Record ID: SOM-1F566D
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small tertiary flint flake, probable debitage of late Mesolithic to Middle Neolithic date c. 7000 - 3500 BC. The flake is of yellow-green flint with ridge scars from previously struck flakes on the dorsal surface, and ripples on the ventral surface.  The flake measures 28.77mm in length, 17.29mm in width and is 3.5mm thick. It weighs 2.26g.
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-1F4694
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small tertiary flint flake, probable debitage of late Mesolithic to Middle Neolithic date c. 7000 - 3500 BC. The flake is of dark grey brown with ridge scars from previously struck flakes and weathering on the dorsal surface, and ripples on the ventral surface.  The flake measures 20.65mm in length, 16.95mm in width and is 3.63mm thick. It weighs 1.38g.
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-1F3A9A
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small tertiary flint flake, probable debitage of late Mesolithic to Middle Neolithic date c. 7000 - 3500 BC. The flake is of light to dark grey with ridge scars from previously struck flakes on the dorsal surface, and ripples on the ventral surface. The small bulb of percussion suggests the flake was struck with a soft hammer. The flake measures 36.18mm in length, 19.85mm in width and is 5.81mm thick. It weighs 4.09g.
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-1F3081
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small tertiary flint flake microlith of Mesolithic date c. 10000 - 4000 BC. The flake is of dark grey with ridge scars from previously struck flakes on the dorsal surface, and ripples on the ventral surface. The bulb of percussion has been removed, and there is semi abrupt retouch running parallel down 13.68mm of the flake edges. Both the distal and proximal end of the flake appear to have been broken. The flake measures 26.38mm in length, 11.5mm in width and is 4.79mm thick. It weighs 1.49g
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: SOM-1F21CC
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small tertiary flint blade microlith of Mesolithic date c. 10000 - 4000 BC. The blade is of dark grey with ridge scars from previously struck flakes on the dorsal surface, and ripples on the ventral surface.There is possible semi abrupt retouch running down 11.41mm of one of the blade edges.  The flake measures 31.9mm in length, 12.76mm in width and is 2.92mm thick. It weighs 1.93g.
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-1EFC96
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small triangular shaped single platform bladelet core of Mesolithic date c. 10,000 - 4000 BC.  The flint is of mid grey with minimal cortex present. There is a single striking platform and platform edge abrasion demonstrating preparation. The core measures 30.1mm in length, 29.91mm in width and weighs 25.34g
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-1E07CD
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint core possibly dating to the Mesolithic period, or otherwise the Neolithic period, c. 10000 - 2350 BC. A single platform bladelet core of irregular shape, but tending towards conical. Made from a piece of mottled dark grey and light grey flint with a high gloss patina. There is a small area of cortex remaining. The rest of the "conical" surface is covered in multiple bladelet removal scars. The flakes have been removed from a single prepared platform. Dimensions: 37.72 mm x 24.27 mm x  24.31 mm Weight: 24.81 g
Created on: Thursday 8th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B9D3DD
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint end scraper, small in size so likely to date to the Mesolithic (10,000-4,000 B.C.). Flint, a mixture of light and dark grey with white inclusions, opaque with a low gloss patina. The entire surface has a cracked paving effect as a result of burning. Sub-rectangular in plan, sub-triangular in cross section. Tertiary working. There is a hinge fracture at the proximal end. The distal end is slightly rounded in shape and exhibits long, scaled and semi-abrupt retouch. Dimensions: Length 30.77mm, width 17.29mm, maximum thickness 6.84mm, weight 4.07g.
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
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Record ID: SOM-B8B915
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint debitage from blade production, possibly dating between the Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic (7000-3500 B.C.) Flint, mid- to dark-grey, semi-translucent, small amounts of white cortex, medium gloss patina. Sub-rectangular in plan with irregular terminals. Secondary working. The distal end is pointed with a hinge fracture terminal. Previous removal scars are visible on the dorsal surface. The bulb of percussion and concoidal fracture is visible on the ventral surface. No visible retouch. Dimensions: Length 33.72, width 11.06mm, maximum thickness 5.14mm, weight 1.85g.
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 15th June 2023
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Record ID: SOM-B66F84
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible core rejuvenation flake, likely dating between the Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic periods (7000-3500 B.C.). The flint is semi-translucent and grey-brown in colour, with two small white patches and a medium gloss patina. It is a secondary flake as a small amount of cortex remains along one edge. The flake is sub-triangular in shape. The shorter of the three edges is a flat, where the flake terminates in a step fracture. The second edge is thicker, exhibits some scars, and a small amount of cortex. The third edge has …
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 15th June 2023
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Record ID: DEV-31451B
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small and delicate microlithic blade, dating to the Mesolithic to Neolithic periods, c. 5000-3000 BC. The blade is formed of a mid grey flint, the original colour of which is only visible in some small areas of the ventral face, as it is entirely covered in a pale grey almost white patina. There are regular patches of iron staining on both the dorsal and ventral faces. It is triangular in section and rectangular in plan, with a suggestion of abrupt retouch on the sides which encourages a Mesolithic date. Measurements: 22.1mm length, 11.2mm width, 3.9mm thickness, weight 0.80g.
