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Description: | Large hammerstone made from a flint nodule, probably a fossil sponge, roughly spherical with a small projection, with a central hole representing its attachment to the sea bed. Much of the original cortex survives but in a damaged area an opaque, mixed grey flint can be seen. Recortication is light. Substantial areas of the nodule show the results of battering, the surface being covered with rough, hackly fractures. Hammerstones are difficult to date but, if as seems likely, it came from Iford Hill, a prehistoric date seems likley. Diameter 92mm, Height 97mm, Mass 904.1g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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