Record ID: PUBLIC-57747D
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small flint core probably of Mesolithic date to Early Neolithic date (c. 8000 - 3300 BC). The object is made from a dark-grey/dark-brown translucent flint. The surface of the flint is very clear and is not covered by any white patina associated with recortication. However, there is an area of cortex remaining on the flint. The object has a sub-conical shape. It is most likely an example of a conical bladelet core. There is a single striking platform, which serves as the flat base of the cone-like object. There is also a single flaking surface that wraps around the re…
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Caistor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-976841
Object type: FABRICATOR
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable flint fabricator or rod probably dating from the early Mesolithic to late bronze-age period. Description: The fabricator is an elongated rectangle in shape and triangular in cross-section. It is made on a secondary flake with a small area of pale brown cortex at the distal end. The dorsal side bears the scars of the removal of two earlier longitudinal flakes. The bulb of percussion has been removed by retouch but there are conchoidal ripples along the full length of the ventral face. There is invasive, scaled semi-abrupt flake removal scar…
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Utterby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-E64F88
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Late Mesolithic microlith, scalene triangular in shape with an acute angle toward the distal tip which forms a sharp point. It appears to have a micro burin notch at the proximal tip, which seems to indicate the removal of a micro burin at this point. The microlith is made from translucent, almost transparent, grey mottled flint and the dorsal face has knap lines with ridging.The microlith has short, scaled, abrupt retouching on two edges of the dorsal face and possible very short intermittent abrupt retouching on the third edge of the dorsal face. The v…
Created on: Friday 13th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 5th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-DA400F
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age bifacial knapped flint blade made of opaque mottled dark grey flint (possibly Woldstone) with some cortex remaining on the distal tip.The cortex is visible on the dorsal and ventral face. The tranverse section is trapezoidal. Both faces have been knapped to form an acute angle at one lateral side and an obtuse angle at the other lateral side. Both the dorsal and ventral face have vertical knap lines with pronounced signs of ridging, which would suggest the use of a hard hammer  in its construction.There seems little sign…
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2022
Last updated: Friday 5th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-0A0E59
Object type: PLANO CONVEX KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Neolithic to Bronze age Plano convex flint knife. The knife is made from a pale orangy brown translucent flint with inclusions and some cortex remaining on the dorsal face. It is a one sided with a flat ventral face. There is some slight damage to the upper left lateral side of the ventral face. There is no evidence of wear, but both faces have a slightly waxy feel and appearance. The convex dorsal face has vertical knap lines with signs of soft ridging. The left and right lateral sides of the dorsal face seem to show signs of two phases of retouching. The first has semi i…
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Close to Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-DB4066
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint nodule probably used as a hammerstone for lithic tool production. Description: A complete, probable hammerstone made from a flint nodule. The nodule is ovoid in shape, flattened vertically. There are large patches of cortex on the two flattened surfaces but the remaining surface and edges are substantially covered with small fractures and percussion marks. The flint is light brown and grey coloured and the cortex is a pale cream/off-white. Measurements: Length 58.87mm: Width 53.27mm: Thickness 37.26mm: Weight 151g. Discussion: The hammerstone was found in assoc…
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-989BE1
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crude flint implement of late Bronze Age to early Iron Age date (c.BC 1050-600). Description: The object is fabricated from a natural, tongue-shaped flint pebble. One face is almost entirely covered with a pale brown, thin cortex, the opposite face being cortex-free with many natural flake removal scars. It is plano-convex in cross-section. It has been worked with short, semi-abrupt, sub-parallel retouch around much of its edge. Measurements: Length 67.37mm: Width 28.96mm: Thickness 9.09mm: Weight 28.26g Discussion: The angle of retouch is typical of flint scrapers but the …
Created on: Monday 11th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 14th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-00C54C
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint blade core of probable Neolithic date. Description: The core is fabricated on a piece of pale brown flint. There is an area of off-white cortex remaining on one side. Several small striking platforms are visible, from which bladelets have been struck in various directions. One larger blade has been struck leaving a scar approximately 3/4 the length of, and the full width of, the core. This scar has a distinct bulb of percussion and ripples across the face. There is no further working. Measurements: Length 32.57mm: Width 14.71mm: Thickness 14.39mm: Weight 4.75g
Created on: Wednesday 23rd October 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-DC5382
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Bronze Age flint scraper. Description: The scraper has been fabricated from a sub-oval primary flake of mid-brown flint. There is no visible bulb of percussion and only faint ripples of percussion across the ventral face. The dorsal face is largely covered in a thin, light brown cortex. The scraper has short, semi-abrupt, sub-parallel retouch around one end to create a scraping edge. These types of small scrapers date to the Early Bronze Age. Measurements: Length 28.97mm: Width 25.94mm: Thickness 6.45mm: Weight 5.41g
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 29th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6C4F18
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small piece of flint working waste, i.e.debitage. The raised dorsal surface has a small area of cortex at one end but lacks retouch. The ventral surface is flatter with a longitudinal diagonal convex raise area. Prehistoric date of uncertain period.
