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1884.125.97

Stone core or hammer-stone

1884.125.97

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone core or hammer-stone
Long description
Stone core or hammer-stone of mid grey patinated flint. Cortex present on 10% of surfaces. Orange staining.
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England East Sussex Brighton Hollingbury Hollingbury Castle Camp Hillfort
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Neolithic
Date collected
1868 June 10
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Width: max 57 mm, Length: max 81 mm, Weight 336 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.125.97 Other numbers: 1416 1173 PR Cat other PR nos: 3242
Research and responses

Pitt-Rivers described Hollingbury in his 1869 paper on Sussex Hillforts as follows: "HOLLINGBURY.—Mr. Horsfield considers Hollingbury to be Roman on account of its being square. Mr. Turner, on the other hand, attributes it to the Druids on account of its being " decidedly circular." From personal inspection I should pronounce it to be of an irregular square form, the corners being rounded, and the sides bulging. Such a configuration appears to have been the best adapted to the faces of the hill on which it stands. There are the remains of a bank 40 Examination of the leading from the south-west corner of this work in the direction of Brighton. A block of Druid sandstone stands at the side of one of the gateways to the west, and another is on the parapet on the south side. [Note: Since writing the above, my attention has been drawn by Mr. Boyd Dawkins to the evidence of an extensive flint manufacture which exists in the neighbourhood of Hollingbury, and which leaves little doubt on my mind that this work, like the others, was of British origin." (Lane Fox 1869: 39-40). [Dan Hicks 16/08/2013]

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]

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