Record ID: KENT-ACA4F3
Object type: BORER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint borer likely of Neolithic to Bronze Age date. Description: The borer is sub-triangular in plan with three large and dressed striking platform. There is extensive short scaled low angle retouch along the mesal (sides) of the two dorsal faces, with striking coming in from multiple angles, primarily from the dorsal faces on the right side and from the ventral face on the left. The point appears to remain intact although may have been reworked.. The bulb of percussion and the conchoidal fractures are very pronounced which suggests hard hammer striking. The flint is heavily mott…
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st June 2018
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Record ID: CORN-A5E9BD
Object type: BORER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A chert piercer or borer of the later Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age, 72 mm in length, 31.5 mm in width tapering to 5.5 mm at the distal end, 10.5 mm thick and 6 g in weight. The implement is made on a crude secondary flake from a beach pebble. It is sub-triangular in plan, and triangular in section and in profile. The flake has been struck at the cortex of the pebble, a small patch of which remains at the proximal end. The scars of removal of two earlier flakes are visible on the dorsal face. Because of the low quality of the raw material there is no true bulb of percussion on the…
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2018
Spatial data recorded.