Flint Fragment
Not recorded
In an age before metal people used stone to make a sharp edge.
The sites where they worked are known as chipping floors, and are
sometimes still littered with stone. Some of it is waste, but
sometmes broken or lost tools are found. Not all types of stone are
suitable for making tools, and the knapper had to choose the raw
material carefully. The best stone was of uniform texture and had
no cracks or flaws. The hunter gatherers had a good knowledge of
the land and they may have visited certain locations to build up
reserves of useful rocks.
Flint is probably the best known of these rocks, but in Scotland
the supply is small. Beach flint from underwater beds off the Isle
of Man is common in Wigtownshire, but it becomes progressively
scarcer inland.
Object no :
RPD0008
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Creator :
NA
Place of Production :
NA
Dimensions :
NA
Materials :
NA
Location :
Not recorded
Accession number :
0198.160
Copyright :
NA
