Record ID: LEIC-48DD27
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Published
Palaeolithic flint hand axe, 61mm long, 48mm wide and 18mm thick. The axe is in good condition and made from brown flint, with some re-cortication, and weighs 51.26 grams. The axe is bi-facially worked and has a plano-convex cross section. It has a scraper edge, a damaged cutting edge and a curved chopping edge. Dr Kevin Leahy writes: this object appears to be a Middle Palaeolithic 'bout coupe'' handaxe and is therefore of some interest.
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 28th May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-573BE4
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Paleolithic? flint flake? 96mm long, 82mm wide and 13mm thick.The object is triangular in form and has removals around each of its three edges on one side. Possible Levallois Flake.
Created on: Monday 26th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-81D0F2
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Paleolithic flint cordate handaxe, C.120mm long and C.90mm wide. The object is in good condition and is dark grey in colour. It has been finely worked and does not appear to have any damage.
Created on: Wednesday 15th March 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 31st March 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-8CD938
Object type: CLEAVER
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lower Paleolithic Acheulian bifacial flint cleaver, 138mm long, 125mm wide and 55mm thick. It weighs 1017 grams and is made from yellow lincolnshire wolds flint. It is missing about 3-4cm from its narrow end which has been lost recently. The object has one corticated side and has been bifacially worked on the edge and has unifacially worked divergent sides. It has good initial shaping in the form of longtitudinal diagonal flaking on one surface.
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-2314B8
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Published
Paleolithic flint burin, 45mm long and 13mm wide and 4mm thick. The object has a grey patina and weighs 2.84grams. It is largely rectangular in form and produced using a secondary flake with working on the upper face. It has been shaped at one end with a few careful strikes to produce a diagonally positioned edge with a sharp pointed projection at its upper edge.
Created on: Tuesday 30th September 2008
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-435EA3
Object type: BACKED BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic (Middle) to Mesolithic (Later) naturally backed knife, 66mm long, 25mm wide, 17mm thick and 29.5g in weight. Struck from a large core that has been worked orthogonally. The cutting edge is unmodified whereas the opposing lateral edge has recieved some semi-abrupt retouch. The right lateral edge does retain most of its cortex. The dorsal face otherwise shows the evidence for orthogonal working. The flint is semi-translucent caramel brown with areas of opaque light brown patination.
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-6489A7
Object type: LAUREL LEAF
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Neolithic laurel leaf flint, 58mm long, 40mm wide and 8mm thick. The object is in good condition with a brown patina and weighs 22.5grams. The object is oval in form and has an angled lower edge. It has a rounded upper surface which has a nick out of it just to one side of centre. It has been finely worked all over its surface. in the centre of one side some cortex is still visible.
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 1st April 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-B4D542
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic? flint scraper, 69mm long, 47mm wide and 18mm thick. The object is in good condition with a greyish patina and weighs 46.17 grams. The scraper is 'leaf shaped' with a wide rounded lower edge containing a bulb of percussion and a smaller rounded worked end. It is finely worked just on the rounded tip, with deep removals. the object is heavily recorticated however, which indicates an early date.
Created on: Monday 16th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-9B3548
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Neolithic or Early Bronze age flint scraper, 27mm long, 24mm wide and 11mm thick. The object is in good condition with a brown patina and weighs 8.07grams. The tool has a rounded egde which is steeply re-worked and has a patch of cortex. The underside has a clear bulb of percussion and a rippled surface.
Created on: Friday 27th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-741527
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic? flint re-touched blade or bladelet, 38mm long, 12mm wide and 4mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a whitish patina and weighs 2.54 grams. The blade has several ridges on its dorsal side and has a faint bulb of percussion on its ventral side. The object has been slightly re-touched along one edge.
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-841788
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint blade, 50mm long, 19mm wide and 5mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 5.35grams. The blade has a triangular section and is bifacially worked, with one edge providing along smotth blade surface. It has a notch out of one edge which may or may not be deliberate?
Created on: Monday 12th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-226682
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic? flint blade, 28mm long, 11mm wide and 4 mm thick and weighs 0.91grams. The blade has fine re-touch down one edge.
Created on: Friday 12th December 2008
Last updated: Monday 25th October 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-865CE7
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Neolithic or Bronze age flint thumbnail scraper, 23mm long, 21mm wide and 9mm thick. The object is in good condition with an orange patina and weighs 3.30 grams. The flint has a well struck bulb of percussion and has a neat line of re-touch around its curved edge.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-8D4775
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Neolithic/early Bronze age side and end scraper, 55mm long, 40mm wide and 11mm thick. The flint is in good condition with a dark brown patina. The ventral surface has a prominant bulb of percussion with a small platform. The distal end has been damaged but appears to have steep removals on the dorsal surface. running from the platform are two sections of re-touch, the longer one also has fine secondary re-touch. There is a small patch of cortex on the dorsal surface.
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-7E0B08
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic flint hand axe, 95mm long, 47mm wide and 26mm thick. The flint is in fair condition with a beige/white patina and weighs 138grams. The axe has unusual parallel sides and appears to be damaged and unfinished.
Created on: Monday 11th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-644DC3
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric flint knife fragment, 40mm long, 27mm wide and 7mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 9.80grams. The object is sub triangular in form and sub-rectangular in section and a lower edge formed by a clean break. The object has been worked on both edges, on one side it has been worked bi-facially with shallow removals on a straight edge and on the other edge has shallow removals on one side which run up to the rounded tip.
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2010
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-6486A1
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric flint flake, 28mm long, 8mm wide and 5mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 3.16grams. The object is sub triangular in form and section and is a secondary flake with a patch of surface present. It has a small worked area forming a recessed curve which sitson one side of the flake.
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2010
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-655FE2
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic/early Bronze age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, 27mm long, 22mm wide and 4mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 1.80 grams. The object is triangular in form and sub rectangular in section and is missing one of its barbs. It has steeply bevelled edges and the surviving barb has a rounded end.
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2010
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-A96AA7
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two late Neolithic -early Bronze age flint scrapers, 37mm long, 31mm wide and 11mm thick with a weight of 12.77grams 29mm long, 24mm wide and 13mm thick with a weight of 11.50grams.
Created on: Thursday 3rd February 2011
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-A98ED7
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic -early Bronze age flint discoidal knife, 47mm long, 42mm wide and 10mm thick. The object is in good condition and weighs 21.4 grams. The knife has good area of shallow re-touch along one side.
Created on: Thursday 3rd February 2011
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
Spatial data recorded.