Record ID: HESH-302060
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tranchet chisel struck on a tertiary flake of mid brownish grey coloured flint. The artefact is very regular and well made it is likely to be of prehistoric date: Neolithic - Bronze Age (3500-1800 BC). A direct parallel for such a specialist tool has not been found. The chisel is a triangular (wedge) shape in plan and rectangular in cross section. On the ventral face conchoidal ripples can be seen - from this the direction of the initial rough out blow can be identified; this is at right angles to the work on the dorsal face. The two long edges are near vertical and cleaved , on one…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 12th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Canon Pyon', grid reference and parish protected.