Record ID: HESH-24074D
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible Levalloisian core flake / blade of most probable Neolithic date. The blade is rectangular in plan with a lenticular cross-section. The lower edge is broken - most probably in antiquity as the whole flint has the same mid-grey coloured milky surface patina. The flaking appears intentionally to have shaped the flint while still on the original core, creating a distinctive 'tortoise shell' flaking, typical of Levallois flint technology. The ventral face shows a prominent bulb of percussion indicating probable use of a hard hammer, likewise the striking platform is well prepare…
Created on: Friday 6th September 2019
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2020
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Record ID: HESH-B1BD49
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An exceptionally large flint blade of possible late (upper) Palaeolithic or more probable early Mesolithic date (12000 -6500 BC) or early Neolithic date (3500-2300 BC). The blade is broadly sub-rectangular in shape and triangular(crested) in cross section. The prepared striking platform is present as is the keeled bulb of percussion on the ventral face. The dorsal face shows a number of vertical flake scars (ridges / crests) formed by the removal of other flakes from a large prepared core prior to the creation of this blade - all these removals have been caused by blades being taken i…
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2019
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Record ID: HESH-949E53
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An exceptionally large but broken flint blade of possible late Paleolithic or more probable early Mesolithic date (12000 -6500 BC). The blade is broadly sub-rectangular in shape and lentoid (crested) in cross section. The prepared striking platform and bulb of percussion are both present. The dorsal face shows a number of vertical flake scars (ridges / crests) formed by the removal of other flakes from a large core prior to the creation of this blade - all these removals have been caused by blades being taken in a similar direction. There is no evidence of retouch. The long edges o…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2011
Last updated: Monday 29th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newport', grid reference and parish protected.