A flake made of flint.

Collection type: Object
Description: A flake made of flint.
Long description: Flake of mid grey flint with light yellowish brown patina covering the majority of all surfaces. [CG [Excav. PR] 02/09/2013]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Wiltshire Salisbury Milford Hill
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector John Evans; Field collector James Brown; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Palaeolithic
Date collected: 1865 ?May 14
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions: Thick: max 19 mm, Width: max 54 mm, Length: max 62 mm, Weight 79 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.122.120
Research and responses: I think the reference to Sarum actually means Salisbury, Milford is to the East of the city, close to Laverstock [AP 29/08/2006]
A description of the geography and geology of Milford Hill is given in "Blackmore H.P. 1865. 'On the discovery of flint implements in the Drift at Milford hill, Salisbury' Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 21:250-252" [CB 28/10/2009]
This object was looked at by Ella Egberts (Bournemouth University). The visit took place June 30 2015. [NC 06/07/2015]

Search terms: Tool, Flake

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