Record ID: NMS-79FF0B
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete single platform core made from a small nodule of water worn flint. The unworked section of the flint is rounded, and the cortex is weathered and thin with rusty iron streaks from contact with agricultural machinery. One end of the nodule is struck off at an oblique angle by a hammer stone to provide the platform for flake/small blade removals from one face, several rows of these have been struck in sequence; the distal end of the removals must have had a small amount of cortex left on them from the core. The interior of the nodule is excellent quality black flint. As the remov…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-6577A9
Object type: TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tertiary struck flake of orange brown flint, possibly a late Neolithic flint tranchet / chisel arrowhead, 30.9mm in length. The object has a triangular plan with short, low angle scaled retouch along both long edges and worked from both faces. The broad end / cutting edge of the flake feathers from a tranchet removal but is not further retouched.
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-654BE3
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small Neolithic to early Bronze Age flint scraper struck from a dark grey-brown flint. A small patch of cortex is retained on the dorsal surface. The distal end is curved with semi abrupt parallel retouch refining a working edge. The proximal end of the dorsal surface has been reduced with long, intrusive parallel retouch.
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-652E57
Object type: AXE TRIMMING FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A curved flint flake, apparently removed from the cutting end of a Neolithic flaked axehead. The flake appears to represent a corner of the cutting end of the axehead and has a triangular cross section with removal scars on both sides and a concave inner surface which is the break from the tool. the low bulb-of-percussion and feathered ends to the flake suggest this was a deliberate, contemporary removal, probably for sharpening or finishing purposes.
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-E6CDBD
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint Axehead of Early Neolithic date (3500-2500 BC). The lithic is sub-rectangular in plan, long and narrow with a slightly wider blade end. The lithic is bi-convex in section creating an ovate cross. Both surfaces have covering scaled flaking with the exception of the blade end which has a long-polished section running approximately 1/3 of the length of the object.  The butt end has been blunted and is slightly rounded with a long smooth negative scar extending on one side approximately 1/4 of the length of the object. There is a shallow negative scar on the blad…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-E67C13
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint axehead of Neolithic date, 133mm in length, struck from a mottled grey flint and bifacially worked. The axehead is symmetrical on two axes and has a lenticular cross section, flaring smoothly to a rounded cutting edge 58.7mm wide. There is a large area of damage to the front edge which may be post depositional in origin. There are no areas of polishing. A patch of white cortex is retained at the centre of one face.
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-E59744
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A retouched flint flake of suggested middle Neolithic to early Bronze Age date c. 3300-1000 BC.  The secondary flake is elongated and sub-triangular in plan and cross-section; a small section of cortex surviving at the distal edge which has a chip at the terminal with fresh breaks suggesting more recent damage. The ventral surface is slightly concave with a pronounced bulb of percussion and raised rippling suggested hard hammer working. The dorsal surface has five removal scars with crude removals at the proximal end, possibly damage, but some finer …
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-7D16F9
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete end scraper of conventional form; made from a secondary, hard hammer struck flake of glossy black flint with some inclusions, steeply retouched at the distal end to form the semi-circular scraping edge, small patch of sandy coloured thin cortex extant to one lateral side, showing the outside curve of the flint nodule this was struck from. A very useful tool in the initial preparation of fresh hides for tanning, effective in removing the subcutaneous fat from just below the surface of the skin. Neolithic, 4,000 to 2,350 BC.
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-7C3BA8
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Neolithic endscraper dating to c. 4000-2400 BC. The end scraper is made from a tertiary flake of flint that is a matte light brown sometimes semi-glossy medium brown semi-translucent flint. It is broadly recyangular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section the ventral surface being wider than the dorsal surface. It has at least three earlier flake removal scars on the dorsal surface struck in the same direction as the scraper. Its distal end has medium length, semi-abrupt, parallel retouch across its length. No retouch exists on the ventral surface altho…
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanton St. John', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-7A9780
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A struck flake of pale grey flint, 41.2mm length. The proximal end has a small striking platform, the distal end terminates in a hinge fracture. There is no retouch.
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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