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Description: | A knapped flint core. In plan the core is oval and in section it is sub pointed-oval. The dorsal surface has multiple vertical slender negative scars whaereas the ventrical surface has a single convex scare and a smaller concave one. Along one edge there is a slender patch of cortex. The flint is an opaque light brown colour which has a waxy texture. The core weighs 6.1g and measures 23.58mm long and 22.3mm wide. This core, probably dates to the Mesolithic period, and possibly the Neolithic period (-8300 to -2100).
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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