Record ID: DENO-A195DE
Object type: BORER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, knapped flint borer of probably the Neolithic or Bronze Age period, dating from c. 4000 - c. 800 BC. The flint is broadly D-shaped in plan and and rectangular in cross-section. The bulb of percussion and bulbar scar is visible on the dorsal face at the proximal end of the flint. Several falkes have been removed from each face at varying angles, each shows evidence of a conchoidal fracture (ripple marks) on the surface. The ventral face shows evidence of conchoidal fractures as well. Around 20% of the cortex is still present on one side of the flint. The two top edges h…
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2016
Spatial data recorded.