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Early Bronze Age flint knife
Of grey flint, with secondary working along one edge; a small flake knife.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
69.121/3
Find Information
Site Name: Maes-hwyaid Farm, Welsh St. Donats
Date: 1969
Notes: From a primary burial in a round barrow, 400 yards south-west of the farm. The knife was found in the collared urn (69.121/1), along with the bone pin (69.121/2) and the burnt bones of a mature person (69.121/4). This is a different round barrow to the one excavated in 1973-74, the finds from which are under accession number 75.36H. The farm has also been referred to as Maes-y-Ward.
Measurements
length / mm:57.0
width / mm:25.0
maximum thickness / mm:10.5
thickness / mm
weight / g:14.1
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