Created on: Friday 16th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 17th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Tealby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6BB846
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small bi-convex of worked flint, known as a 'thumbnail' scraper, probably late Neolithic to early Bronze Age, Beaker period. The ventral surface has a conchoidal bulb of percussion with a tiny striking platform at the proximal end. The dorsal surface has invasive stepped semi-abrupt retouch around 75% of the rim with none at the proximal end, where the surface appears to be cortex. Length 17.6mm, width 16.5mm, thickness 5.8mm, weight 2.23g.
Created on: Friday 16th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 17th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Tealby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6B8795
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fairly dark greyish brown secondary flint scraper of unknown date. A pronounced bulb of percussion on its convex Ventral Face suggests it may have been produced using a hard-hammer technique. There is a series of conchordial waves on its slightly concave Dorsal Face. A small Striking Platform (10.0 mm long x 3.0 mm wide) survives at the proximal end and an area of cortex (23 mm long and tapering from 13.0 mm to 3.0 mm wide) remains on the distal end. The cutting edge (26.0 mm long) appears to have been unretouched. Measurements: 39.0 mm long x 29.5 mm wide x 10.5 mm thick. Weight…
Created on: Friday 16th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walesby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-00E3A5
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small knapped flint scraper or cutter probably from the Neolithic to Early Bronze Age 4000 to 1500 BCE. It is a plano-convex flint flake, roughly circular with 2 small indentations on the circumference. The ventral (back) surface reveals the smooth curved lines of the bulb of percussion. The dorsal (front) surface shows a small striking platform at the proximal end with a small curved notches of retouch to each side; the cortex is visible mostly to the right side of the flake, with most of the circumference showing retouch. Length 23.8mm, width 21mm, thickness5.3mm, weight 2.94g.
Created on: Friday 22nd February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Folkingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-5B2936
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint arrowhead with tang dating from the Early to the Middle Bronze Age, about 2400 BC - 1000 BC. It is formed on opaque light brown flint with some white patination. It is flat on one side and slightly concave on the other. It is 53mm long, 31.5mm wide 10.0mm thick and 12.8g.
Created on: Friday 9th November 2018
Last updated: Friday 16th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Reepham area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PUBLIC-D6637B
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze age scraper. The object is oval shaped, with a flat but triangular cross section, made from a blue/grey coloured flint. The ventral surface is smooth with a raised middle, slightly off-centre. The dorsal surface is smooth with no ripples. Retouch is short, scaled and semi-abrupt.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A826F3
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped gun-flint from a flintlock musket of the Post Medieval period, dating from c. AD 1500 - c. AD 1750. The flint is rectangular in shape with a notch removed at one corner and triangular in cross-section at one end and rectangular in cross section at the other end.. The flint is dark blackish-grey in colour with some lighter inclusions. Length: 30.9mm, width 28.3mm, thickness: 8.5mm, weight :10.5g See BERK-736C0C for a discussion of gunflints.
Created on: Friday 8th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-2DBEB2
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late mesolithic flint microlith. The object is triangular, slightly curving towards a sharp point, with a flat cross section, made from a white coloured flint. The ventral surface is flat. The dorsal surface is smooth with north travelling ripples. Retouch is short, scaled and abrupt.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-2DAFFD
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze age scraper. The object is rectangular, with a triangular cross section, made from a dark blue coloured flint. The ventral surface is rough with a raised middle, slightly off-centre with signs of flaking on both sides. The dorsal surface is smooth with no ripples. Retouch is short, scaled and semi-abrupt.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-2D98F8
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze age flint knife. The object is rectangular, with a triangular cross section, made from a dark blue coloured flint. The ventral surface is smooth with a raised centre and two flat surfaces lowering to each edge. One side has North travelling ripples and the opposite is flat. The dorsal surface is smooth. There are North travelling ripples. Retouch is short, scaled and semi-abrupt.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C6133C
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete unpolished neolithic flaked axehead made from mottled grey flint. The source of the flint is probably the Lincolnshire Wolds. It is pointed oval in cross-section, and slightly convex across its length. One end of the axehead is broken off leaving a smooth end. One face has a crude longitudinal central ridge, with small patches of cortex visible on the ridge. The tip also has a small patch of cortex visible. It is 101mm long, 52mm wide, 25.6mm thick and weighs149.3g.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Nocton', grid reference and parish protected.