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Description: | Notched and curved black chert tool, possibly used for fletching. Probably Mesolithic, but certainly dating between c8300 & c1500 BC. Measures 24 x 13 x 5mm.A number of other chert lithic items, & a few flint ones, were also found in the vicinity. John Hallam directed a dig in the area some time ago. There is an account of the excavation in David Barrowclough's book "Prehistoric Lancashire".
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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