2024-03-29T04:34:46+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/855681/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/855681/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/855681/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/855681/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/855681/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/855681/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/855681855681HESH-E346FAPAS595E346F001A9FBLADE16.713.30.984.213MESOLITHIC65003500Lower segment of snapped flint blade of probable late Mesolithic date (6500BC - 3500BC). The flint tool is sub-rectangular in plan and broadly sub-triangular in cross section. The bulb of percussion is missing. There is evidence of retouch / reworking along one of the long edges of the blade. This has been achieved by short blunt strokes. There is also no evidence of cortex on any part of the blade; this suggests that the flake was produced during the later life of the core once the outer material had been removed. The flint is a mid brown colour and has been slightly abraded in the ploughsoil. The source of flint is difficult to ascertain; much of the local flint is procured from glacial and riverine sources.
Dimensions: 16.7mm, 13.3mm, 4.2mm 0.98 grams.2017-07-06 14:00:312017-09-11 15:33:22411Certain1166PAS595E346F001A9F4HESHCompleteMESOLITHICMEx14235p0gjgrs45g4MESOLITHICMEx14235p0gjgrs45g4FieldwalkingCircaCirca8557334382294984382241426SO3586SO3586SO38NE52.46805111-2.9582468710162133918.jpg385548BLADEBirmingham Museums Trust4images/hnead/West MidlandsEuropean RegionUnitary AuthorityShropshireUnitary AuthorityShropshireCivil Parish52.4744-2.94532Lydbury NorthReturned to finder96399