Record ID: WMID-1EF771
Object type: RETOUCHED FORM
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped flint blade with retouch. Length 41.4mm; width: 27.1mm; thickness: 9.5mm; mass: 8.2g. The blade is broken at the distal end. The blade is partly coritical and dark grey and off white in colour. On the ventral face there is a bulb of percussion at the proximal end, with a small bulbar scar and ripples of the concoidal fracture running down the face. On the dorsal side there are multiple scars, and on one edge there is some invasive, retouch and a notch. It is unclear if the notch is an original feature or whether it represents damage. There are also some scars between t…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton', grid reference and parish protected.