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Description: | Eleven worked / knapped pieces of flint debitage dating from the later Mesolithic period to the early Neolithic, circa 7000 - 3500 BC. No cortex present on any of the debitage indicating it is from the tertiary phase of working of the core.Row 1 / column 1:- Irregular in plan and lentoid in cross section. Even light grey / yellow patination. The flint is opaque. No retouch. Bulb of percussion present on the ventral face.Length: 24.78mm. Width: 15.47mm. Thickness: 5.71mm. Weight: 2.1gRow 1 / column 2:- Irregular in plan and lentoid in cross section. Light patination. The flint is dark grey / brown in colour, fine grained and translucent at the edges. No retouch. Bulb of percussion, bulbal scars and conchoidal ripples present on the ventral face.Length: 17.44mm. Width: 26.30mm. Thickness: 4.93mm. Weight: 2.2gRow 1 / column 3:- Irregular in plan, triangular in cross section. Even mid grey patination. Extensive plough damage around all edges. Conchoidal ripples present on ventral face.Length:- 15.32mm. Width: 19.53mm. Thickness: 3.58mm. Weight: 1.2g.Row 1 / column 4:- Sub oval in plan and irregular in cross section. Even mid grey patination. No retouch. Extensive plough damage. Dorsal and ventral faces hard to discern.Length: 19.12mm. Width: 11.76mm. Thickness: 6.83mm. Weight: 1.3gRow 2 / column 1:- Sub oval in plan and irregular in cross section. Light patination present. Flint is an even mid brown colour, fine grained and translucent. Plough damage to dorsal and ventral faces. Bulb of percussion, bulbal scar and conchoidal ripples present on ventral face.Length: 19.71mm. Width: 14.77mm. Thickness: 4.78mm. Weight: 1.3g.Row 2 / column 2:- Sub oval in plan and irregular in cross section. No patination. Flint is an even mid brown colour, fine grained and translucent. Extensive plough damage particularly on dorsal face. Bulb of percussion and conchoidal ripples present on ventral face.Length: 19.42mm. Width: 13.86mm. Thickness: 6.32mm. Weight: 1.2gRow 2 / column 3:- Irregular in plan and cross section. Mottled light blue and grey patination. Plough damage to the edges reveals mid / light brown flint under the patination. Extensive plough damage on all edges. Bulb of percussion, bulbal scar and conchoidal ripples present on ventral face.Length: 18.40mm. Width: 10.83mm. Thickness: 3.43mm. Weight: 0.8gRow 2 / column 4:- Sub circular in plan and lentiod in cross section. Even light / mid grey patination. No retouch. Distal end terminates in a hinge fracture. Bulb of percussion and conchoidal ripples present on ventral face.Length: 13.55mm. Width: 12.38mm. Thickness: 2.78mm. Weight: 0.5gRow 3 / column 2:- Sub lozenge in plan and irregular in cross section. No patination. Flint is light grey / brown in colour, fine grained and translucent. Extensive damage on all edges. Bulb of percussion and faint conchoidal ripples present on ventral face.Length: 13.01mm. Width: 16.81mm. Thickness: 2.54mm. Weight: 0.6gRow 3 / column 3:- Semi circular in plan and irregular in cross section. Light grey patination with specks. No retouch. Bulb of percussion, bulbal scar and conchoidal ripples present on ventral face.Length: 12.08mm. Width: 19.89mm. Thickness: 5.75mm. Weight: 1.3gRow 3 / column 4:- Irregular in plan and cross section. Light patination. Flint is an even mid grey colour, fine grained and opaque. No retouch. Bulb of percussion and conchoidal ripples present on ventral face.Length: 19.20mm. Width: 15.55mm. Thickness: 8.30mm. Weight: 2.0gA 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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