Record ID: SOM-3EDAFD
Object type: AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flint axehead roughout, probably dating to c. 4000-2400 BC. The object is made of a dark brown/grey flint visible at more recent breaks but is is almost completely covered in a solid white patina, at the distal (butt) end of the dorsal face this surface is still covered in a layer of cortex, discoloured slightly green in patches. The flint has been bifacially worked, with flakes removed in a variety of directions and with a striking platform surviving at the apparently unfinished butt. A number of short removal scars struck from the edge terminate in negative hinge fractur…
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 28th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penton Grafton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3F46E1
Object type: AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flint axehead roughout, probably dating to c. 4000-2400 BC. The flint is covered in a white patina with its surface still showing traces of cortex in places. The flint has been bifacially worked, with flakes removed in a variety of directions and worked into a broadly sub-rectangular shape, 116.1mm long. It tapers from it's widest point behind the blade, 52.5mm, to a relatively squared butt, 32.8mm. Below the widest point the object curves into a blade which has a C-shaped plan. The axe has a thick, pointed oval cross section, at its thickest point it measures 27.8mm, this…
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 28th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penton Grafton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3F8B8A
Object type: AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic polished flint axehead roughout, probably dating to c. 4000-2400 BC. The axehead is made of a dark grey flint with frequent paler grey/brown patches and areas of cortex on the left edge of the dorsal face and the right edge of the ventral. The axehead is broadly sub-rectangular in shape, tapering from 47.7mm wide behind the blade edge to a squat, rounded sub-triangular butt, 29.1mm wide. It has a pointed oval cross section, at its thickest point around 3/4 of the way down its length at 27.8mm thick. The axehead is missing the edge of the blade itself, with a diagonal line …
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 28th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penton Grafton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-0FE644
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A polished flint axe head dating to the early to mid Neolithic (c. 3500 - c. 2500 BC). The flint has a weathered and iron stained pale to mid-orange colour. It is roughly triangular in plan with a convex curved blade 52.5mm wide, tapering sides 97.9mm long and a broken butt which is now 22.5mm wide but clearly narrowed further originally. The sides taper continuously from the blade but the angle of taper sharpens slightly about half way along. As well as the broken butt there are some chips in the sides and chips along the blade edge. Although these chips are not recent it is hard to t…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-96BEA2
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval/modern gunflint from a flintlock musket. The flint is broadly rectangular in plan. The ventral surface is smooth and relatively flat; the strikes come in at an angle; the bulb of percussion is absent. The dorsal face is bevelled on all sides, more shallowly towards the distal end where the bevelled area widens, and very haphazardly at the proximal end due to frost fracturing. There is some retouching to the distal end. The flint is a mid- to light-grey/brown colour. The relative crudeness of this gunflint suggests that it may have been a replacement generated in the field.
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-1C1B01
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tertiary flake of probable Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date, reworked for use probably as a scraper. The flake is an irregular quadrilateral shape. The ventral face is curved and smooth with evident ridges down its length due to a heavy strike. The striking platform is obscured by scars and losses due to flaws in the flint; the bulb is now unclear. The dorsal face has two major and two minor multi-directional removals giving it a broadly triangular cross section. There is possible retouch to the right hand dorsal edge/lefthand ventral edge for conversion into a basic side scrape…
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 21st December 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-1C67A1
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tertiary waste flake of probable Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date. The flake is an irregular quadrilateral shape with a diagonal break at the distal end. The ventral face is curved and smooth with evident ridges down its length due to a heavy strike. There is some bulbar scarring. The dorsal face is broadly flattened as a result of numerous multi-directional removals, some breaking off due to flaws in the flint, especially at the proximal end. There is no obvious retouching. The flake has a stained translucent orange/red colour with light-grey bands with a small area of cortex o…
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 21st December 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-1CD500
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small tertiary waste flake: probable debitage of Mesolithic or later date. The flake is broadly semicircular in plan and a shallow U shape in profile. There is cortex along the struck end. The ventral face is curved and smooth with evident ridges down its length and a high bulb. The dorsal face is broadly flattened as a result of two main removals, with some minor removals at the sides probably the result of post-depositional damage. The piece is thin enough to be translucent with some impurities in the flint giving it a light-brown colour.
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 21st December 2011
Spatial data recorded.