Stone tool or weapon

Collection type: Object
Description: Stone tool or weapon
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Scotland Aberdeenshire Old Deer Skelmuir
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector W.T.T.; Field collector W.J.T.; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Neolithic
Date collected: 1880
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Chert Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions: Length: max 22 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.125.94 PR no.: 107/ 12099
Research and responses: Skelmuir Hill [NJ 981 415] is recorded as being "the major source of flint in Scotland" on the Canmore database of archaeological monuments maintained by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland [RCAHMS]. The area is recorded under site no. NJ94SE 37 [Canmore ID no. 93647]. A lithics working site is recorded in the same area [NJ 986 414] under site no. NJ94SE 27 [Canmore ID no. 20664]. The records can be accessed online at http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk. [MN 09/07/2009]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon

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