Record ID: BERK-EACDFA
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete post-medieval gunflint, made from a dark brown/black tertiary flint flake. The gunflint is broadly wedge-shaped in section and would have been square or rectangular in plan before the post-depositional damage. The gunflake has retouch around all extant edges, the retouch being hard and direct with a scaled appearance. The wedge end of the gunflint is completely retouched, however the dorsal back surface is unworked. Gunflint like these are known from both English and later American Civil War sites and are thought to have been issued during the AD 1650-1660s, possibly alo…
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 12th January 2015
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