Record ID: LON-F5F173
Object type: POINT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete finely-worked bone point, possibly Prehistoric. The bone has been carefully worked to create a constant oval-sectioned shaft that tapers gradually into a point. The point has sustained some damage; it is impossible to specify whether this damage was intentional or occurred post-deposition. The opposite end of the tool has broken off, and here the surface of the bone has also been damaged. It appears that this end of the tool would have rounded off, and not continued into another point (as encountered in Saxon double-ended points). The bone point has acquired a dark brown…
Created on: Monday 21st December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 8th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-175848
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint flake or incomplete blade, Mesolithic to Neolithic (8300-2000 BC). The flint is roughly triangular in plan. It has only been shaped on the upper face, where it is convex with a prominent central ridge. The flat back means the whole tool has a triangular section. A recent break at the wide end of the implement has distorted the shape, but it is probably debitage or a broken blade. The flint measures 42.6mm long and weighs 7.29 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 19th September 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-1743B5
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric knapped lithic implement. The flint was recorded at a rally as a lithic implement, and therefore must have shown signs of working. These removals are difficult to discern from the photograph and cannot be described in any more detail. The flint has acquired a milky-white patina, but is dark grey-black in recent removals. It measures 48.7mm long and weighs 7.6 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 19th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-5B8E67
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crude flint scraper, probably Late Mesolithic - Early Neolithic (6500-2900 BC). Multiple flakes have been removed from the surface of the scraper. There is some retouch. The flint scraper weighs 36.8 grams.
Created on: Monday 10th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-06CED2
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic to Neolithic flint tool, probably a scraper. Multiple flakes have been removed from the surface, but an area of cortex remains. The exact dimensions of the scraper are missing, but it appears that it would have been suitable as a thumb scraper: a tool designed to be held between thumb and forefinger. It weighs 33.7 grams. Scrapers like this would have had many different functions in the Neolithic, as they were very useful tools, used for example for skinning animals, removing the fatty deposited from hinds and much more.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.