Find Spot record 201 - Prehistoric flint

Flint Dagger was found in a ploughed field in 1962 (1). It is bifacially mottled grey flint, tip broken, notched at the base of the blade and probably of Beaker type(2). Daggers of this type tend to be concentrated in South and East Britain and are relatively rare in the North of England; this is the only example from Cheshire (4).

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, Waggott T 1964 SJ75SW2 (Index). SCH2487.

<2> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, 1/90 Longley D 1987 (Book). SCH3556.

<3> Longley D, 1977-1978, Longley Archive, /no.155 (Paper Archive). SCH2005.

<4> Liverpool University Field Archaeology Unit, 2000, An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment of the Proposed A500 Basford-Hough-Shavington Bypass, 1 (Client Report). SCH4362.