Record ID: GLO-79F1D3
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Notched blade Late Palaeolithic Length 84mm, width 40mm, thickness 19mm. Bulb of percussion on the top of the ventral with very slight ripples emanating outwards. Blade running down two thirds of the length of the artefact on either side. (When looking at the dorsal side) The right side blade has slight evidence of retouch, with pressure flakes being removed from the ventral side. The left blade has pressure flakes removed from both the ventral and dorsal sides, two thirds of the way down this blade terminates in a semicircular notch (11mm wide, 6mm deep) that has been remo…
Created on: Wednesday 28th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Taynton', grid reference and parish protected.