Summary

Secondary flake of dark blue-grey chert and inner flake of pale grey chert, from Limefield Farm, Wiston, Lanarkshire

Accession Number

X.EQ 897

Other references

Original description

The finds from a Bronze Age cairn at Limefield, Lanarkshire (RCAHMS 1978, Inventory no 77) excavated in 1966 - 67 by A MacLaren. Flint and Chert. Two chert flakes: one, a dark blue-grey secondary flake, length 15 mm, width 18 mm, thickness 6 mm; the other, a pale grey, inner flake, length 32 mm, width 12 mm, thickness 4.5 mm. both found with a cremation (X) in NE quadrant. MacLaren, A; in, Between and Beyond the Walls, 1984, pp 97 - 116.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

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Method (e.g. excavation)

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Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Limefield Farm, Wiston, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

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Acquisition

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Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

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Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

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Image

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