Record ID: WILT-3E0B43
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late Mesolithic flint bladelet dating to the period c. 7000 - 4001 BC. The bladelet is sub-rectangular in plan with a slight curve along the length of the blade and a diagonal flaw across both sides of the blade. The dorsal surface exhibits three negative flake removal scars with two smaller negative flake removal scars which terminate at the diagonal flaw. The ventral surface retains a small bulb of percussion, indicating manufacture by soft-hammer striking. The flint is mottled mid - light grey in colour. There is some evidence of short, abrupt, scaled retouch along both sides.
Created on: Thursday 24th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 25th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shellingford', grid reference and parish protected.