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1884.132.325

Stone flake

1884.132.325

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone flake
Long description
Stone flake of dark grey flint with bluish white patina forming. Cortex present on 15% of surfaces. [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 West Sussex Pyecombe Wolstonbury Hill [Wolstanbury Hill]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Bronze Age
Date collected
1867 Sept 22
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Thick: max 20 mm, Width: max 26 mm, Length: max 67 mm, Weight 35 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.132.325 PR Cat other PR nos: 3222
Research and responses

Pitt Rivers claimed to have visited most Sussex hillforts during September 1867. NB I have used Bowden's spelling for the name of the hillfort rather than the Accession Book [Bowden, 1991: 67 and on] [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Pitt Rivers published his survey of Sussex hillforts in 1869 as ‘An examination into the characters and probable origins of the hill forts of Sussex.’ Archaeologia 42:27-52 [CB 8/12/2009]

Search terms: Tool, Flake

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