Heat-cracked flint; possibly a pot-boiler

Collection type: Object
Description: Heat-cracked flint; possibly a pot-boiler
Long description: Globular white flint, cracked by heat. [JW [Excav. PR] 12/06/2013]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England East or West Sussex South Downs
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date
Date collected: By 1884
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Flint Stone
Dimensions: Length: max 33 mm, Width: max 28 mm, Thick: max 25 mm, Weight 28 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.10.17
Research and responses: During September/ October of 1867 Pitt Rivers undertook a survey of Sussex hillforts which he published in 1869 as ‘An examination into the characters and probable origins of the hill forts of Sussex.’ Archaeologia 42:27-52. It seems likely that these items were collected during this time [CB 8/12/2009]
Associated publications: Lane Fox, A.H. 1869. An examination into the character and probable origin of the Hill Forts of Sussex. Archaeologia 42: 27-52. [Dan Hicks 16/08/2013]