Record ID: BH-215F62
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A stone perforated object of probable Mesolithic to Neolithic date. The artefact has been made from a light greyish-brown quartzite pebble and is sub-oval in plan, with a lenticular cross section. The extent to which this form is natural (i.e. river worn), or has been achieved through deliberate grinding, is uncertain. The surfaces bear several shallow scratches, some of which may be contemporary with the production of the piece, others possibly being the result of post-depositional damage. Near the centre point of each of the two convex surfaces there is a circular depression, the…
Created on: Friday 7th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd July 2014
Spatial data recorded.