Misc, including a chisel found 1916 and an oblique ripple arrowhead, both found near Silbury Hill, and a polished axe.
Category
Archaeological material
Date
4000 BC - 2351 BC
Materials
Flint
Collection
Alexander Keiller Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1728697
Summary
Note made by CS August 2001. The chisel in cupboard Z was found near Silbury Hill 1916. The writing on it is as follows "field adjoining Silbury Hill, 1916". The oblique ripple arrowhead is also in cupboard Z. The label with this object that has become unattached is as follows "nr Silbury Hill fig [B or 8]." Piercer marked "Waden Hill, Avebury. 474" with accession number, in the handling collection MD: Sept 2014. Possibly of Keiller's bought collection. Period: Neolithic
Provenance
Site: Silbury Hill Site No: 243 Context: Waden Hill/Silbury, surface Excavator: Keiller, Alexander