Chert Fragment
Not recorded
Fragments of chert, most likely used in the construction of
stone tools. Chert was a key material in the production of axes
during this period, and also has the ability to create sparks when
struck against iron, making it ideal for starting fires.
In 1957 more than 200 flint and chert microliths, cores and core
scrapers were found at two chipping floors on the Eskdalemuir
hillsides. Sometimes forestry work provides archaeologists with
opportunities they do not have when land is under rough pasture.
These worked stones were recovered from forestry drains. The find
also included two fragments of pitchstone, which has very good
flaking properties and was much sought after for the manufacture of
stone tools. There are two possible sources of this pitchstone,
Corriegill near Annan or the island of Arran. If it was the latter
hunter gatherer peoples were either highly mobile or trading over
considerable distances.
Object no :
RPD0009
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Location :
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Accession number :
0198.159
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