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Description: | Seven flint implements or waste flakes, dating to the mesolithic to neolithic period.
1) Waste flake.
Length: 37.58mm; width: 30mm; thickness: 9.12mm; weight: 11.06g.
2) Waste flake or possible crude end scraper.
Length: 17.21mm; width: 23.35mm; thickness: 7.8mm; weight: 3.33g.
3) Waste blade flake with previous flakes removed from the surface. 30% of the surface is still coated with cortex.
Length: 56.18mm; width: 22.23mm; thickness: 12.21mm; weight: 15.25g.
4) Waste flake with possible retouch. Bulb of percussion, striking platform still evident, 30% of the surface is still coated with cortex.
Length: 33.44mm; width: 30.05mm; thickness: 10.43mm; weight: 8.53g.
5) Waste flake. Bulb of percussion,striking platform still survive, possible hinge fracture.
Length: 45.78mm; width: 22.04mm; thickness: 6.08mm; weight: 6.9g.
6) Waste blade flake, 15% of the surface is still coated with cortex.
Length: 28.48mm; width: 10.81mm; thickness: 2.77mm; weight: 0.85g.
7) Microlith bladelet. The striking platform still survives.
Length: 37.49mm; width: 10.03mm; thickness: 4.33mm; weight: 1.58g. | 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
-2900 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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