Record ID: SUR-E1FC3B
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small and complete oval flint core tool; possibly a handaxe (Wymer Type K) of lower to middle Paleolithic date (c500,000 to 40,000 BC) or a later Mesolithic adze. The tool is 76.7mm in length, 45.7mm in width and has been knapped from a nodule of blue grey flint. Patches of brown cortex remain at the butt end. The tool has been bifacially worked, but is asymmetrical, with a convex and a flat side providing a wedge shaped profile. This may suggest a Mesolithic date, however there are no tranchet removals which would be characteristic of core tools of this period.
Created on: Thursday 19th August 2021
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-234AD1
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint blade with plano convex profile, 39.2mm in length, struck from brown flint with a white patina from prolonged deposition in calcareous sediments. There is a clear striking platform and bulb of percussion from hard-hammered striking. The dorsal surface has parallel scars from earlier flaking from the core as well as as a hinge fracture scar at the top from a failed blade removal. The distal end has relatively recent damage and a small patch of cortex. There is no evidence for retouch. Circa late Mesolithic to early Neolithic.
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 18th March 2020
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Record ID: SUR-058992
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A hollow-based flint arrowhead of late neolithic or early Bronze Age date, c2000-1600BC. The arrowhead is made from a mottled mid grey flint. The length is 34.1mm and the width 31.5mm. The thickness is 5mm, which is rather thick for an arrowhead.
Created on: Wednesday 10th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
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Record ID: SUR-6D2DD6
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small Neolithic ground stone axe made from a fine-grained greenish-grey stone, possibly of Cornish origin. The blade is missing and the axe appears to show signs of its having been used as a hammer. There is also recent damage on the butt. On one side, next to the missing blade, is a shallow rounded triangular facet.
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2013
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Record ID: SUR-0B8D02
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flint scraper made from a light grey opaque flint. Secondary working occurs along the rounded edge. The scraper is made from a flake which has been detached from the core using a slanting blow.
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2013
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Record ID: SUR-5F7D20
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tranchet axe made from a rounded nodule with much cortex remaining on the butt end. The axe is sub-triangular in section. The flint has a milky grey patina. The blade is missing, which could possibly be due to recent damage.
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-5B6306
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint blade and a flake.
Created on: Friday 16th February 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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