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1884.123.209

Stone flake

1884.123.209

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone flake
Long description
Sub-rectangular flake of flint with yellowish white and yellowish grey patina covering all surfaces. Cortex present on the proximal end. [CG [Excav. PR] 27/09/2013]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Mesolithic, uncertain Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
Date collected
1869 Aug 30?
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Thick: max 7 mm, Width: max 20 mm, Length: max 35 mm, Weight 6 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.123.209 PR Cat other PR nos: 1428
Research and responses

Bowden, 1991: 94 suggests that Pitt Rivers may have surface-collected these flints on 30 August 1869 with Kate Amberley. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Uley Bury [ST 787 992] is a sub-rectangular bivallate hill-fort about 600 x 200 metres internally, generally flat with the longer sides surviving and generally parallel. The site is recorded on the English Heritage maintained National Monuments Record under monument no. 205226. This record can be accessed online at http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=205226. [MN 16/06/2009]

Search terms: Tool, Flake, Scraper

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