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Bronze Age flint scraper
1 of 63 mostly flint implements found from the chipping floor at the estuary of the River Ystwyth, Aberystwyth. A small round thumbnail type scraper with a cortical surface. It is made on a yellow flint and there is retouch running around 70% of the circumference. Retouch is steep.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
47.164/36
Find Information
Site Name: River Ystwyth, Aberystwyth
Collection Method: surface find
Notes: Found at the junction of the Ystwyth and Rheidol rivers on a cliff.
Acquisition
Donation, 23/6/1947
Measurements
length / mm:21.1
width / mm:18.8
thickness / mm:7.1
weight / g:3.1
Material
flint
Location
In store
Categories
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