Record ID: LANCUM-863BF2
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete knapped flint barbed and tanged arrowhead of Neolithic to Bronze Age date (c. 2800-1500BC). It is formed on a tertiary flake of opaque white flint, with a creamy patina. The arrowhead is triangular in plan with extended barbs to each side of the base, in-between is a rectangular tang. Multiple flaking scars cover both the ventral and dorsal sides. It measures 18.82mm in length, 18.59mm in width, 4.42mm in thickness and weighs 1.19g.
Created on: Sunday 26th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 30th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Gristhorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-8C9394
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mid Mesolithic to early Neolithic tertiary pale grey flint quadrilateral microlith. Extensive short parallel semi-acute retouch along the full length of its cutting edge, and short parallel abrupt retouch along 2/3 of its mounting edge to reduce its thickness. Dates from c7000 to c3500 BC. The length is 12mm, width 8mm, thickness 3mm, and the weight is 0.35g.
Created on: Saturday 10th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-31F307
Object type: BURIN
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Mesolithic to early Neolithic secondary grey flint burin. There has been extensive retouch to one of the proximal corner to form a burin. Dates from c7000 to c3500 BC. The length is 12mm, width 8mm, thickness 3mm, and the weight is 0.45g.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-31F0E6
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mid Mesolithic to early Neolithic tertiary grey flint debitage. Possible retouch to one mesal. Dates from c7000 to c3500 BC. The length is 16mm, width 10mm, thickness 3mm, and the weight is 0.43g.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-31EDC3
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic to early Neolithic tertiary pale grey flint blade. Retouch to both mesals, possibly for use as a small knife. Very fine parallel semi-abrupt and short retouch on one edge, random short semi-acute to semi-parallel on the other. Dates from c10,000 to c3500 BC. The length is 22mm, width 9mm, thickness 3mm, and the weight is 0.50g.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-31EC56
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early to late Neolithic red brown flint secondary debitage or blade butt. There is very fine sub-parallel short acute retouch to both mesals. Dates from c4000 to c2350 BC. The length is 13mm, width 11mm, thickness 3mm, and the weight is 0.39g.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-31EAF4
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic to Neolithic tertiary grey chert blade. Parallel short acute retouch to the longer mesal, probably to form a cutting edge. Dates from c10,000 to c2350 BC. The length is 32mm, width 15mm, thickness 6mm, and the weight is 2.00g.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-31E1DB
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early to late Neolithic grey flint tertiary blade fragment with sub-parallel short acute retouch to both mesals forming edges that could be used for cutting or scraping. Second phase of retouch to the distal mesal to form a burin on the corner. Dates from c4000 to c2350 BC. The length is 17mm, width 12mm, thickness 3.5mm, and the weight is 0.77g.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-31DBA0
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic tertiary pale grey flint blade. The distal end has snapped off. Sub-parallel acute to semi-actue short retouch to both mesals. Dates from c4000 to c2350 BC. The length is 26mm, width 18mm, thickness 5mm, and the weight is 2.05g.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-31D9EC
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic patinated tertiary grey flint end scraper. The scraper is on the distal end and there are two stages of sub-parallel abrupt retouch, short on semi-invasive, and some damage from crushing. Dates from c4000 to c2350 BC. The length is 21mm, width 13mm, thickness 5mm, and the weight is 1.42g.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C72415
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early to mid Neolithic side scraper on a secondary flake of dark grey chert. Short, parallel to sub-parallel, semi-abrupt retouch to both mesals. The distal end has been shaped with an invasive intial removal terminating in a hinged fracture. It has then had very short sub-parallel, semi-abrupt retouch. There has been a reduction to the dorsal ridge. Cortex retained at proximal end, probably to aid grip. Dates to between c4000 and c2700 BC. Length 24mm, width 15mm, thickness 7mm, mass 2.86g
Created on: Sunday 19th April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Colne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B8B345
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early to mid Neolithic side scraper on a tertiary flake of grey chert. On one mesal two notches have been removed from near the distal end then the whole ventral edge has received short, parallel to sub-parallel, semi-abrupt retouch The resultant edge probably served three purposes, as a serrated blade, a notched scraper, and as a side scraper if the proximal end was favoured. The other mesal is 7.5mm thick. On its dorsal edge it has short, abrupt, sub-parallel retouch to the whole edge. The ventral edge has a series of scaled semi-invasive removals overlaid with short, abrupt, sub-pa…
