Flake

Unique ID: NCL-522096

Object type certainty: Certain

A knapped flint flake that may have functioned as a blade or small dart or arrowhead in the Neolithic period.

The flake is subtriangular in plan amd triangular in section. The point has broken off. The underside is smooth from its natural geological structure, while the top surface has a medial ridge with small flakes removed from it by knapping. There is no evidence for pressure flaking despite the small size of the flake.

The flint is a translucent light grey-brown.

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Dimensions and weight

Length: 16 mm
Width: 11.03 mm
Thickness: 4.34 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: North Yorkshire
District: Hambleton
Parish: Carthorpe

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: NZ3083
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 5th August 2008

Personal details

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Recorded by: Dr Robert Collins - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Dr Robert Collins - [view all attributed records]

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    Created: Monday 8th September 2008
    Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011

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