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Description: | This is a most interesting find, an example of a possibly late Neolithic or early Bronze Age tool on a flake of chert, most probably a scraper. However, see below for more thoughts on the date.The tool is roughly triangular in shape, but with the corners of the triangle missing. It fits nicely in the hand ready for use. There is a probable bulb of percussion, along with a bulbar scar formed off the striking platform but these appear on what one would imagine to be one side of the flake rather than the base. The cutting/scraping edges are each different, one being slightly concave, the other convex. Along each working edge there are clear nibbles and re-touch scars.The material is a gritty dark grey/black with fine banding or layering within. It bears comparison with 'Gronant' chert from North Wales. The surface has a 'polished' look and feel to the prominences, not from the original maker but more likely, from the passage of time.This type of material may be consistent with the carboniferous limestone that bounds both sides of the Vale of Clwyd and the chert found at the adjacent Mesolithic site of Hendre (Manley & Healey, 1982, 21-4), one variety of which is described as 'gritty or granular' and with variations of grey. This find was within a mile or so of Hendre and therefore, may just date to the Mesolithic, rather than the later periods suggested above.
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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