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Description: | Incomplete flint tranchet adze dating to the mesolithic period.
The implement measures 135mm in length, 50mm in breadth, is 35mm thick and weighs 279.80g. It is made of cherty mottled grey flint with light orange-brown surface staining. There are patches of smooth cortex surviving on one face. The butt is missing and the blade has been re-sharpened with a tranchet blow. It is in fresh condition. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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