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1884.136.59

Stone flake

1884.136.59

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone flake
Long description
Stone flake of mid grey patinated flint. Cortex on distal edge. [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 Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Thick: max 6 mm, Width: max 36 mm, Length: max 36 mm, Weight 6 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.136.59 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. it is not clear whether these items have been numbered. If they have then these flakes have all been given the number 1884.136.30 but if they have not it would be better to assign separate numbers as here [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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