Strike-a-light

Description

Flint implement, probably a strike-a-light, made on a thick flake of buff grey banded cherty flint, from a cist at Culduthel Mains, Highland, Early Bronze Age 2300-2000 BC

Museum reference

X.EQ 847

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Strike-a-light

Date

Early Bronze Age

Materials

Chert, Flint

Physical description

Cherty flint, buff grey, banded; made on a thick flake; well-used

Collection place(s)

Culduthel Mains, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

Highland HER Monument Record

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