Probably Mesolithic flint blades, Birdbrook village (EHER 7047)

Six possible Mesolithic worked flints were found during the construction of a garage.

"Flint blades." <1> Garage foundation trenches produced six worked flints, four of which are sections of large straight sided blades. One crested or first blade with a light blue patina, struck from a core prepared for long blades. The platform was removed after the blade was struck. Three unpatinated blades. Two secondary flakes, not illustrated. Although this technique of producing long, thin, sharp parallel-sided blades first appeared in the Upper Palaeolithic and continued to the Bronze Age, during the Mesolithic they were principally used as blanks for tools and these pieces would not be inconsistent with this. <2> Original HER entry merged with NRHE data transfer.