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Description: | Flint blade of probable late Mesolithic date (6500BC - 3500BC). The flint tool is sub-rectangular in plan and broadly sub-triangular in cross section. The bulb of percussion is present on the reverse of the blade and has been trimmed by retouch. The two long sides and the lower end of the blade also exhibit areas of secondary working. The majority of this has been applied to the upper edges of the flake where the scars are relatively small, neat and regular. It is possible that this blade was originally meant to be used as a perforator or borer, however, slight damage to the lower edge of the blade prevents confirmation of this hypothesis. There is no evidence of cortex (rough outer skin of the flint) on any part of the blade; this suggests that the flake was produced during the later life of the core once this material has been removed. The flint is a mid mottled brown grey colour and has been slightly abraded in the ploughsoil. The source of flint is difficult to ascertain; much of the local flint is procured from glacial and riverine sources. The blade measures 17mm length, 14.9 mm width, is 4.5mm thick and weighs 1.71 grams.
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