Record ID: KENT-E8ED67
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end scraper of likely Mesolithic date, dating to c.9000-3450 BC. Description: The flint is rectangular in plan and triangular in one cross section. and ovoid in the other. This is due to the ridge running along the body of the scraper, with either side sloping away from it to obverse edges with  short, stepped and low-angle retouch. The edges are still sharp to the touch. The top and bottom faces are flat with some very light retouch at the top. Concoidal rippling and negative flake scars are visible on the body. The reverse of the flint is f…
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-5F2CC4
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric probably late Neolithic- Early Bronze Age. Sub-triangular, convex/convex medium size, knapped, variable stripy grey/pale grey tertiary debitage. Bulb of percussion with large platform-formed by a hard hammer and some force with feint conchoidal ripple marks and a prominent stepped distal hinge fracture. There are two main flake beds on the dorsal surface with negative ripples. There are a number of relatively recent edge chips due to agricultural machinery damage rather than retouch. This is likely to date between 2500-1500BC.  Ref. Detector Finds 5, Gordon B…
Created on: Thursday 16th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-FE3B85
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single flint probable waste flake (debitage) of uncertain prehistoric date. Description: The flake is roughly teardrop shaped with a wide base and striking platform. Clear conchoidal rippling and bulb of percussion, partly obscured by patination. Little evidence of secondary working or retouching. The heavy patination leaves the flake a white colour, suggesting the flint has been in the soil for a long time. Measurements: 43.01mm long, 28.77mm wide, 7.28mm thick and 8g in weight.
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Kippington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-44F977
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper of likely late Neolithic - early Bronze age (3300 - 1000 BC) date. Description: The scraper is formed from a tertiary flake with a low bulb of percussion on the ventral face and heavily pronounced conchoidal rippling. Scaled semi-abrupt retouch can be seen along half the length of one edge abutting the striking platform. The flint is dark brown fading to light at the edges. Measurements: The object is 53.18mm long, 26.94mm wide, 5.9mm thick and 8.17g in weight.
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-44A972
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rounded flint scraper likely of Neolithic date (c.4000-2000 BC). Description: The scraper is roughly teardrop shaped with a long rounded and wide unworked ventral face. The bulb of percussion and conchoidal scarring (rippling) on the ventral face is quite pronounced which suggests hard hammer technology, usually associated with flint technology of the Palaeolithic and after the middle of the Neolithic. The majority of the edge has short, scaled semi-abrupt retouch struck from the dorsal face. The flint is opaque mid-brown and beige, quite mottled. Measureme…
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-44471F
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper of uncertain age and unclassified type, likely Mesolithic to early Bronze Age (9000-1000BC) Description: The scraper is formed from a half crescent shaped secondary flake, with a blunted point (the striking platform). The tool is roughly triangular in cross-section. Invasive semi-abrupt retouch has occurred on the outer edge, creating a crude saw edge. The inside edge has short scaled abrupt retouch. The flint is mid grey-brown with some brighter mottling. Measurements: The object is 49.93mm long, 22.41mm wide, 5.01mm thick and 5.11g in weight.
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-435A78
Object type: BORER
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint borer of Mesolithic date (c. 9000-3500 BC). Description: The lithic is sub-triangular in plan and concavo-convex in section. The left hand side of the dorsal surface contains a small number of short, parallel removals done at a semi-abrupt angle. The distal end appears to have been abruptly blunted with a worked point for boring. The ventral surface is concave with ripples of percussion emanating from the proximal end. There are shallow flakes situated along the proximal and right hand edges. The lithic retains no cortex and is therefore a tertiary flak…
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-42FE97
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead of probably early Bronze Age date. Description: Made from a mid grey-brown flint. The arrowhead is triangular with a slightly squared tang and slightly curved barbs (one is squared off, possibly from a break), the other rounded at the end. Both faces have covering scaled low angle retouch.  Dimensions: length 29.07mm, width 21.35, thickness 3.94mm, weight 1.96g Notes: Similar flint barb and tanged arrowheads are associated with the Beaker phase of the Late / final Neolithic and Early Bronze Age c. 2500 BC-1500 BC.
