Summary

Flint strike-a-light (or fabricator), from the cemetery at Barns Farm, Dalgety Bay, Fife

Accession Number

X.EQ 903

Other references

None

Original description

[MOS List, II.5.1, Death: object list by case, JAS 3.2.98. Case no.: V08 - Identity: part of community]. [One of] Grave goods from cemetery at Barns Farm: - from Cist 2: - flint fabricator / strike-a-light. [name redacted] notes, 20 February 2014: Description after Watkins 1982: Flint fabricator or strike-a-light (FRN 86; NMAS EQ 903; fig 15.86) a triangular secondary flake, 64 mm long, of pale yellow-grey flint with a keeled dorsal surface. The bulb has been removed and both edges are steeply retouched. The distal end is heavily worn to a slight nose and the whole piece has traces of 'handling polish' (cf the example from Newmill Beaker burial. For further discussion see Watkins 1982.

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

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Barns Farm, Dalgety Bay, Fife, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1982

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Agent

Image

None