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1884.125.112

Stone scraper

1884.125.112

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone scraper
Long description
Stone scraper of mid brownish grey flint with light grey patina forming. Retouch on curved edge. Orange staining. [JW [Excav. PR] 24/04/2013]
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 Rottingdean Long Barrow at Beacon Hill
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Neolithic
Date collected
1866
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked, Process Retouched
Dimensions
Thick: max 14 mm, Width: max 60 mm, Length: max 60 mm, Weight 59 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.125.112
Research and responses

This find-spot may be the long barrow at Beacon Hill, Rottingdean: http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1013067 [Dan Hicks 16/08/2013]

During September/ October of 1867 Pitt Rivers undertook a survey of Sussex hillforts which he published in 1869 as ‘An examination into the characters and probable origins of the hill forts of Sussex.’ Archaeologia 42:27-52. It seems likely that these items were collected during this time [CB 8/12/2009]

Search terms: Tool, Scraper

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