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Upper Palaeolithic flint blade
Proximal end of a long blade. There is a snap at the bistal end, done in antiquity. The piece has a heavy white patina. The blade is punch-struck there are some nicks in the left hand and right hand lengths but these are not recent.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
09.18/11.1
Find Information
Site Name: Priory Farm Cave, Monkton
Grid Reference: SM 9788 0183
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1906-1907
Notes: Also see accession number 34.16 for a blade from the same excavation.
Acquisition
Donation, 1909
Measurements
length / mm:73.5
width / mm:20.7
thickness / mm:6.3
weight / g:9.7
Material
flint
Location
In store
Categories
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