Rough nodular flint [as in accession book]. Irregular sub circle shape, with no sign of retouch. [MN 28/10/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Rough nodular flint [as in accession book]. Irregular sub circle shape, with no sign of retouch. [MN 28/10/2008]
Long description: Rough nodular flint [as in accession book]. Irregular sub circle shape, with no sign of retouch. Heavily weathered, with a greyish white patina and reddish orange iron staining. [MN 28/10/2008]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Oxfordshire South Oxfordshire Crowmarsh Mongewell
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Thomas James Carter; PRM source Thomas James Carter
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Palaeolithic, uncertain Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
Date collected: By 1902
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1902
Materials and processes: Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions: Length x Width x Height: max 56 x 40 x 17 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1902.74.9
Research and responses: http://www.southoxon.gov.uk/ccm/ecodev/VillageDetails.jsp?Name=Mongewell Mongewell [please note that this link was found to be dead, MN 27/10/2008]: This small village grew up at the site of a spring and its name means 'Munda's stream'. For centuries it was an estate village, centred on Mongewell Park, which since 1953 has been the home of Carmel College (now closed). In the college grounds a path leads to the ruined church beside the river where only the chancel and polygonal bell turret remain standing.

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