Borer
Pointed lithic tools like this were used to pierce animal hide or bore through wood and bone. This one was found at Haldon Hill in Devon and dates to the Neolithic period.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 54/1943/18
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Willock
- Material
- flint
- Common Name
- borer
- Simple Name
- tool (lithic)
- Period Classification
- Neolithic (4000-2200 BC)
