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Description: | A flint blade snapped at both ends of Mesolithic date (6500-4500BC). The blade is irregular being broadly sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross section. One edge has an area of relatively recent plough damage removing a large irregular section. The other is retouched with multiple areas of direct and indirect percussion forming a serrated cutting edge. This retouch is applied to the dorsal face of the blade. The ventral is unworked showing conchoidal ripples. The flint is a dark grey brown colour.The blade measures 24.9mm length, 18.9mm width is 5.1mm thick and weighs 2.82 grams
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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