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Description: | Fourteen worked / knapped pieces of flint debitage dating from the later Mesolithic to early Neolithic periods, circa 7000 - 3500 BC. Cortex present on every piece of debitage indicating that they were formed from the secondary phase of working of the core.Individual flint debitage details:Column 1 / row 1:- Sub-oval in plan and sub triangular in cross section. Light patination present on dorsal and ventral faces. The flint is mid / light brown in colour, fine grained and slightly translucent. Very shallow bulb of percussion and faint conchoidal ripples on the ventral face. Some plough damage on the ventral face.Length: 27.76mm. Width: 17.78mm. Thickness: 3.64mm. Weight: 2.33gColumn 2 / row 1:- Tear drop-shaped in plan and lentoid in cross section. No patination present. The flint is even mid / dark brown in colour, fine grained and translucent. A shallow bulb of percussion and pronouced conchoidal ripples on the ventral face. Damage caused by plough roll present on all edges of the ventral face.Length: 23.67mm. Width: 16.49mm. Thickness: 3.95mm. Weight: 1.27gColumn 3 / row 1:- Irregular in plan and sub triagular in cross section. Patination present on all surfaces, but quite heavy patination on the ventral face. The patination is mottled light blue / grey in colour. A shallow bulb of percussion, bulbal scar and conchoidal ripples present on the ventral face.Length: 27.17mm. Width: 15.88mm. Thickness: 5.32mm. Weight: 2.56g.Column 4 / row 1:- Irregular in plan and cross section. The debitage includes an impurity forming nearly half of flint. The remaining flint is an even mid brown colour, fine grained and translucent. Some plough damage present on the edge of the dorsal face. Bulb of percussion present on the ventral face. Conchoidal ripples not discernible, partially owing to the impurity of the flint and also due to excessive plough damage on the ventral face.Length: 26.49mm. Width: 18.31mm. Thickness: 5.08mm. Weight: 2.13gColumn 5 / row 1:- Sub triangular in plan and cross section. Heavy patination present on all faces. The patination is a mottled mid blue colour with light blue / white specks. Some plough damage on the dorsal face. The bulb of percussion partially survives on the ventral face. The majority of the bulb has been removed as a result of plough damage. Conchoidal ripples present to the lower half of the ventral face.Length: 26.79mm. Width: 15.27mm. Thickness: 7.83mm. Weight: 3.08gColumn 1 / row 2:- Sub square in plan and irregular in cross section. Areas of light grey patination on all faces. The flint is even mid brown in colour, medium grained and translucent at the edges. A bulb of percussion is present on the ventral face.Length: 19.31mm. Width: 19.86mm. Thickness: 5.77mm. Weight: 2.34gColumn 2 / row 2:- Irregular in plan and cross section. Light patination present on the dorsal and ventral faces. The flint is even dark brown in colour, medium grained and opaque. Excessive plough damage on the dorsal face. A bulb of percussion, bulbal scar and conchoidal ripples present on the ventral face. Some plough damage along the edges of the ventral face.Length: 21.73mm. Width: 15.99mm. Thickness: 3.72mm. Weight: 1.36gColumn 3 / row 2:- Sub triangular in plan and lentoid in cross section. No patination present. The flint is even mid / light brown in colour, fine grained and translucent. No bulb of percussion on the ventral face. Pronounced, uneven conchoidal ripples present on the ventral face.Length: 17.09mm. Width: 16.87mm. Thickness: 3.85mm. Weight: 0.99gColumn 4 / row 2:- Sub square in plan and sub rectangular in cross section. Light, light grey speckled patination present. The flint is even dark brown in colour, medium grained and opaque. A small part of the bulb of percussion survives on the ventral face and very faint conchoidal ripples just discernible.Length: 16.69mm. Width: 15.69mm. Thickness: 3.31mm. Weight: 1.20gColumn 5 / row 2:- Irregular in plan and sub triangular in cross section. No patination present. The flint is even mid / dark brown in colour, fine grained and translucent. Bulb of percussion and pronounced conchoidal ripples present on the ventral face.Length: 13.93mm. Width: 15.89mm. Thickness: 5.87mm. Weight: 1.06gColumn 1 / row 3:- Irregular in plan and section. Heavily patinated. Patination is mottled mid / dark blue with light blue specks. Plough damage reveals an even mid brown flint underneath. Plough damage to one edge of the dorsal face. Bulb of percussion, bulbal scar and faint conchoidal ripples present on the ventral face. Damage caused by plough roll on the edges of the ventral face.Length: 12.74mm. Width: 21.84mm. Thickness: 4.29mm. Weight: 1.31gColumn 2 / row 3:- Sub triangular in plan and cross section. Light patination present. The flint is even mid brown in colour, fine grained and translucent. Bulb of percussion, bulbal scar and conchoidal ripples present on the ventral face.Length: 16.77mm. Width: 13.66mm. Thickness: 5.85mm. Weight: 1.16gColumn 3 / row 3:- Broadly lozenge in plan and sub triangular in section. No patination present. The flint is even dark brown in colour, fine grained and translucent. Plough damage present on the dorsal face. Bulb of percussion and faint conchoidal ripples present on the ventral face.Length: 16.54mm. Width: 18.62mm. Thickness: 4.94mm. Weight: 1.09gColumn 4 / row 3:- Sub semi circular in plan and irregular in cross section. A thin film of cortex with some plough damage. The flint is uneven mid / light brown in colour, fine grained and translucent. Bulb of percussion, bulbal scar and conchoidal ripples present on the ventral face.Length: 18.49mm. Width: 17.28mm. Thickness: 3.79mm. Weight: 1.34gA preliminary interpretation of the flints, prior to recording, by P Reavil is that the assemblage is indicative of a site used sporadically / periodically in the later Mesolithic period and more intensively in the Neolithic with the core use of the site being between Early - Middle Neolithic 4,000 BC - 2750 BC. With sporadic use in Late Neolithic / Early Bronze Age. (pers. comm. P. Reavil, March 2014)
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