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Description: | Six worked / knappped flint blades of Later Mesolithic date, circa 7000 - 3500 BC. No cortex is present on 5 of the 6 blades indicating that they are from the tertiary phase of working on the core. A little cortex is present on the 6th blade indicating that is was from the secondary phase of working on the core.Individual flint blade details:Column 1 / row 1:- Sub rectangular in plan and irregular in cross section. Light patination present. The flint is light brown / grey in colour, fine grained and translucent. Both long edges of the dorsal face are damaged by the plough. The proximal and distal ends have been deliberately broken. A bulb of percussion, bulbal scar and conchoidal ripples present on the ventral face. Some plough damage to the distal end of the ventral face.Length: 23.23mm. Width: 13.08mm. Thickness: 3.87mm. Weight: 1.45gColumn 2 / row 1:- Sub square in plan and sub rectangular in cross section. Heavy patination present on all surfaces. The patination is even light grey in colour. One of the long edges of the dorsal face has been retouched but has been abraded by plough roll. The proximal, distal and opposing long edge have been deliberately snapped and broken. The ventral face is smooth and the conchoidal ripples are not discernible probably as a result of abrasion. The bulb of percussion has been removed by the deliberate break.Length: 15.32mm. Width: 16.73mm. Thickness: 3.58mm. Weight: 1.13gColumn 3 / row 1: Sub rectangular in plan and sub triangular in cross section. Heavy patination present on all surfaces. The patination is a slightly mottled light grey / blue colour. One of the long edges of the dorsal face has been retouched but has been abraded by plough roll. The opposing long edge has cross-abrupt retouch from both the dorsal and ventral faces, but this is also abraded. The proximal and distal ends have both been deliberately snapped. The base of the bulb of percussion survives on the edge of the deliberate break on the ventral face. Conchoidal ripples present and a little plough damage also present on the ventral face.Length: 14.35mm. Width: 12.66mm. Thickness: 4.19mm. Weight: 0.79gColumn 1 / row 2: Sub triangular in plan and cross section. Heavily patinated on all surfaces. Patination is uneven light and mid grey in colour. Long, scaled, semi-abrupt retouch along one of the long edges of the dorsal face. The opposing long edge has also been retouched but has been abraded by plough roll. The proximal edge has been deliberately snapped and the distal edge has also been deliberately broken. Very faint conchoidal ripples present on the ventral face. The bulb of percussion has been removed by the deliberate break. Some plough damage present on the ventral face.Length: 12.00mm. Width: 14.13mm. Thickness: 3.03mm. Weight: 0.44gColumn 2 / row 2:- Irregular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section. Heavily patinated on all surfaces. The patination is uneven light grey / blue in colour. Long, scaled, semi-abrupt retouch along one of the long edges of the dorsal face. The opposing long edge has been damaged by plough roll. The proximal end has been deliberately broken and the distal end has been deliberately snapped. No conchoidal ripples present on the ventral face probably owing to wear. The bulb of percussion has been removed by the deliberate break. Some plough damage present on the ventral face.Length: 14.78mm. Width: 19.07mm. Thickness: 3.76mm. Weight: 1.47gColumn 3 / row 3: Sub triangular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section. Light patination present. The flint is even dark brown in colour, fine grained and translucent at the edges. One of the long edges of the dorsal side has long, scaled, seme-abrupt retouch. The opposing long edge has suffered plough damage. The proximal end has been deliberately snapped and the distal end terminates naturally at the cortex. Very light conchoidal ripples present on the ventral surface. The bulb of percussion has been removed by the deliberate break.Length: 15.34mm. Width: 13.49mm. Thickness: 3.53mm. Weight: 0.83gA 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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