Clear glass with a regular circular ridge. The distal dorsal end has been retouched to form a scraper. [MN 11/03/2009]

Collection type: Object
Description: Clear glass with a regular circular ridge. The distal dorsal end has been retouched to form a scraper. [MN 11/03/2009]
Long description: Clear glass with a regular circular ridge [probably from the base of a bottle]. The distal dorsal end has been retouched to form a scraper. [MN 11/03/2009]
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 Alexander James Montgomerie Bell; PRM source Alexander James Montgomerie Bell
Date
Date collected: By 1907
Acquisition information: Donated: 1907
Materials and processes: Material Glass, Process Flaked, Process Retouched
Dimensions: Length: max 32 mm, Width: max 28 mm, Thick: max 6 mm, Weight 8 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1907.53.7
Research and responses: This glass is clear with a regular circular ridge, suggesting it comes from the base of a bottle. This would imply it is most unlikely to be of Neolithic date. [CRFW 25/07/2007]
It seems unlikely that Alexander James Montgomerie Bell mistook this for a Neolithic tool, and it is more probable that he [or someone he knew] was undertaking experimental knapping. [MN 11/03/2009]
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]

Search terms: Tool, Scraper