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Description: | A broad flint blade of probable early Mesolithic date. The tool has roughly parallel long sides, is rounded at one end, and has a small portion of the core platform at the other. It is roughly trapezoidal in section, with multiple faces on its upper surface. The edges have some possible re-touching and evidence of wear. The reverse is unworked and there is a bulb of percussion and rippling. The flint is mid grey in colour and is heavily patinated at one end. It measures 75.6mm long by 22.9mm wide and 8.6mm thick. It weighs 17.28g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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