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Description: | A flint blade probably of Early Neolithic date (4000 - 3000 BC). The flint is sub-rectangular in plan with a curving long edge of retouch. In section the flint is thin and is fairly flat on its ventral face and rises to a sharp ridge on its dorsal face. The flint has a layer of opaque material over it and a layer of cortex along one of the long edges of the blade. There are areas of light orangey brown inclusions in the flint. There is no evidence of retouch on the ventral face. On the dorsal face, there is evidence of retouch where a long flake has been removed to create a ridge along the centre line of the blade. There is retouch along one of the edges which is a semi-abrupt angle, short and sub parallel. It appears that the distal end of the blade may have broken off (although it is covered in the opaque rind so this occurred in antiquity. The edge with the cortex and the edge with the retouch are loosely parallel. The flint weighs 2.78g and measures 30.76mm in length, 17.14mm in width and 5.08mm in thickness.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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