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Description: | A group of flint implements and debitage. The group is visually late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic but could also contain later material.The group comprises: A. One probable late Upper Palaeolithic 'penknife point' (recorded separately as SUR-DA4383). B. One microlith - an obliquely-backed point - in mottled light grey flint. 28.65mm x 11.02mm. C. One scraper made from a mottled light grey flint flake with retouch on the distal end. 40.15mm x 36.20mm. D. One 'nosed' scraper or a double-notched piece, made from a large mottled grey secondary or tertiary flint flake. 56.44mm long x 63.10mm wide. E. One possible burin - -a flake removed from a corner of a possible core to make a sharp pointed projection on the edge of the striking platform. A large area of cortex survives. Length 54.7mm. F. Five small cores. G. 12 blades and 21 flakesA second group (of undiagnostic flint) was brought in by the same finder in May 2010 and shown to Roger Ellaby.This comprises:1 possible denticulated scraper;1 possible burin; 7 blade fragments;1 core; 47 waste flakes and lumps (including 2 burnt)
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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