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Description: | 53 flint implements which appear to be part of a multi-period group, as some pieces may be Mesolithic or early Neolithic (see eg 5,6,43 below), most appear to be early Bronze Age (e.g 16 below) and a few may be slightly later, there are even a few post-medieval items (see 50-53 below).
1: A long blade with irregular side retouch, probably Neolithic or Bronze Age (BA).
2: Smaller blade with slight edge retouch/use wear, parallel flake scars, Neolithic or BA.
3: Small blade snapped with edge retouch, Neolithic or BA.
4: Small irregular flake core slightly patinated, Neolithic or BA.
5: Large patinated flake with patinated and later unpatinated retouch, Neolithic or BA.
6: Large thick flake with slight later unpatinated retouch, Mesolithic, Neolithic or BA.
7: Large thick flake used as a flake core, Neolithic or BA.
8-10: Three largish flakes, 1 snapped, 1 hinge-fractured, BA.
11-15: 5 longish flakes with simple edge retouch, 1 hinge-fractured, 1 with double bulbs of percussion, no. 15 is possibly slightly patinated and of finer production, possibly Mesolithic or Neolithic in date, Neolithic or BA.
16: Barbed and tanged arrowhead, complete but very simple with retouch confined to edges and asymmetrical, EBA, see image.
17: Blade with parallel blade scars on dorsal face, Neolithic.
18: Snapped bladelet, Neolithic.
19: Irregular multi-platform flake core, Neolithic or BA.
20-21: 2 patinated flakes, 1 with simple retouch, Mesolithic or Neolithic.
22-26: 5 retouched flakes 2 possibly lightly patinated, Neolithic or BA.
27: Multi-platformed blade and flake core, patinated, Mesolithic or Neolithic.
28: Small multi-platfomed flake core patinated, BA.
29: Thin core or retouched double notched natural flake, Neolithic or BA.
30: Patinated flake with unpatinated later retouch, Mesolithic, Neolithic or BA.
31: Retouched long flake snapped, patinated Mesolithic, Neolithic or BA.
32: Retouched flake, Neolithic/EBA.
33: Short end scraper, Neolithic or EBA.
34-35: 2 natural flakes with limited edge retouch, date unknown.
36: Thin flake core of flake used as a core, probably BA.
37: Large thick flake with simple edge retouch, Probably BA.
38: Flake, thick, probably from a large core, probably BA.
39: Blade with one long edge retouched and limited gloss opposite the long edge, Neolithic or EBA.
40: Blade with long edges retouched, Neolithic or EBA.
41: Long flake long edges retouched, Neolithic or EBA.
42: Long flake long edges retouched, Neolithic or EBA.
43: Snapped broad blade with steeply retouched oblique distal end parallel flake scars on dorsal face, Mesolithic or Neolithic, see image.
44: Thin flake with crude edge retouch, Mesolithic, Neolithic or BA in date.
45: Flake with simple edge retouch, Neolithic or BA.
46: Long flake with simple edge retouch, probably Neolithic or BA.
47: Large broad flake, Neolithic or BA.
48: Broad thick flake with simple edge retouch, probably BA.
49: Irregular rod-like piece of triangular cross-section worked on two faces only, probably BA, see image.
50: Broad thick flake with hinge fracture, BA or possibly post medieval.
51: Broad thick flake with simple edge retouch, probably post medieval.
52: Long flake with simple edge retouch, probably residue from platform gunflint production waste, post medieval.
53: Large squat flake with large retouch notch, possibly post medieval. | 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 | Temporal: | -8300
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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