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Description: | Mesolithic black flint core reused in the Bronze Age. The artefact is half of a mesolithic or neolithic (c3500 to c2100 BC) core that has had flakes struck from it haphazardly probably in the later Bronze Age (c1150 to c800 BC). Length 30mm, width 27mm, thickness 14mm, weighs 15.4g.A number of other lithic items have also been 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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