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Description: | Two worked / knapped pieces of flint debitage dating to the early Neolithic periods, circa 4000-3500 BC. Cortex present on both flints indicating they are from the secondary phase of working on the core.Column 1:- Irregular in plan and sub triangular in cross section. No patination present. The flint is an even, mid brown colour, fine grained and opaque. Possible short, scaled, cross abrupt retouch to the distal edge of the flint - uncertainty due to heavy abrasion caused by plough roll. Bulb of percussion and faint conchoidal ripples present on the ventral face.Length: 18.19mm. Width: 23.79mm. Thickness: 9.32mm. Weight: 4.69gColumn 2:- Sub triangular in plan and irregular in cross section. No patination present. The flint is even, light grey - brown in colour, fine grained and translucent. A thin film of cortex survives on the dorsal face with the edges suffering from extensive plough damage. Pronounced conchoidal ripples present on the ventral face.Length: 19.37mm. Width: 24.51mm. Thickness: 4.92mm. Weight: 2.68g.A 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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