Created on: Wednesday 25th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Clitheroe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0775C1
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Slightly damaged polished stone axehead of Neolithic date (c. 4000 - 2350 BC). The axehead is formed from grey stone, probably Langdale tuff. The surface of the object has been weathered and is rough and pitted, to a greater degree on one side than the other. The more weathered side is also darker in colour. There is some brown surface accretion on both sides. The object is broadly rectangular in shape with a lentoid section. It widens slightly at one end and narrows into an unsymmetrically curved cutting edge. The other (butt) end is badly chipped and damaged. The object is 153.5mm i…
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-D855C3
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete polished stone Langdale Tuff axehead of Neolithic date (3500-2400 BC). The handaxe is broken at the cutting edge and at the butt end. The surface of the axe is granular but smooth with a distinct blue green hue. The object is sub-rectangular in plan and tapers inward toward the butt and is sub-ovate is section with slightly flattened sides. The blade end tapers out to the sided and in along the blade edge. The axe is broken at the blade and along one side. It is possible that it has been ritually broken. The object is a Langdale polished Axehead, called as such due to…
Created on: Tuesday 30th May 2017
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-43462A
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic Langdale axe dating from c. 2500-2100BC. The axe is somewhat worn and abraded with some older damage and a few recent chips taken off. The axe was ground and polished and has a very smooth, shiny surface. It is now of dirty-white/beige colour but was probably dark blueish green to start with. The axe is knapped from a light blueish/grey buff volcanic tuff. This axe is, like many of the larger and finished (polished) Langdale axes, sub-rectangular plan with distinctive humped faces. The axe fragment has been damaged in several areas (old and fresh damage). The recent damage c…
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2017
Last updated: Friday 2nd June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maryport', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-686E06
Object type: AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete though probably unfinished stone axehead probably a roughout of Neolithic date, c. 3500 - 2100 BC discovered below the foundations of a cottage garden wall. The axehead is possibly of the Graig Lwyd Group VII axe - the patina looks the type and the white speckles on a blue-grey matrix is typical of the rock type or it could be an epidiotised greenstone Group VI Langdale axe. The axe head is trapezoidal in plan with a pointed ovate section. The surfaces are rough with a chip to one side of the butt edge. The unpolished nature of the object suggests it was not properly finish…
Created on: Monday 13th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-DD536E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a flint flake or a fragment of a bifacially worked flint knife, dating from the Neolithic period, that is c. 4000-2350BC. The knife was bifacially worked with some cortex remaining on the right side, along the edge. On the opposite site, the edge shows clear retouch/serrated edge.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carlisle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-A0E6F6
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic bifacial flint knife dating to the period c. 4000-2350 BC. The knife is sub lenticular in plan. The striking platform and bulb of percussion have been removed. Both faces have clearly been worked but there is some post-depositional weathering. Length: 78mm; width: 36mm; thickness: 5mm; weight: 31.5g
Created on: Friday 21st October 2016
Last updated: Friday 21st October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Tanfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-579B63
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A convexly profiled bi-facial lithic flint, with a pointed end and a rounded base. It is uniformly black in colour. There is multi-directional flake removal on the surface of both faces and retouch particularly around its widest edge. Its size would suggest its use as a possible scraper. The length is 48mm, the width is 32mm, the thickness 13mm and the weight 11.03g
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2016
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-5788AC
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A dark grey flint fragment of uniform thickness, with a fairly flat butt and partially rounded distal end, which shows evidence of having being re-worked due to the possible strong hinge fracture marks across the bottom third of the ventral face. A further small flake has been removed from the end of the striking platform, showing the conchoidal fracture marks. The reverse side shows some possible pressure flaking along its lower edge, with another small flake removed centrally on the edge, again suggesting re-working or damage. The length is 28mm, the width is 24mm, thickness 8mm and…
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2016
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2016
Spatial data recorded.