Rights Holder: Leicestershire County Council
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: LEIC-26F67C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age flint scraper, 52mm long, 34mm wide and 12mm thick with a weight of 22.97grams. The object has an oval form and a D shaped cross section. It retains a large patch of cortex on the base of its worked side, c. a third of its area. This surface has one large central removal and then has been finely worked along its upper edge, forming a rough scraper edge.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2700 BC
Date to: Circa 1601 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 52 mm
Width: 34 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight: 22.97 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st June 2015 - Tuesday 30th June 2015
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Charnwood (District)
Parish or ward: Woodhouse (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5314
Four figure Latitude: 52.7210632
Four figure longitude: -1.21675864
1:25K map: SK5314
1:10K map: SK51SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: SOM-71C159
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broadperiod: NEOLITHIC
An assemblage of three side scrapers probably dating from the the Neolithic to Early Bronze Age.
Scraper 1 has been struck off a secondary…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: SOM-E49576
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broadperiod: NEOLITHIC
A flint scraper of probable Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date (c. 4000 - 1600 BC). The scraper is struck off a secondary flake and retains…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: OXON-92D595
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broadperiod: NEOLITHIC
A flint scraper of probable Neolithic to Bronze Age date (c.4000 - 800 cal BC).
The scraper is made from a secondary flint flake which retain…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618