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Description: | Complete flint blade of probable late Mesolithic date (6500BC - 3500BC). The flint tool is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross section. The bulb of percussion is complete but trimmed. The two long sides and the lower end of the blade have been retouched / reworked. The retouch is most extensive on the left hand edge, where there is a higher density of flake scars. The flint is a mid grey colour and has been slightly abraded in the ploughsoil. The blade measures 37.3mm length, 11.6mm width, is 5.5mm thick and weighs 2.15 grams.
Flint tools from Shropshire are relatively rare compared to other areas of the country. This flint is likely to have come from a riverine or glacial source if made locally. This is part of a larger flint assemblage from the Wem area. See records: | 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: | -6500
-3500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Peter Reavill | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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