Created on: Thursday 16th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 16th November 2021
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Record ID: SOM-4AC733
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three blades/bladelet, comprising one parallel-sided prismatic (trapezoidal- to triangular cross-section) blade in mid greyish and brownish grey flint, with a small bulb of percussion and well-prepared platform edge – possibly the result of indirect percussion ; and two smaller, thinner and less regular bladelets (one secondary, with a fillet of thin worn nodule cortex along part of one margi; and broken, and lacking its distal end) both made in dark or mid-dark grey flint. All are unmodified, but there are small areas of post-depositional edge-damage. Unpatinated and in moderately…
Created on: Wednesday 1st April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 1st April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chewton Mendip CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F06942
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of two pieces of flint debitage dating from the Mesolithic to Middle Neolithic (c. 8000- 3000 BC). Both pieces are of flint and are secondary flakes retaining a thin mottled white pebble cortex. They have a semi-glossy patina. In both instances the flint is a light grey colour, although one has a darker grey mottled region while the other has a creamier white region. Neither of the flints show signs of having being retouched or worked into tools although they do show earlier flake removals, struck in the same direction as the flakes themselves, on their dorsal surface. B…
Created on: Thursday 10th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 11th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Emborough CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-E828F1
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint later Mesolithic Group B microlith dating from 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is formed on a tertiary blade of light grey flint with a large white inclusion. It is triangular in plan, pointed at the proximal end, with short, abrupt scaled retouch on the right side. Length 16.7mm; width 8.5mm; thickness 3.0mm; weight 0.43g.
Created on: Thursday 22nd August 2019
Last updated: Sunday 17th May 2020
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Record ID: SOM-AAB44D
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete single piece of debitage possibly of later Mesolithic or Neolithic date, c. 6500-2400 BC with attempts at retouch on its dorsal surface. The surviving fragment is a a crescent shaped teritarty flake that is a trapezoidal in cross section. The flint is a glossy dark light flint with darker grey bands. The flint has lost a large portion of its surface through sharp vertical terminations. Nothing remains of the striking platform or bulb of percussion although shallow conchoidal ripples run down the length of the flake on the ventral face. At least three negative removal …
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AA881B
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An single piece of debitage possibly of later Mesolithic or Neolithic date, c. 6500-2400 BC. The surviving fragment is a sub-oval teritarty flake that is a pointed oval in cross section. The flint is a glossy medium grey flint with lighter grey patches and mottled white speckles. The striking platform, bulb of percussion and eraillure scar are visible in addition to medium conchoidal ripples running down the length of the blade on the ventral face. At least one negative removal scar runs longitudinally down the dorsal face. There is a notch in the right mesal edge of the flake h…
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AA7878
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An single piece of debitage possibly of later Mesolithic or Neolithic date, c. 6500-2400 BC. The surviving fragment is a sub-oval tertiary flake that is semi-circular in cross section. The flint is a glossy medium grey flint with lighter grey patches and occasional mottled white speckles. The striking platform, bulb of percussion and eraillure scar are visible in addition to shallow conchoidal ripples running down the length of the blade on the ventral face. Two negative removal scars of uneven shape and width run longitudinally down the dorsal face, there is no evidence of reto…
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AA6510
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An single piece of chert debitage possibly for a blade of possible later Mesolithic or Neolithic date, c. 6500-2400 BC. The surviving fragment is a secondary flake with a very small portion of white pebble cortex. The chert is semi-glossy and granular. It is a medium grey colour with lighter grey patches and mottled white speckles. The flake is missing both the proximal and distal ends although one clear hinged ripple is visible on the ventral surface Two parallel negative removal scars run longitudinally down the dorsal face, there is no evidence of retouch. The flake is 31.1mm long…
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AA4121
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An single piece of debitage for a blade of probable later Mesolithic or Neolithic date, c. 6500-2400 BC. The surviving fragment is a tertiary blade of a semi-glossy greying medium brown flint with lighter brown grey patches and mottled white speckles. The striking platform, bulb of percussion and eraillure scar are missing from a snap to the flake. At least four, maybe five, parallel negative removal scars run longitudinally down the dorsal face, there is no evidence of retouch. The flake is 33.7mm long, 20.7mm wide, 6.2mm thick and weighs 5.35 grams It is difficult to date l…
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AA2F9B
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An single piece of debitage for a blade of probable later Mesolithic or Neolithic date, c. 6500-2400 BC. The surviving fragment is a tertiary blade of a semi-glossy greying medium grey granular, almost cherty, flint with lighter grey patches and white and orange speckles. The striking platform, bulb of percussion and eraillure scar are visible ion the ventral face although it is missing its proximval end from a snap to the flake. At least three parallel negative removal scars run longitudinally down the dorsal face, there is no evidence of retouch. The flake is 27.6mm long, 18.8…
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock CP', grid reference and parish protected.