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Early Bronze Age flint plano convex knife
Curved knife, finely pressure flaked on the convex surface, with a little secondary working on the bulb of percussion. Patinated white.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
75.36H/2
Find Information
Site Name: Maes-hwyaid Farm, Welsh St. Donats
Grid Reference: ST 0365 7555
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1970-1975
Notes: Found close to the food vessel 75.36H/1 with a cremated burial in the centre of the round barrow. This is a different round barrow to the one from which the material under accession number 69.121 was found. The farm has also been referred to as Maes-y-Ward.
Measurements
length / mm:72.5
maximum width / mm:25.5
width / mm
maximum thickness / mm:6.5
thickness / mm
weight / g:10.8
minimum width / mm:15.0
width / mm
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