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Upper Palaeolithic flint backed blade
A thin piece of a straight abruptly-backed blade. It is possible it is a microlith, although equally could be a fragment of a backed blade. The piece is made of grey flint.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2015.11H/16
Find Information
Site Name: Lynx Cave, Llanarmon-yn-Iâl
Grid Reference: SJ 1976-5931
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1962-2012
Notes: Layer C - LBA and burial mound layer SPit 4
Acquisition
Donation, 25/6/2015
Measurements
length / mm:4.8
width / mm:3.5
thickness / mm:2.1
weight / g:0.1
Material
flint
Location
In store
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