Gun flint. Square with wedge section. Grey/brown in colour. [BS [OPS move] 23/8/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Gun flint. Square with wedge section. Grey/brown in colour. [BS [OPS move] 23/8/2017]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Oxfordshire Oxford New Iffley
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1907
Date collected: 1907
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Flint Stone
Dimensions: Length: max 22 mm, Height: max 5 mm, Width: max 19 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.385 Other numbers: 1068
Research and responses: 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]
According to the English Heritage maintained National Monuments Record New Iffley (also known as now Cowley St John) is an area "behind Fairacre House, towards Donnington House and spread over an area of about 10 acres" (centred around SP 5277 0473). The site is recorded under monument no. 338524 and can be accessed online at http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=338524. [MN 18/09/2010]

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