Record ID: LVPL-B2F350
Object type: PESTLE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Published
A Prehistoric stone tool dating from the Mesolithic through to the Bronze Age, (10,000-700BC) although a later date is possible. The object is oval in plan and sub-oval cross-section. Due to uneven thickness it is trapezoidal in profile. One face has been deliberately smoothed to form a straight and even face which terminates with a rounded end. The opposite end is stepped with the tip unsmoothed. The opposite face has been worn down at the rounded end and slopes down sharply to where it terminates. The surface of the thickest part of the object on this face is undulating before the o…
Created on: Tuesday 20th May 2014
Last updated: Thursday 5th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hilbre Island', grid reference and parish protected.