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Description: | Group of 7 flints, all flakes. There was 3 retouched flakes one notched flake and two snapped flakes. The standard of working is relatively crude. This may a middle Bronze Age / Iron Age date.
1. Flake, unpatinated, mid brown in colour, with a plain butt, there is a single parallel flake scare on the dorsal face, has a hinge fracture, probably a hard hammer.
2. Retouched flake, unpatinated, mid brown in colour, less than 1% cortex on distal edge, with a plain butt, has an oblique striking angle, with three parallel flake scars on the dorsal face, slight retouch on one edge near the distal end, probably hard hammer.
3. Retouched flake, unpatinated, black in colour, 60% cortex on dorsal face, has a natural butt, a single parallel flake scar on the dorsal face, retouch on ?? of the edge, probably hard hammer.
4. Retouched blade (?)/ long flake, mid brown in colour, plain butt, has five parallel flake scars on the dorsal face, retouch on one edge, probably soft hammer.
5. Notched flake, unpatinated, dark brown in colour, 30% cortex on the dorsal face, has five flake parallel scars on the dorsal face, with a plain butt, is notched on one edge near the distal end, probable hard hammer.
6. Snapped flake, only the distal end remains, is unpatinated, mid grey brown in colour, has crude retouch around most of the end
7. Snapped flake, mesial and distal end remains, unpatinated, mid brown in colour, three flake scars on dorsal face with one having a hinged termination, hard hammer. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rolfe, James - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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