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Description: | A group of seven flint scrapers of Neolithic date.The largest is 49.23mm long, 34.09mm wide and 16.5mm thick. 32.07g. It is tan coloured flint with cortex on the dorsal face, and retouch on the proximal end. The next is 38.1mm long, 28.78mm wide and 9.07mm thick. 8.15g. The scraper is oval and has retouch on the right edge and proximal end. Another is 33.19mm long, 28.88mm wide and 7.65mm thick. 8.28g. There is cortex on the dorsal face and has retouch on all edges. It is sub circular. The next is 25.94mm long, 24.4mm wide and 10.07mm thick. 6.95g. It is sub rectangular and there is retouch from the dorsal face at the distal end, and from the ventral face on the right side. It is dark grey to black flint. Another is 28.08mm long, 22.01mm wide and 6.7mm thick. 5.24g. It is oval with retouch ont he right side from the dorsal face. It is mottled grey flint. The penultimate flint is 25.09mm long, 25.35mm wide and 10.33mm thick. 7.43g. The scraper is circular and tan colured. There is retouch on all edges except the right which has cortex. The last is 26.51mm long, 20.42mm wide and 6.76mm thick. 4.79g. It is sub rectangular with cortex on the right side, and patina on the left side. The distal end is retouched to form the scraping edge.
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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KNIFE
Three flint knives dating from…
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