. There is aburpt retouch visible almost continouously along the length of both lateral edges on both the ventral and dorsal surfaces. The presence of the striking platform and bulb of percussion, along with the confinement of retouch to the edges alone suggests tha…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 4th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Amesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-01BE01
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Translucent flint of high quality leaf arrowhead. Knapped elongated leaf shaped arrowhead. A thin flat flake bears long scalar pressure-flaked low angle retouch extending all around its edge on both sides. Suggested date: Early Neolithic, 4000-3500 BC. Length: 32.2mm, Width: 15.2mm, Thickness: 2.7mm, Weight: 1.62gms.
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 1st March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-01827C
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Jet possible pendant fragment. Flat fragment from the curved end of a plate with a round countersunk aperture of diameter c.5mm drilled from both sides, and with a smoothed angled facet along one edge. The object is broken along a diagonal line which could suggest its original form to have been sub-triangular, and is encrusted with roughened textures at aperture and along lower broken edge. Jet has long been regarded as magical in that it is a stone that may float or burn, and, like amber, it collects static electricity if rubbed. Objects of this form do not appear among Roman je…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 1st March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staithes', grid reference and parish protected.