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-5B09B1
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An ovate flint core tool (tranchet axehead or pick) of suspected Mesolithic date 120mm in length, knapped from a dark grey flint with a thick white patina showing recortication from prolonged exposure to calcareous sediments. The cross section is roughly symmetrical and sub oval in shape and the butt is narrowed and flat. There are two tranchet removals at the cutting edge on one face, one of which ends in a hinge fracture. The other face has a number of smaller removals providing a curved edge. Overall the distal tip has a pointed shape and an asymmetrical chi…
Created on: Tuesday 30th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-B70479
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric probable late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age, irregular pentagonal shape, convex/convex, medium size, white/pale mottled grey, secondary debitage. Bulb of percussion,  medium size striking platform with fine ripples or rings at the proximal end, otherwise feint ripples on the distal half with contemporary broken distal end. There are two main dorsal flake beds and a small patch of cortex. This is likely to date 2700-1500BC. References - Detector Finds 5, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publications 2002, page 9-15, No Fig 2, Prehistoric Flintwork, Chris Butler, The History …
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-B67695
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric probable Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age. Sub-rectangular, plano-convex, medium size, mottled pale and dark grey flint primary debitage. Bulb of percussion, large concave platford, feint ripples or rings, distal hinge fracture and  there is some recent side damage. There is cortex on most of the dorsal surface with a narrow flake bed down one side. This is likely to date between 2700-1500BC. Ref. Detector Finds 5, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 2002, page 9-15 Fig. 2, Prehistoric Flintwork, Chris Butler, Reprint 2011, page 36 no. 1. The flint is 46.53mm long…
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-B63DF3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric probable Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age. Sub-rectangular shaped, concave/convex, medium/fair size flint, stripy mottled and grey pale grey with a few orange spots, secondary debitage. Bulb of percussion with scar, large striking platform, many well defined ripples or rings and a broken ragged distal end. There is one main dorsal flake bed but also three smaller ones - one with a negative hinge fracture close to the proximal end and a small section of cortex on one side. This is likely to date between 2700-1500BC. Ref. Detector Finds 5, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing …
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-B5F49B
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric probably Neolithic-Early Bronze Age. Sub-rectangular/vesica shaped, concave/convex, medium size, mottled white and pale grey flint with a few orange spots, probable side scrapper or secondary debitage. Bulb of percussion with bulbar scar, relatively fair size striking platform and feint ripples but some slight edge damage . One main flake bed and a minor side one on the dorsal surface with some cortex at the distal end. The smaller side flake bed has a number of short, scaled and semi-abrupt retouch down the side, but also some recent side 'plough' dmage c…
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-820C67
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint scraper of Neolithic date (c. 4000-2350 BC). Description: The lithic is ovate in plan and bi-convex in section. The dorsal surface retains some cortex near the centre. It has long parallel flaking and semi-abrupt/abrupt retouch.  The ventral surface is slightly convex and has shallow negative flake removal. The flint is dark grey in colour, the cortex is light brown in colour. Measurements: Length: 64.5mm, Width: 53.9mm, Thickness: 28.4mm, Weight: 85.89g
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2023
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Record ID: KENT-EA2C88
Object type: BORER
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint borer of Mesolithic date (c. 9000-3450 BC). Description: The lithic is sub-triangular in plan and concavo-convex in section. The dorsal surface contains three predominant negative scars with corresponding arrises. The left hand side of the dorsal surface contains a small number of short, parallel removals done at a semi-abrupt angle. The distal end appears to have been abruptly blunted with a worked point for boring. There is also some retouch below the borer with the removals also short, parallel and done at a semi-abrupt angle. The ventral surface is conca…
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
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Record ID: KENT-ECCC79
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete perforated quartzite pebble hammer/mace head of Mesolithic to early Bronze Age date (c. 9000-1800 BC). Description: The object is made from a smooth waterworn quartzite pebble which, when complete, would have been oval in shape. Approximately 50% remains, with a break across the centre of the perforation, which is hourglass in section, indicating that it was worked from both sides. There is some evidence of pecking on the rounded edge of the object, indicating that it has probably been used as a pebble hammer. On the external surfaces, the quartzite is orange-brown in co…
Created on: Friday 30th December 2022
Last updated: Friday 30th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-63B09E
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint waste flake (debitage) from flint tool production, likely dating from the early Mesolithic through to the bronze age c. 9000 - 1000BC. Description: The flake is extended sub triangular in plan, a tertiary flake. Shows a clear bulb of percussion and conchoidal rippling indicative of hard hammer technology. The edges may show some traces of fine retouching or historic damage. Light grey colouration Dimensions: 37.97mm long, 22.3mm wide, 5.61mm thick and 4.28g in weight.
Created on: Thursday 17th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-6C1EF6
Object type: COMBINATION TOOL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint flake, possibly and scraper, and burin of late Neolithic to early Bronze Age date (3300 BC-1600 BC). Description: The object is broadly triangular in plan and  in cross-section.  It has a flat proximal end and a pointed distal end. The ventral face has a clear striking platform from which the object has been removed from the core, leaving in place a projecting pentagonal-sectioned point. The dorsal face has three long removals creating two longitudinal ridges. Some short removals have occurred on both sides wit…
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
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Record ID: KENT-CF9366
Object type: MICROBURIN
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint microburin, debitage from flint knapping, of Mesolithic date  (c. 10,000 BC - 4000 BC). Description: The object is broadly triangular in plan and cross section.  It has a flat proximal end and a pointed distal end. Retouching is visible on the right edge from the front, with abrupt removals and snapping of the removed blade creating a notch at the distal end. Short emovals are also visible on the left edge from the back. The flint is a blend of light and medium brown.  Measurments: The object is 31.5m long, 17.2mm wid…
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 18th August 2022
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Record ID: KENT-CF1134
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint core of probable late Mesolithic date c.8000-4000BC. Description: The core is broadly triangular in plan and D-shpaed in profile. The dorsal face has one longitudinal ridge, either side of which are very clear conchoidal fractures, which indicates use of hard hammer technology. The removals appear to be quite small and emanate from the edges of the core. The core has an irregular bottom and flat back with some flake removal one side, the other side being cortex. The flint is a solid dark grey colour save for the cortex which is light brown. Measurements: 46mm l…
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 18th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.