Record ID: BERK-D2B57C
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rounded flint scraper with a probable hinge fracture. There is no sign of a bulb on the ventral face suggesting a hing fracture rather than a platform. The distal end is rounded and worked at a shallow angle, about 45 dregrees or shallower in places around the entire end. There is a small amount of cortext remaining on the dorsal face. The flint is dark brown all over with light brown cortex. Length: 50.9mm, Width: 36.1mm, Thickness: 14mm, Weight: 25g
Created on: Thursday 12th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2020
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Record ID: BERK-D20F95
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stout, well made ground and polished flint axe with some flake scars still visible at both the towards butt and blade ends. Both lateral edges are ground to a ridge. It white with spots of orange/brown patina. Neolithic, 4,000 to 2,351 BC. Length: 104.4mm, Width: 53.2mm, Thickness: 23.6, Weight: 181.4
Created on: Thursday 12th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2020
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Record ID: BERK-FB8E6D
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint expedient transverse arrowhead dating to the Late Neolithic period, c. 2700-2350 BC. The flint is roughly worked with minimal removals and basically no retouch along the lateral edges, however there is retouch at the tip of the point. The arrowhead has suffered from post-depositional damage, probably as a result of modern agricultural activity.
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2017
Last updated: Friday 23rd October 2020
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Record ID: BERK-3EF09E
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A irregular and weather damaged flint waste flake (debitage) of general prehistoric date. The flake retains c. 30% cortex on the dorsal side and is this whole surface has been damaged through frost action (probably). The bulb and platform is retained on this mottled milky-grey flint, but there is not retouch. Probably later Neolithic or Bronze Age in date (c. 2300-1800 BC).
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Record ID: BERK-3EA9C0
Object type: MICRODENTICULATE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but slightly damaged struck flint, a possible microdenticulate or a multi-tool of probable Mesolithic date (c. 10,000-4000 BC). The tool is formed on a blade-like secondary flake of mottled light and dark grey flint and retains c.5% cortex around the platform on the proximal dorsal end. Flake scars on the dorsal surface show previous removals. The platform and bulb is retained; the distal end of the tool appears broken and there has been some attempt at reworking the broken distal end. The dorsal surface bares abrupt retouch (backing?) along c.70% of the left lateral, fadin…
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Record ID: BERK-6EEB1E
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper dating to the Neolithic period, c. 4000-2350 BC. The scraper has been made on a flake and could be described as a 'thumbnail' scraper due to its size. There is no bulb or platform retained. Invasive soft-hammer retouch is visible around both laterals and the distal end, however there is none on the proximal end. All retouching is limited to the dorsal surface. The scraper has been burnt, after it was formed. There are two 'pot-lids', or spools that fracture and pop off under extreme conditons, such as heating or freezing. These pot lids break through the patina of the …
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th December 2014
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Record ID: BERK-3B3391
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A retouched flint flake on a secondary blade-like flake. The flint is dark brown and semi-translucent with approximately 40% cortex remaining on its dorsal surface. The bulb and platform appear to be missing due to a break at the proximal end however lines of percussion remain. The soft-hammer retouch is restricted to a 17mm length along the left dorsal lateral. It is fine and well executed. This informal tool likely dates from the late Mesolithic to Neolithic period, c. 6500-2100 BC.
Created on: Friday 31st October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 6th November 2014
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Record ID: BERK-3AE006
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A wedge-shaped gunflint of the 17th century AD. The gunflint is made on a piece of mottled brownish-grey flint, with direct percussion retouching around the dorsal surface end and the two laterals; on the thin end of the wedge the retouch is limited to the ventral side. These wedge-shaped gunflints or gunspalls have been found on colonial sites in America and would have been used with flintlock muskets. Mention of the objects are recorded in returning shipments and post-date c. AD 1650 (Courtney 1998, after Kent 1983).
Created on: Friday 31st October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 6th November 2014
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Record ID: BERK-6F9DA3
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint waste blade ('debitage') on a tertiary flake of probably late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date, c. 2500-1600 BC. Grey-brown flint with a broadly triangular profile. The flint has a couple of possible removals on its dorsal surface and some restricted, steep and short retouch on part of one lateral, however this may be plough and ploughzone damage. This was found near a thumbnail scraper BERK-6F6C98.
