NHER 36593 (Find Spot record) - Undated flint strike-a-light

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Summary

A flint strike-a-light was found in a post hole for fencing in 2001. These are triangular sectioned rods, probably used with a piece of steel to make sparks.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG20NE
Civil Parish KIRBY BEDON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

2001.
Found in a new post-hole for fence.
?Strike-a-light.
Largely, if not completely, formed by natural fracturing (starch fracture), this object is heavily abraded along the two edges and on the tip of the long pointed end: this abrasion may also be from natural processes, but could also have been the result of use with steel as a strike-a-light.
Iron staining on all the atrises and is therefore presumed natural.
Identified by P.A. Robins (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 December 2001.

Associated Sources (0)

  • STRIKE A LIGHT (Unknown date)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Jun 15 2018 9:27AM

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