- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stone
- Long description
- Small beach pebble, probably used as a sling-stone. [JW [Excav. PR] 23/05/2013]
- Geographical reference
- England East Sussex Lewes Glynde Mount Caburn
- 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
- Possibly 1878?
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884, uncertain Found unentered: 15/05/2013
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Thick: max 18 mm, Width: max 36 mm, Length: max 36 mm, Weight 33 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2013.32.3
Search terms: Specimen, Geology, Weapon, Sling-stone, Stone
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