1884.140.1441.9

Collection type

Object

Description

Hammer-stone

Long description

Hammer-stone of dark blush grey flint with light grey patina forming. Cortex present on 30% of surfaces. Signs of use. [JW [Excav. PR] 23/05/2013]

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 Mount Caburn "Pit 14"

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Archaeological period: Iron Age

Date collected

1878 July 5

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884 Found unentered: 15/05/2013

Materials and processes

Material Stone, Process Flaked

Dimensions

Width: max 67 mm, Length: max 68 mm, Weight 341 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.140.1441.9

Research and responses

Found during Pitt Rivers excavations at Mount Caburn in July 1878 [Bowden, 1991: 85] [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Pitt Rivers published his two seasons work at Mount Caburn in the journal Archaeologia in 1881. Full reference: Pitt Rivers, A H L Fox. 1881. Excavations at Mount Caburn Camp, near Lewes, conducted in 1877 and 1878. Archaeologia 46: 423 - 495. [MN 15/06/2009]

The fortifications at Mount Caburn [TQ 4443 0891] are reported on the English Heritage maintained National Monuments Record under monument no. 405932. The record is accessible online, see http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=405932. [MN 15/06/2009]

Associated publications

Lane Fox, A. 1881. Excavations at Mount Caburn camp near Lewes, conducted in 1877 and 1878. Archaeologia 46: 423-495. [Dan Hicks 03/09/2013]

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