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Neolithic flint knife
The knife retains the bulb of percussion at one end, with the bulbar scar, and ancient damage at the distal end. There is secondary working on the dorsal surface, confined to the edges of the long sides.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
74.23H/3
Find Information
Site Name: Penywyrlod, Talgarth
Grid Reference: SO 151 316
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1972 / Sep
Notes: Item found in the entrance of chamber NE III. Excavated on behalf of the Department of the Environment. The cairn lies 400m SW of the farm, north of the crest of a ridge separating the Genffordd and the Nant yr Eiddil, two small streams which feed the Llynfi.
Acquisition
donation, 17/9/1974
Measurements
length / mm:39.1
width / mm:17.0
thickness / mm:6.0
weight / g:3.1
Material
Flint
Location
In store
Classification
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