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Description: | A flint borer of probably Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date, about 4000 BC - 1000 BC. It is formed on the distal end of a thick flake of golden brown flint and is trapezoidal in plan, with a convex longest edge at the distal end. The corner at each end of the long curved edge has been worked to form a point for boring holes. The dorsal face is two previous removal scars. The distal right side and the right distal end have been retouched with short, semi-abrupt, sub-parallel removals. Another removal perpendicular to the tip produces a square working edge. At the left side are three removals from the ventral face at the distal left side. They are long, shallow-angle and parallel. There are also similar removals in the same place from the dorsal face. A long removal along the distal end forms a chisel like point. The flint is 41.3mm wide, 23.8mm tall and 14.1mm thick. 12.75g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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