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Description: | A total of three flint flakes of later Prehistoric date. They have a combined total weight of 30.89g and date to the later Neolithic to Iron Age periods.1) A flake probably snapped from near from near the top of a flint core. It is struck from a pale brown flint and on one face has approximately 40 incipient cones of percussion. It measures 40.04mm in length, 34.91mm in width, 12.02mm in thickness and 19.44g in weight. This flake is of later Prehistoric date, possibly of later Bronze to Iron Ages, although this is uncertain.2) An unpatinated grey flint flake with limited crude edge retouch. It measures 33.99mm in length, 25.08mm in width, 8.18mm in thickness and 6.01g in weight. It is of later Prehistoric date.3) An unpatinated dark brown/grey flint flake with some cortex on one side and limited crude edge retouch. It measures 29.94mm in length, 23.27mm in width, 7.53mm in thickness and 5.44g in weight. It is of later Prehistoric date.
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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