Record ID: NMGW1115 - MESOLITHIC blade

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Blade

Unique ID: NMGW1115

Object type certainty: Certain

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Two later Mesolithic bevelled pebbles.

Notes:

'Bevelled pebbles' are a distinctive tool type made from natural elongate stone pebbles with a worked double bevel at one end. These tools are characteristic of Later Mesolithic sites and are found along the coasteal areas of South Western Scotland, Wales and Cornwall. Their function has long been the subject of debate with theories about their use ranging from their being for the removal of limpets from rocks to being hammerstones for knapping. Another interpretation is that they were used for seal skin curing. Further interpretive notes on the Porth-gain assemblage are held by the Department of Archaeology & Numismatics, National Museum & Gallery Cardiff.

Class: Later mesolithic bevelled pebble

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: 10000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 2

Materials and construction

Primary material: Stone [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SM3281
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source:
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st August 2000

Personal details

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Recorded by: Elizabeth Walker - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Elizabeth Walker - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMGWPA:2000.128.1222-1223

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