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Description: | A flint core of Early Mesolithic date, about 9000 BC - 8000 BC. It is formed on a nodule of dark grey (East Coast?) flint with cortex surviving on one face and on part of the narrower end. It is a cylindrical core with a D-shaped straiking platform, broad blade removals on 75% of the sides, and tapering to a point at the end opposite the striking platform. The removals are parallel and uni-directional. It is 61.5mm long, 36mm wide and 25.7mm thick. 74.53g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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