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Description: | A re-touched flint flake of probable early Neolithic date. An irregularly-shaped implement which has been made, probably in minutes, from a large flake. The reverse has a bulb of percussion and rippling, whilst the other broad face has been roughly fashioned into a convex surface through the removal of most of the flint cortex. There is a single row of fine re-touching along the curved top left hand corner (as you look at it) and a deeper area of fine re-touch to the horizontal bottom edge, resulting in the creation of a thick scraper tool. At the bottom right hand corner is a concave notch and this may also be a deliberately created feature. The flint surface is a weathered light blueish-grey colour. The tool measures 51.6mm long by 40.4mm wide and 17.2mm thick. It weighs 38.95g.
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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