Created on: Tuesday 10th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 12th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haddenham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-6F6C98
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small scraper, often called a thumbnail scraper, dating to the Early Bronze Age period. The scraper is made on a dark grey flint, retaining the platform and the bulb of percussion. There is (probably modern) damage on the ventral side, while the dorsal surface has scaled retouch and modern damage to 90% of its edges. Thumbnail scrapers are thought to date to the Early Bronze Age or Beaker Period, c. 2350 - 1601 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 10th June 2014
Last updated: Friday 13th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haddenham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-6C5732
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken flint flake in a semi-translucent brown flint. The flake is broadly rectangular in plan with quite straight edges; one edge appears to be broken so this may be part of a larger object such as a blade, or indeed a larger flake. There is no retouch visible. The remains of a hinge fracture can be seen on the ventral surface. General prehistoric date but probably late Mesolithic or Neolithic in origin.
Created on: Thursday 10th April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 15th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haddenham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-6C47E1
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of probable flint debitage in a semi-translucent light brown flint. The flake is broadly triangular in plan with uneven removals and scars over its dorsal surface. There is edge damage and no retouch is apparent. This is probably a piece of debitage or a surface preperation piece. General prehistoric date but probably more late Mesolithic or Neolithic in origin.
Created on: Thursday 10th April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 15th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haddenham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-6C2B45
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint flake on a secondary removal. The flake is long and thin with a roughly triangular cross section and does not have any retouch. There is a long flake scar on the dorsal surface of the flake. The size and shape of the flake suggests a late Mesolithic to Neolithic date.
Created on: Thursday 10th April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 15th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haddenham area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: BERK-16D567
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worked flints, dating to the Neolithic/Early Bronze Age, c3000-1500BC. One end scraper, one core fragment and five flakes, one of them a fragment. No photographs taken.
Created on: Tuesday 25th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Record ID: BERK-76E7E4
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric flint flake with retouch on one lateral edge. Also five pieces natural flint and stone; these were not photographed.
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Record ID: BERK-6290A0
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete pointed handaxe dating from the Lower Palaeolithic period (c, 500,000-40,000 BC). The handaxe is in good condition and appears to have been 'rolled', a reflection of its age and suggesting it has been in a high energy environment (such as a river) before its final deposition. The flint appears to be Chiltern flint, now being a reddish-orange in colour. Recortication is evident on the dorsal surface.
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2011
Last updated: Sunday 25th March 2012
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Record ID: BERK-945612
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic polished/ground flint axehead (3,500-2,100BC). The surface of the axehead has been completely ground smooth. The axehead has a curving cutting edge (width: 63.22mm), finely tapering edges to a tapering butt (width: 33.87mm). The cutting edge has no signs of wear; there are a few notches due to more modern damage. There is also damage to the dorsal and ventral surfaces and butt. The surface has also patches of pink/purple ?algae present. Orange to grey patina on the flint with darker patches on one side ?due to exposure. Examples of similar axeheads have been found in…
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Marlow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-011B67
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic-Neolithic flint flake. The flake has a butt which is angled towards the dorsal surface. The flake is curved, and has two flake removal scars on the ventral surface Dimensions: length 34.30mm; width 19.89mm; thickness 8.83mm; weight 4.43g
Created on: Monday 27th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-010991
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic-Neolithic flint flake with retouch. The flake has three removal scars on the ventral surface, with fine retouch on the right side up to the tip (length 19.58mm). Retouch occurs mainly on the ventral surface. Small area of retouch on the middle of the left side (length 12.19mm), but it is quite irregular. Cortex remains on approximately 20 percent of the ventral surface. Dark grey flint Dimensions: length 48.72mm; width 23.49mm; thickness 9.03mm; weight 6.10mm
Created on: Monday 27th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-8FB7B5
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pointed flake ?from rejuvenating a flint core. The edges have all received modern damage. The flake has a slight milky patina. The flake dates to the later Prehistoric (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age)
Created on: Saturday 17th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke Mandeville', grid reference and parish protected.