Record ID: WMID-5621F1
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric flint broken blade of probable Mesolithic or Neolithic date. The flint is brown in colour with an area of cortex on the left side, just before the break. The bulb of percussion and striking platform are clearly visible on the ventral face at the proximal end of the flint. There is fine retouch, predominantly applied from the ventral face on the right edge of the flint. The fairly even patina of the flint suggests that the break is ancient rather than recent. The flint may have been used as a cutting blade. It probably ranges in date from 8300 to circa 3000 BC.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 25th October 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-C5FE51
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Retouched flint blade. Mesolithic (probably). Mass: 0.6g, length: 24mm, width: 9mm, thickness: 4mm. Dark grey flint. Retouch on the point on the dorsal face.
Created on: Saturday 2nd May 2009
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dudley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-C4B3A7
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sixteen knapped flint blades. Length: 16mm-34mm, width: 12mm-18mm, thickness: 3mm-6mm. Total mass: 26 g. Following Bond’s methodology (2004), an analysis of the length/breadth ratio of the assemblage supports a mesolithic or neolithic date.
Created on: Saturday 2nd May 2009
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dudley', grid reference and parish protected.