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1938.35.608

Strike-a-light. Dark blue-grey in colour and irregularly shaped. [BS [OPS move] 6/9/2017]

1938.35.608

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Collection type
Object
Description
Strike-a-light. Dark blue-grey in colour and irregularly shaped. [BS [OPS move] 6/9/2017]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Suffolk Santon Downham Valley of the Little Ouse
Cultural groups
English
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1939
Date collected
By 1939
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Recycled, Process Retouched, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Depth: max 25 mm, Width: max 45 mm, Length: max 48 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.35.608 Other numbers: 1290
Research and responses

http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/ed/sf/santo/index.htm

The village [Santon Downham] stands on the southern bank of the Little Ouse that forms the boundary with Norfolk. The tiny village of Santon, which was subsumed into the parish in 1963, is over the river in Norfolk. Santon Downham is in the middle of Thetford forest and is now the home of the headquarters of the Forestry Commission for the East Anglian district. [AP 23/06/2006]http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/ed/sf/santo/index.htm: The village [Santon Downham] stands on the southern bank of the Little Ouse that forms the boundary with Norfolk. The tiny village of Santon, which was subsumed into the parish in 1963, is over the river in Norfolk. Santon Downham is in the middle of Thetford forest and is now the home of the headquarters of the Forestry Commission for the East Anglian district. [AP 23/06/2006] I have put all the Santon sites under Suffolk Santon Downham as it is unclear which refer to the original village of Santon and which to Santon Downham, this part of Norfolk and Suffolk is very confused [AP 16/08/2006]

OED online: Gun flint: [Flint] 2. a. This stone, or a fragment of it, with reference to its property of giving off sparks when struck with iron or steel. flint and steel: an apparatus consisting of a piece of each of these substances used for procuring fire by the ignition of tinder, touchwood, etc. [AP 02/10/2006]

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