Record ID: NMS-1C43C4
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Oblique arrowhead made from a tertiary flake of fairly thick cross section, of , of glossy unpatinated grey flint with a paler, coarse inclusion to one face, one lateral edge is left as struck and sharp, the opposing side is bifacially retouched to form a point, the retouch is hard hammer struck rather than pressure flaked, the base is asymmetrically retouched in the same manner, forming a slight barb to the shaper of the two sides. The point is damaged with a long, thin flake running down the edge of the point; this is most likely from being shot and the point encountering a hard surf…
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-1983FC
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A triangular flint tool, probably a burin, borer or arrowhead dating from the late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, c. 2700-1500 BC. The tool is made made from a tertiary flake of light gray flint with a glossy patina.The flint is leaf shaped, with a sharp tapered point that widens to a more rounded blunt opposite end. It is a long oval shape in cross section.  There is a short, stepped, abrupt retouch around the point. There is a small striking platform and ripple marks running up from this and the dorsal face has a central ridge runnin…
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-1962E3
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete tiny leaf-shaped arrowhead, of Green, H. S. (1980) type 4 A, of slightly lighter patinated dark grey flint, the very tip of the base of this point is broken transversely. The dorsal face is very finely and invasively pressure flaked so some of the flake scars overlap at the centre of this face, the ventral face is hardly worked at all, just a few pressure fakes to form the point, this is probably due to the natural curvature of a struck flake; only flakes need to be removed from the curved parts as an arrowhead must be straight in profile to fly in a straight path, the …
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-18DA63
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete small biface, likely to have been a chisel, of unpatinated glossy black and dark grey flint with a small patch of whiteish cortex to the centre of one face, the biface has broken transversely in antiquity (the broken face is glossy, not matt as would be expected for a recent break), the missing end would have presumably been the primary cutting edge, the remaining butt narrows to a point. Neolithic, 4,000 to 2,350 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-18BAAE
Object type: BORER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piercer or borer, of glossy unpatinated black and dark grey flint made from secondary hard hammer struck flake, steeply retouched to both lateral edges of the dorsal face to form a sub-triangular point with relatively straight sides. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-18866A
Object type: BORER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piercer or borer, of glossy unpatinated black and dark grey flint made from tertiary hard hammer struck flake, though a small amount of whiteish cortex remains to one side of the point, directly above this to the lateral edge is a broad, shallow notch c. 10 mm wide, above that is a smaller notch c. 7 mm wide, a third, even smaller one above this is c. 4.5 mm wide, these appear deliberately knapped on decreasing size along this edge, the opposing lateral edge is irregularly damaged/use worn but seems to have no retouch to begin with, and may have served as a obtuse angled scraper or kni…
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: ESS-02FCD3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An complete worked flint flaked axe of Neolithic date (c.4,000-2,350BC) Description: The object is broadly oval in plan and in cross section. It has been produced from a tertiary flake of pale grey flint; there are dark grey patches on both sides at the distal end. The ventral face has invasive, scaled, abrupt retouch and a possible striking platform at the proximal end although there is possible later damage in this area; the dorsal face has a slightly concave curve and short, scaled, abrupt retouch along both mesal. This po…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-B28456
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint debitage flake of possible Neolithic date, 4000 - 2200 BC. It is a tertiary D shaped flake of dark brown flint. The flake is incomplete, and the striking platform is missing. There is a long snapped edge forming the longest side. There is some edge damage on the curved sides,a nd other breaks, but the flake does not appears to be intentionally retouched. It is 54.4mm long, 29.7mm wide and 4.7mm thick. 7.7g.
Created on: Thursday 14th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-9C98C0
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nearly complete, part polished axe, of orange patinated flint, the grey spots to this face are the coarse inclusions within the flint, the other face is a lighter buff colour, probably due to the chalk or other alkali within the deposits it was lain in, the orange is usually due to exposure to iron oxides in glacial sands, this piece must have been deposited on a chalk/sand change in stratification to acquire the differential patination. The cutting edge is recently damaged on one side, this shows the original colour of the flint to have been mottled light greys. All surfaces are mod…
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: SF-887097
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Neolithic to Early Bronze Age secondary flint flake dating to circa 4000-2000 BC. 
