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Description: | Eight pieces of knapped flint debitage, none obviously retouched. Seven tertiary and one secondary piece with c.10% of the dorsal face covered in cortex. Five are small sections of larger pieces, two from the middle of a flake (A1-2) and three distal ends of small blades, one with a modern break (A4), total weight: 2.24 grams. One is a small chip with the bulb of percussion present on the ventral face, weight 0.35 grams, row B. All are two small to draw firm conclusions about how the core from which these were removed was being worked. Two are larger, one is a flake with a clear bulb of percussion on the ventral face and aris from previous removals at 45 degrees to this piece on the dorsal face, 30.3 by 30.1 by 6.8mm and 4.46 grams, Row C. The last piece is probably a core refreshment flake as the bulb of percussion and ripples on the ventral face show it was struck as 180 degrees to the blades / flakes previously removed, based on the scars on the dorsal face. The distal end is hackled and chipped, probably from mis-strikes and 60% of the distal face is made of a natural break which has left a dent in the dorsal face which this piece may have been designed to remove form the core. It is 37.7mm by 41.8mm by 11.5mm thick and weighs 13.42 grams, Row D. The flint appears to mostly dark-mid grey with various levels of thick, white re-cortecisation up to 0.9mm thick on the piece with a modern break.The pieces of debitage are not definitely diagnostic of a particular date but the presence of a large flake as well as smaller blades and possible bi-ended and multi-directional working on the core, may suggest a Neolithic-Bronze Age date, c.4,000-800 BC. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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