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1911.80.23

Stone hammer, with dark orange patina. [MJD (Verve) 19/6/2017]

1911.80.23

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone hammer, with dark orange patina. [MJD (Verve) 19/6/2017]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Oxfordshire South Oxfordshire Benson Beggarsbush Hill
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Thomas Henry Powell
Field collector W.R. Davis or Davies
PRM source David George Hogarth
Date
Date collected
September 1895
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1911
Materials and processes
Material Stone
Dimensions
Width: max 57 mm, Thick: max 54 mm, Length: max 69 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1911.80.23
Research and responses

See http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/ash/amps/oha/SitePages/benson.html

a flint from Beggars Bush Hill which was in the collection of W.R. Davies of Wallingford, together with other flint implements from the same site that were in the collection of T.H. Powell (AN1911.532, 1918.14, 1918.25), This may infer that this is near Benson [AP 28/07/2006]

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