Record ID: CPAT-998055
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a most interesting find, an example of a possibly late Neolithic or early Bronze Age tool on a flake of chert, most probably a scraper. However, see below for more thoughts on the date. The tool is roughly triangular in shape, but with the corners of the triangle missing. It fits nicely in the hand ready for use. There is a probable bulb of percussion, along with a bulbar scar formed off the striking platform but these appear on what one would imagine to be one side of the flake rather than the base. The cutting/scraping edges are each different, one being slightly concave, th…
Created on: Monday 16th February 2009
Last updated: Saturday 9th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.