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Description: | Three flint burins of Mesolithic to early Neolithic date.1. Length: 35.87mm, Width: 22.43mm, Thickness: 8.40mm, Weight: 3.57gTertiary flake. Sub-triangular in shape. A long inward curving spall has been removed from either side, creating a blunt point. The flint is light in colour with tranlucent and opaque patches. The butt end is largely missing and no bulb survives. There is a definate milky patina on the other surfaces.2. Length: 36.37mm, Width: 23.15mm, Thickness: 5.30mm, Weight: 3.81gTertiary flake. Trapezoidal in shape. Spalls have been removed from either side of the proximal end and a further two inwards angled spalls removed from these existing facets. Mid grey-brown in colour with a shiny patina and light grey opaque patches. Struck using a soft hammer.3. Length: 33.68mm, Width: 18.97mm, Thickness: 9.77mm, Weight: 4.00gTertiary flake. Sub-triangular in shape and in section. A long thin spall has been removed from the right edge of the ventral face creating a sharp point at the distal end, the tip of which now appears to be missing. Struck using a soft hammer. The flint is light patchy grey and cream in colour with fairly extensive milky, matt patination.
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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