Record ID: WILT-0736E4
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
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. The flint has a white patina. The flintlock was introduced in the middle of the 16th century but it was not until the reign of William III that the flintlock became the main regulation firearm for the British Army. The knapped flint was used within the musket mechanism to produce a spark and would last between 20-25 shots bef…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-C0CAE9
Object type: PLANO CONVEX KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date (c.2700 BC to c.1600 BC) probable plano-convex knife: The knapped flint knife is an elongated pointed sub-oval, with a D-shaped cross section. The dorsal surface has scaled retouch covering the surface with low abrupt re-touch along the edges, thereby forming a convex surface. Along one lateral edge, in the medial section there are two notches, next to each other, which have been formed from the dorsal surface. The ventral surface has some invasive retouch, mainly to reduce the bulb of percussion. One portion of the proximal side edge has low ab…
Created on: Friday 19th September 2014
Last updated: Friday 19th September 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-889A55
Object type: END SCRAPER
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An end scraper. There is long, parallel, abrupt retouch around the proximal end on the ventral face, removing the striking platform. There may also have been very short, abrupt retouch on the distal end to produce an irregular outline, although this may also be due to natural fracture when the flake was sruck from the core. Unlike with thumbnail or round scrapers the retouch covers only a small part of the circumference. The scraper was made on a secondary flake, c.5% cortex remains, with a prominent bulb of percussion. The flint is pale grey with mottled lighter grey inclusions. The s…
Created on: Friday 19th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-CF2885
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Knapped flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the Late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age (c. 2500 BC - c.1150 BC). The arrowhead is bifacially worked and an elongated triangle in plan, with two notches in the base, between a central tang and a barb at either side. The point has broken away. One barb has also been lost, the other is small with a rounded end. The tang is relatively large and now rectangular as the end has broken away. The arrowhead has invasive shallow semi-parallel retouch on both faces. The flint is darkk brown to grey. It is 31.4 mm long, 5.7mm thick; it weighs …
Created on: Wednesday 26th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chalvington with Ripe', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-4DD356
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five flint cores and core fragments, some with evidence of retouch. First core weighs 33.8 grams. Flat piece with cortex to top and bottom. Working around three sides includes evidence for flake removal and working off several edges including the edge of the natural break on the fourth side. Medium brown flint with a paler and darker mottling. Second core weighs 35.8 grams. Large flake removed off a core, probably a core refreshment flake. The piece has a large bulb of percussion and ripples on the ventral side where the piece was removed from the core. There is evidence (short …
Created on: Friday 13th August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 24th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pulborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-741926
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint tertiary blade struck off a prepared platform with possibly retouch at one end. The blade is long, trapizoid in section rising to triangular at the distal end and slightly curved in profile. The ventral face has a bulb of percussion at one end, percussion waves and several damage scars down the right and left edges. At the right edge of the distla end on the ventral face is a short length of regular short semi abrupt chipping, probably retouch, the distal tip beyond is broken. The dorsal face has two parallel arises from previous removals and damage from mis-strikes a…
Created on: Monday 20th September 2010
Last updated: Monday 20th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ewhurst', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-852F03
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint bladelet with a bulb of percussion visible at one shorter end and a hinge fracture at the other; it is rounded at this latter end. The flint is a light grey colour with some patches of iron staining. There are two removals down the length of the flake on the dorsal face while the ventral face is smooth, as struck. The edges are serrated, but no obvious human retouch can be discerned. The object has the following dimensions: Weight: 3.24g, Length: 40.33mm, Width: 18.86mm, Thickness: 3.51mm. It can be dated broadly from the Mesolithic to Neolithic.
Created on: Tuesday 5th August 2008
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Horsted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-613D31
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fourteen pieces of small debitage all with evidence of slight burning, probably accidental. Mostly tertiary chips with some secondary (up to 20% cortex). Pale grey – dark grey flint. Total weight 24.4 grams.
Created on: Sunday 31st January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-6181D1
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six waste flakes and one snapped blade with possible use chipping in places from informal tool use. Four tertiary pieces including the blade and three secondary flakes with c. 5 to 10% cortex remaining. All show evidence of careful knapping with long parallel arrises on many. Dark to light grey mottled flint, some with orange iron staining; the snapped blade is in high quality translucent dark grey flint. Total weight 45.2 grams.
Created on: Sunday 31st January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-62B4D0
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thirteen large waste flakes. Two tertiary pieces, ten secondary flakes with c. 5 to 20% cortex remaining and one primary flake showing all stages of knapping were being carried out. Three show evidence of burning. Dark to light grey mottled flint, with one orange-brown piece. Largest (primary flake) 63 grams, smallest (one of the burnt pieces) 5 grams, total weight 238 grams.
Created on: Monday 1st February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.