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159
Date Entered
18/03/2011
Updated on
18/03/2011
Recorded by
Ric Carter
Category
Lithic Find / Scatter
Record Type
Archaeology
Site Access
Public Access Land
Record Date
17/03/2011
Location
Riddings Rigg, Reeth
Civil Parish
Reeth
Brit. National Grid
Hidden
Altitude
368m
Geology
Isolated patch of calcareous turf over limestone within acidic moorland heath.
Record Name
Utilised Flint
Record Description
A brown, translucent, decortical flint flake, probably of beach-pebbble origin, with a thin, dirty cortex.Evidence of retouching and with visible bulb of percussion and natural hinge fracture.Mesolithic period. Possibly utilised as a scraper or transverse arrowhead. One edge broken.
Dimensions
27mm x 25mm
Image 1 ID
438 Click image to enlarge
Image 1 Description
Cortical face
Image 2 ID
439 Click image to enlarge
Image 2 Description
showing bulb of percussion (top) and hinge fracture (bottom)
