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1884.136.13

Stone flake

1884.136.13

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone flake
Long description
Stone flake of white patinated flint. Cortex on 5% of surfaces. [JW [Excav. PR] 03/05/2013]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England East Sussex Lewes Glynde Ranscombe Camp "Ditch" "bottom of"
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Iron Age, uncertain Archaeological period: Romano-British, uncertain
Date collected
1878 July 12
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Thick: max 10 mm, Width: max 62 mm, Length: max 46 mm proximal to distal, Weight 28 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.136.13 PR no.: 242/ 12099 243/ 12099 244/ 12099 245/ 12099 246/ 12099 247/ 12099 248/ 12099 249/ 12099 28/ 8386
Research and responses

See 1884.136.1. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Ranscombe Camp [TQ 4363 0907] is an unfinished Iron Age univallate hillfort with evidence of 2nd century AD Romano British occupation. The site is recorded on the English Heritage National Monuments Record under monument no. 405859. The record can be accessed online at http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=405859. [MN 22/07/2009]

Search terms: Tool, Flake

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