Find Spot record 7041 - Prehistoric flint flake from Mere

Find Type: Flint implement (matching thesaurus term not found).
Flint flake with bulb and platform intact. It is a pointed oval in plan. Fine working or at least utilisation along the lower edge that might suggest a sawing or cutting function and just possibly part of the upper edge also. It probably dates to late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. The centuries around the later 3rd millennium BC might be most likely. It is light brown in colour.
Date: from Circa 2500 BC (Certain) to Circa 1500 BC (Certain)
Period: from NEOLITHIC to BRONZE AGE
Broad Period:
Method of manufacture: Knapped
Length: 82.45 mm
Width: 55.07 mm
Thickness: 8.09 mm
Completeness: Complete
Date found: 01 September 2009
Methods of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Character undetermined
Specific landuse: Cultivated land

<1> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-EF86C6 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.