Record ID: HESH-338613
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lilly Chitty Collection A Mesolithic microlith (7,000 to 4,000 BC), off-white in colour. This piece is sub-elliptical in plan and sub-rectilinear in section. The fourth of 10 pieces, this piece has the number "4" written in biro on the ventral face. The colour owes its origins to patination in chalk downland rather than having been burnt. There is minimal evidence of retouch on the blade edges of this microlith, however these edges remain sharp to this day - a lack of retouch does not account for a lack of utility. Whilst possessing 2 parallel edges running its length, this micr…
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Sunday 8th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'The Llan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-3352AC
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lilly Chitty Collection A Mesolithic microlith/bladelet (7,000 to 4,000 BC), grey in colour with a slightly blue hue. This piece is sub-triangular in plan and sub-triangular in section. This piece belongs to Type F of the Clark classification (Clark, 1934), however Clark himself has dated this piece to the Bronze Age; in the judgment of the identifier, this piece is more likely to be of the former. It has evidence of retouch on all edges but the most distal. At this end on the ventral face is an erailleur scar. The dorsal face comprises 4 main facets. The proximal end tapers to …
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Sunday 8th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wroxeter', grid reference and parish protected.