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Early Mesolithic flint burin
It combines on the one item a simple burin at the upper end and a square end scraper at the lower end. The flake was severed some distance above the butt, and the transverse edge so produced was finely retouched.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
63.336/54
Find Information
Site Name: Daylight Rock Cave, Small Ord Point
Grid Reference: SS 1500 9660
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1951-1952
Notes: Item found on the open-air site and not in the cave itself
Acquisition
Donation, 10/9/1963
Measurements
length / mm:37.3
width / mm:15.0
thickness / mm:7.2
weight / g:3.4
Material
flint
Location
In store
Categories
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