File:An assemblage of five Neolithic side scrapers (FindID 957816).jpg

English: An assemblage of five side scrapers probably dating to the Neolithic period.

Scraper 1 is a side scraper of possible Neolithic date (c.4000-2400 BC). The scraper is struck off a secondary flake on which are portions of a thin white cortex. The flint is a medium grey colour with orange and brown patches. It has a semi-glossy patina. The scraper is trapezoidal. The right edge as seen from the dorsal surface, which is mostly straight, has short, sub-parallel, semi abrupt retouch on its dorsal face. The dorsal face also demonstrates at least one earlier flake removal struck in same direction as the scraper. The ventral surface shows no retouch, although there is one chip on the left mesal edge. There is a shallow bulb of percussion, a percussion (eraillure) scar and shallow conchoidal ripples running from it indicating the use of a soft hammer. The striking platform survives as an angled platform. It is 34.0mm long with a width of 41.0mm and a thickness of 10.8mm and weighs 10.79g

Scraper 2 is a side scraper of possible Neolithic date (c.4000-2400 BC). The scraper is struck off a tertiary flake. The flint is an orange-brown colour with occasional lighter patches. It has a glossy patina. The scraper is sub-oval in plan. The left edge as seen from the dorsal surface has short, sub-parallel, semi abrupt retouch on its dorsal face that extends onto the proximal edge, and a chip near its centre, although this may be accidental. The dorsal face also demonstrates at least two earlier flake removals struck in same direction as the scraper. The ventral surface shows no retouch and is smooth. There is a medium/large sized bulb of percussion, and medium conchoidal ripples running from it. The striking platform has been lost to the retouch. It is 43.0mm long with a width of 29.2mm and a thickness of 6.0mm and weighs 7.86g

Scraper 3 is a side scraper of possible Neolithic date (c.4000-2400 BC). The scraper is struck off a secondary flake with one surface being covered almost entirely in thin grey white cortex. The flint is mostly a milky white colour with frequent grey staining, darker grey inclusions with one large medium grey patch. It has a semi-glossy patina. The scraper is sub-rectangular, although the upper portion of the left edge, as seen from the dorsal face, bulges outwards. The right mesal edge is slightly concave and has short, sub-parallel, semi abrupt retouch on its dorsal face. The dorsal face also demonstrates one earlier flake removal struck in same direction as the scraper. The ventral surface shows no retouch and is smooth. There is a small bulb of percussion, a percussion (eraillure) scar and faint conchoidal ripples running from it indicating the use of a soft hammer. The striking platform survives is a nobbled point. It is 40.2mm long with a width of 17.8mm, a thickness of 6.0mm and weighs 3.75g

Scraper 4 is a side scraper of possible Neolithic date (c.4000-2400 BC). The scraper is struck off a tertiary flake. The flint is a light grey colour with medium sized white and brown patches and frequent off-white inclusions. It has a semi-glossy patina. The scraper is sub-rectangular in plan although the right edge, as seen from the dorsal surface, is slightly curved. The convex right edge has short, parallel, semi abrupt retouch on its dorsal face. The dorsal face also demonstrates one earlier flake removal struck in same direction as the scraper. The ventral surface shows no retouch and is smooth. There is a small bulb of percussion, a percussion (eraillure) scar and faint conchoidal ripples running from it indicating the use of a soft hammer. The striking platform survives intact. It is 32.0mm long with a width of 24.8mm and a thickness of 6.0mm and weighs 6.56g

Scraper 5 is a possible side scraper of possible Neolithic date (c.4000-2400 BC). The scraper is struck off a secondary flake with a small portion of pebble cortex at its proximal end. The flint is a mottled grey brown colour with brown patches and off-white inclusions. It has a glossy patina. The scraper is an irregular shape almost like a warped lozenge. It left edge, as seen from the dorsal face, runs at an angle but is straight. Along this edge is short, parallel, semi abrupt retouch on its dorsal face. The dorsal face also demonstrates two earlier flake removals in the same direction as the flake. The ventral surface shows no retouch and is smooth. There is a medium bulb of percussion, a percussion (eraillure) scar and shallow conchoidal ripples running from it indicating the use of a soft hammer. The striking platform survives intact. It is 38.7mm long with a width of 30.4mm and a thickness of 10.4mm and weighs 7.92g

These artefacts are part of a larger assemblage of other flint artefacts that has been found at the spot indicated. Those flints and chert pieces which can be dated appear to date from the Neolithic (starting c. 4000 BC), due to the presence of several end scrapers and the evidence of wide blade production, to the early Bronze Age (ending c.1600 BC), due to the presence of multi-platform working and thumbnail scrapers. However, it is not inconceivable that some of these flints may also date from the Mesolithic period as some pieces of debitage show narrow blade technology. Similarly scrapers have a wide period of use dating as late as even the Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age the flints from these periods typically being coarse as some of the debitage found.

Nearby another assemblage has similar characteristics but also with an Early Bronze Age component ( c.2400-1600 BC), due to the presence of multi-platform working and thumbnail scrapers such that a Neolithic date is more likely for these cores.