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1884.123.223

Stone flake

1884.123.223

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone flake
Long description
Stone flake, white patina. Small longitudinally curved flake with cortex on dorsal surface. [MJD 08/08/2013]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Bedfordshire Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis Maiden Bower Hillfort
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Neolithic
Date collected
1870 Jan
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Thick: max 6 mm, Width: max 19 mm, Length: max 27 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.123.223
Research and responses

Bowden and Thompson do not mention that Pitt Rivers' worked in Bedfordshire in 1870 [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

See http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=1479 for photographs and more information about this site [AP 08/08/2006]

Maiden Bower is thought to be a "sub-circular earthwork enclosure of probable Iron Age date, [with] overlying Neolithic features which suggest the presence of a causewayed enclosure". For more details on the site please see the English Heritage maintained National Monuments Record. The record is catalogued under monument number 346554 and the record is available to view online at http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=346554. [MN 02/06/2009]

Search terms: Tool, Flake

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