Record ID: PUBLIC-C8395E
Object type: BORER
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A borer or piercer fabricated on a pebble of dark brown flint. The flint pebble has been subject to a single strike to thin one end of it. There is no bulb of percussion evident but percussion ripples can be seen on the exposed face. The rest of the flint pebble is covered in a thick, off- white cortex The pebble has been finely and steeply pressure-flaked at the thinned end on two sides to produce a narrow point suitable for boring or piercing. The tip of the point has been broken off and lost. This object is probably of Mesolithic date.
Created on: Friday 19th September 2014
Last updated: Sunday 7th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Utterby', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WAW-C34E13
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two knapped flint Mesolithic or early Neolithic flint notched flakes: 1. In plan the flake is an elongated sub-triangle which is sub-trapezoidal in section. The dorsal surface has three main linear vertical scars and two minor ones, and the ventral surface has ripples, but no bulb of percussion, this may have been snapped off. Along one lateral edge at the proximal edge, on the dorsal surface, a notched has been knapped by re-touch. It measures 28.51mm long, 16.11mm wide, 4.17mm thick and weighs 1.8 grams. The flint is beige colour. 2. In plan the flake is a drop shap…
Created on: Friday 19th September 2014
Last updated: Friday 19th September 2014
Spatial data recorded.