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Description: | White heavily patinated flint with cortex, probably from Glacial Drift, possibly a fragment of Debitage reworked as a Muller or grinder. A small sub-rectangular and handy block with crystalline fracturing along all its arises. The flint has been very roughly trimmed by two or three strokes of abrupt hard hammer working in antiquity; such rough work is typical of the Bronze Age. It was then probably abandoned, as subsequent grinding appears to post-date the formation of a dense white patina on all exposed surfaces. This later use seems to have been to grind material with the considerable force which could be exerted on its angular or projecting edges. Evidence for such activity is more usually recorded on fragments of sedimentary rock, typically from contexts dated to between the Later Prehistoric and the Early Medieval periods. It may be associated with the crushing of plant material or similar tasks, whether for culinary or craft purposes. The improvised tool suggests this did not take place in a formal industrial setting. Suggested date: Unknown, 800 BC to AD 1000.Length: 62mm, Width: 58.5mm, Thickness: 26mm, Weight: 138.55gms.
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