Record ID: SOMDOR-505D12
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large Achuleian handaxe. It is a heavy butted, sub-cordate shape with a slight reversed S twist in profile. It is made from greensand chert. It has a heavy, creamy patina and some slight iron staining. There is no cortex visible. It is a well formed piece with shallow, invasive scars on both faces and a finely worked tip. There is (ancient) heavy wear on both faces and the flake ridges have been abraded to 1-2mm in width. The edges have been crushed in antiquity. There is no modern damage.
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2005
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-62EFD5
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary chert waste flake. Mid grey-brown chert with white flecks. Matt patina. A small striking platform can be seen at the proximal end. and there are waves of percussion on the ventral surface. The dorsal surface has three main elongate, longitudinal flaking scars indicating that it is the result of bladelet production. There is some edge damage along both sides where the darker colour of the underlying chert can be seen (this indicates that the damage is more recent). Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age.
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2005
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: SOMDOR-D43584
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary waste flake. Grey Portland chert with a low gloss patina. Large striking platform at the proximal end. The distal end has been snapped off. Bulb of percussion with bulbar scar and waves of percussion on the ventral face. Numerous longitudinal flaking scars on the dorsal face. Probably waste from blade production.
Created on: Tuesday 18th July 2006
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: SOMDOR-86C362
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large chert blade. Grey brown chert with occassional light grey patches. Small striking platform at the proximal end. Bulb and waves of percussion on the ventral face. Several longitudinal flaking scars on the dorsal face. The cross section is roughly trapezoidal. There is some retouch along the right edge at the proximal end. Matt patina. Dimensions: 88 x 32 x 9 mm Weight: 24g. Late Neolithic.
Created on: Thursday 27th July 2006
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-896E22
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sub-circular flint scraper. Mid and light grey flint. Bulb of percussion on the ventral surface. Remnant of striking platform at the proximal end. The dorsal surface has numerous flaking scars.The curved distal edge has been retouched to form the working edge. Mid-gloss patchy white patine. Considerable later edge damage.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-898876
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint knife. Light beige and mid grey patchy flint with whitish mottles. Bulb of percussion with bulbar scar on the ventral face. Wide striking platform at the proximal end. Elongate flaking scars on the dorsal face. There is a stretch of semi-invasive pressure flaking (with prominent waves of percussion) along the left side of the dorsal face. Area of off-white nodule cortext the proximal end. The knife has a triangular profile. Mid-gloss milky patina.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: SOMDOR-89AF16
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint waste flake. Light beige and mid grey patchy flint with whitish mottles. Bulb of percussion with bulbar scar on the ventral face. Small striking platform at the proximal end. Elongate flaking scars on the dorsal face. Mid-gloss patina.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-89BFC3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end scraper. Light and mid grey patchy flint with whitish mottles. Bulb of percussion with bulbar scar on the ventral face. Small striking platform at the proximal end. Elongate flaking scars on the dorsal face. The curved distal end has a small area of retouch. Mid-gloss milky patina.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-89CAB3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end scraper. Off-white patchy flint. Bulb of percussion on the ventral face. Long striking platform at the proximal end. Numerous flaking scars on the dorsal face. The curved distal end has a small area of retouch. Mid-gloss patina. Date Neolithic to Bronze Age
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-AE03E3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tertiary flint waste flake measuring 25.8mm by 22.83mm by 7.81mm and weighing 3.57g. The striking platform is visible at the proximal end, with the bulb of percussion, a pronounced bulbar scar and slight ripples on the ventral surface. There are several flaking scars on the dorsal side. The flint is dark grey-black with a mid gloss patina. This object may be a late Neolithic or early Bronze Age waste flake, but one of the flaking scars, which is steep and perfectly flat, may indicate that the flake was a by-product of gun flint manufacture in more recent times.
