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Description: | This is a unique worked flint artefact. The blank was probably a blade which was trimmed carefully down both long edges. The tip is a rounded point. The unique aspect of this piece is the highly polished ventral surface at the proximal end; the left edge is also slightly polished. The high degree of the shine suggests this polish was achieved by the use of a polishing wheel of some kind. The artefact, in its final state, is therefore likely to be of recent date, made during the last 200 years or so.It is 24mm long, 11mm wide and weighs 2.73g. A similarly polished rod of flint was recovered from Maldon, Essex, but as all surfaces were polished it was assumed that the Maldon flint rod was for inlay purposes. The artefact described here was made, for a purpose, that at present, there is no knowledge of. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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