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Description: | Good quality black chert borer, possibly retouched into a burin, and side scraper. There is quite a lot of wear to the working end of the borer. Mesolithic to Neolithic in date (c8300 to c2100 BC).The length is 26mm, width 14mm, thickness 7mm, and the weight is 2.9g.A number of chert lithic items, & a few flint ones, have also been found in the vicinity, mostly on the other side of the Ribble. John Hallam directed a dig in that area some time ago. There is an account of the excavation in David Barrowclough's book "Prehistoric Lancashire". It is worth noting that the Marles Wood area is on what would have been a natural migration & trade route. The geology of the area produces something akin to a shallow gorge at this point.
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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