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-6E7EB5
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead. The arrowhead has been made from a flake, which was invasively retouched on both sides by pressure flaking. The arrowhead has a tang but no protruding barbs. Its small size, light weight and large length to breath ratio place it as a Sutton type (Butler 2005, pp. 162-3). The light brownish-cream flint has a low-gloss patina.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nynehead area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-55C357
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint bladelet core. Dark brownish grey mottled flint with a pale grey, mid gloss patina. Gravel flint. One face retains a patch of weathered cortex and also shows evidence of earlier breakage in the form of a patch of off-white patination. The core has been worked from two sides, having numerous elongate, blade-like scars on both. Plausibly Mesolithic.
Created on: Monday 13th March 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-59B168
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint triangular arrowhead of probable later Neolithic or early Bronze Age date. The arrowhead has been made from a tertiary waste flake and there is pressure-flaked invasive retouch over both faces. The mid-brown flint has a mid-gloss patina. Dimensions: 22.9mm by 18.4mm by 5.3mm Weight: 2.09g
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caradon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-CB84D5
Object type: PLANO CONVEX KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint knife. A late Neolithic toEarly Bronze Age plano-convex type. A large flint flake with a triangular section and regular pressure flaking around the entirety of the edge on the dorsal surface. The pressure flaking radiates from a thick, slightly off-centre spine. The ventral surface is otherwise unworked and retains the bulb of percussion. The striking platform has been removed by the pressure flaking. Patchy matt grey-brown and dark brown flint with a mid-gloss patina. A patch of white nodule cortex remains on the dorsal surface. Small amount of plough damage on ventral surface.
Created on: Monday 25th April 2005
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stockland Bristol CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-628B37
Object type: PLANO CONVEX KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A plano-convex flint knife. In two pieces (glued together by the finder). Mid grey flint with white mottles. Mid gloss patina. Made from an elongate, tapering flake. At the proximal end is a wide striking platform and a bulb of percussion on the ventral face. There are clear, shallow waves of percussion along the length of the flake. The dorsal surface has been pressure flaked all over from both sides, producing regular, lateral flakes and a central raised spine. The distal end is shaped to a rounded point. Late Neolithic.
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2005
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-713D60
Object type: TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A transverse flint arrowhead. Retouched along the distal edge and the left dorsal edge. Waves of percussion on the ventral surface. The leading edge is damaged and irregular. Mid grey-brown translucent flint with a low-gloss patina.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2005
Last updated: Friday 18th June 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-4D3BD7
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An early Neolithic leaf-shaped or ogival flint arrowhead. Mid grey flint with a lighter grey, low gloss patina. There is small, regular, pressure flaking on both sides. The flakes are lateral, producing a slight central spine. There is a trace of the bulb of percussion at the butt end. The arrowhead has a slightly squared butt end. The sides curve out and then become incurved along the tapering point. The tip of the arrowhead is slightly damaged.
Created on: Tuesday 19th April 2005
Last updated: Friday 18th June 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-4E29A5
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Neolithic flint leaf-shaped arrowhead. Light grey flint with a heavy white patina. Oval , leaf-shaped with a slight point at the butt end. The point of the arrow tapers to a finer point than the butt end. There is regular, lateral pressure flaking on both faces and some retouch from one face at the tip of the arrow.
Created on: Tuesday 19th April 2005
Last updated: Friday 18th June 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-54F555
Object type: TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Elongate, roughly triangular, transverse arrowhead. Mid grey flint with a small patch of pebble cortex on the dorsal surface. Mid gloss patina. There is a small striking platform at the proximal end and traces of a bulb on percussion on the ventral face. The dorsal face is extensively flaked along a central spine and pressure flaked along all three edges. The ventral face is less flaked. The longest side would have been the leading edge of the arrow.
Created on: Monday 13th March 2006
Last updated: Friday 18th June 2021
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Record ID: SOMDOR-88D2C6
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment leaf arrowhead. White flint with a matt patina. The tip only survives. Thin and finely worked example. It has a shallow oval cross section and is covered in pressure flaking on both sides. Dimensions: 19 x 17 x 3 mm Weight: less than 1 g
Created on: Thursday 27th July 2006
Last updated: Friday 18th June 2021
Spatial data recorded.