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1912.36.10

Sub circular flint flake. No indication of any retouch but some wear on the distal ventral edge may indicate use as a scraper. [MN 29/10/2008]

1912.36.10

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Collection type
Object
Description
Sub circular flint flake. No indication of any retouch but some wear on the distal ventral edge may indicate use as a scraper. [MN 29/10/2008]
Long description
Sub circular flint flake. No indication of any retouch but some wear on the distal ventral edge may indicate use as a scraper. The flint has a heavy white patina on all surfaces with occasional reddish orange discolouration as a result of iron panning. [MN 29/10/2008]
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
Date collected
By 1912
Acquisition information
Donated: 1912
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Width: max 40 mm, Length: max 44 mm, Thick: max 12 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1912.36.10
Research and responses

This appears to be called Grim's Ditch. See article British Archaeology 1998, no 33 http://www.britarch.ac.uk/BA/ba33/ba33regs.html [AP 02/08/2006]

The site of Grim's Ditch is recorded in the Oxfordshire Historic Environment Record [HER] under PRN 8900. The site is now also a Scheduled Ancient Monument [monument number OX32]. [MN 29/10/2008]

A section of Grim's Ditch at Mongewell was excavated in 1974 by Hinchliffe. The report can be found in the 1975 volume of Oxoniensia [the journal of the Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society]. The full reference is - Hinchliffe, J. 1975. Excavations at Grim’s Ditch, Mongewell. Oxoniensia 40: 122 - 136. [MN 29/10/2008]

For general information on the Museum's collections of Oxfordshire archaeological material, including lists of sites, grid references etc., see Archaeological Material from Oxfordshire in the Collection of the Pitt Rivers Museum, by Simon Thorpe (unpublished spiral bound report dated June 1996; copy in RDF: Researchers File: Thorpe). [MN 29/10/2008]

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