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Alderton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-2F056F
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint arrowhead dating to the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age c.2500-1500 cal BC. The arrowhead is made from a tertiary flake of flint. It has a slightly glossy surface and is predominantly a transluscent, light brown with a single grey inclusion. The arrowhead has a clean break across the base and the tip is also missing.. The surface is covered in scaled retouch. The arrowhead is 18.5mm long. It is 10.5mm wide (at the break) and 3mm thick and it weighs 0.49 grams. The damage to the arrowhead makes it difficult to type using Gre…
Created on: Friday 8th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: SOM-2E0B27
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small tertiary flint flake, debitage of Neolithic date c. 4000 - 2350 BC. The flake is of light grey mottled flint with ridge scars from previously struck flakes on the dorsal surface, and ripples on the ventral surface. The surface of the flint is well abraded with white patination. The flake measures 31.58mm in length, 24.04mm in width and is 2.98mm thick. It weighs 2.03g.
Created on: Friday 8th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: SOM-2E0224
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small secondary flint flake, debitage of Neolithic date c. 4000 - 2350 BC. The flake is of dark brown flint with ridge scars from previously struck flakes on the dorsal surface, and ripples on the ventral surface. There remains a small area of cortex on the outer edge of the flake. The flake measures 18.06mm in length, 10.11mm in width and is 2.84mm thick. It weighs 2.03g.
Created on: Friday 8th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: SOM-1F5154
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small secondary flint flake, debitage of Neolithic date c. 4000 - 2350 BC. The flake is of dark brown with ridge scars from previously struck flakes on the dorsal surface, ripples on the ventral surface, and cortex remaining on the distal end.  The flake measures 35.28mm in length, 21.97mm in width and is 4.65mm thick. It weighs 3.21g.
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: SOM-1F29FD
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small tertiary flint flake, probable debitage of late Mesolithic to Middle Neolithic date c. 7000 - 3500 BC. The flake is of dark grey brown with ridge scars from previously struck flakes on the dorsal surface, and ripples on the ventral surface.  The flake measures 29.45mm in length, 19.64mm in width and is 6.59mm thick. It weighs 4.82g.
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: SOM-1F071F
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small triangular shaped multi platform core of neolithic date c. 4000 - 2350 BC.  The flint is of dark grey with buff coloured cortex present on one side. There is evidence of several striking platforms and platform edge abrasion demonstrating preparation. The core measures 39.33mm in length, 37.08mm in width and weighs 46.83g
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: SOM-1B9EFA
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete polished flint axehead dating to the Neolithic period, c. 4000 BC to 2351 BC. Only the cutting edge of the axehead survives and is D-shaped in plan and ovate in section. The cutting edge is noticably sharp. The axehead is made of a light and dark brown mottled flint, and there is a hinge fracture to the front of the axehead. There is also a separate flake taken off the reverse side of the axehead, it is inclear if this is a use break or deliberate break. The polished surface has been visibly worn by natural causes likely during later movement of …
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-049835
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of debitage of possible Neolithic date c. 4000-2400BC. The flake is worked from a secondary flake of dark brown grey slightly translucent flint that has a semi glossy patina.The flake is sub-triangular in plan and in section. it has at least four prior removal scars on its dorsal face all parallel and vertical possibly indicating blade production. On the ventral face the striking platform survives as does a shallow sized bulb of percussion including eraillure scar from which sparse but clear conchoidal ripples emanate. The flake is 44.9mm long, 18.2mm wide, 6.7mm th…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-F582A9
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small flint chisel, of light grey patinated flint, it appears to have been reshaped from a slightly larger completely ground and polished example, a very smooth remnant of the original surface remains to each face, though the rest of the surfaces are knapped to the smaller size, the lateral edges have been reground and the high points of the later flake scars are also smoothed off to some degree. One end is semi-pointed, the other is slightly squared off in plan and may represent the main cutting edge, though this chisel could well have been reversible. A much larger exa…
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-F45108
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped lithic implement of probable Neolithic date, circa 4000 - 2300 BC. The formed from a secondary flake which is ovate in plan and D-shaped in section. The ventral surface is irregular displaying multiple varying directional removals. The dorsal surface retains cortext over approximately 80% of the upper surface. Short, stepped, semi-abrupt retouch is present along the curved edge and into each side. The flint is a dark grey colour. The implement is 60.4mm long, 36.3mm wide, 11.1mm thick and weighs 35.2g. Scrapers are fairly ubiquitous throughout prehistory and are g…
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarborough Area', grid reference and parish protected.