Plano-convex knife

Description

Plano-convex knife of pale grey flint, flaked all over dorsal surface, from Cairnholy chambered cairn No.1, Kirkmabreck, Dumfries and Galloway, Early Bronze Age

Museum reference

X.EO 823

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Plano-convex knife

Materials

Flint

Physical description

Flint, pale grey; plano-convex; flaked all over dorsal surface; bulb reduced by controlled flaking; traces of lustre on ventral edges

Collection place(s)

Cairnholy, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, Northern Europe