2010-10-19 14:51:40 Liz Andrews-Wilson law 2010-10-19 15:37:00 Liz Andrews-Wilson law YORYM-DA26C3 TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT A large knapped tool, made from basalt. The tool has a triangular section, with two sides being wider than the third. All three sides have been heavily knapped and well finished. One terminal is slightly broken. The opposite terminal has been polished and ground possibly as a result of being used as a chisel or similar tool. This polishing gives the terminal, on the narrow side of the tool, a very smoth and rounded appearance. This wear pattern can also be seen on the surface opposite. The basalt has a dark greyish-black surface colour. This tool and its material are both very unusual for the British Isle, but Basalt is found in the British Isle, so it could be a native tool. However, it is also possibly that the tool was brought over some time ago from the Americas and lost in a rural context. If this is a native tool it may date to the mesolithic to neolithic period. A large knapped tool, made from basalt. The tool has a triangular section, with two sides being wider than the third. All three sides have been heavily knapped and well finished. One terminal is slightly broken. The opposite terminal has been polished and ground possibly as a result of being us... Stone Knapped/flaked MESOLITHIC MESOLITHIC Late NEOLITHIC Late -6500 -2100 27.7 175 20.6 Complete 2010-10-19 14:51:40 NORTH YORKSHIRE HAMBLETON POINT( ) From Map SE28NE SE2688 29.06.2003 Other chance find 1 YORYM Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2010 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.