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Description: | Four crude scrapes of probably later Neolithic to early Bronze Age date.1. Crude tertiary flake with large platform and bulb at the proximal end and part of a hinge fracture at the distal end. Invasive parallel semi-abrupt retouch around the distal half of the right edge and right side of the distal end on the dorsal face. Dark-medium grey flint with paler areas. 30.7mm long by 26.5mm wide by 9.6mm thick; it weighs 8.70 grams.2. Sub-circular in plan and triangular in section with cortex remaining over c 50% of the dorsal face, mostly in the centre with some to one side. The base is plan with no obvious percussion point. The edges are very damaged around most of the junction with the base but above this show evidence for repeated parallel removals on the dorsal face. In undamaged areas it is clear some at least of the removals were very small pieces taken off the base suggesting retouch rather than a blade core. Pale grey flint developing a white patina. It is 27.3 by 22.5mm and 13.1mm thick; it weighs 8.97 grams.3. Roughly D-shaped piece with a small area, c.5%, of cortex on on dorsal face. The bulb of percussion and platform have been removed at the proximal end with crude removals to make a slightly blunt point. These rough removals at the provimal end continue along the right edge (as seen form the dorsal face) to give an almost straight edge. Around the distal end and distal ends of both edges is semi-parallel retouch varying from long and abrupt on the right side to short and semi-abrupt on the left. It is medium - dark brown flint. 38.2mm long, 31.7mm wide and 10.4mm thick; it weighs 10.83 grams.4. Part of a horseshoe scraper. It is now D shaped in plan with a break along the straight edge, one end of this break may have been retouched with abrupt parallel reotuch from the ventral face. There is a small patch of cortex (less than 5% of surface) on one edge. The retouch is invasive and sub parallel, changing from semi-abrupt at one end to abrupt at the other.Pale grey flint with paler mottling. 31.9mm long by 22.2mm wide by 13.3mm thick and weighs 8.82 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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