These would clearly be cores from blade-knapping if they were flint or obsidian (or even quartz in Ireland or chert in Scotland). Worth handing to a lithics person. Any early prehistoric strata in the ditch-sides?
Greg CampbellThe Naive Chemist
On Monday, 11 January 2016, 10:33, Rachael Stamper <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
#yiv6028109585 #yiv6028109585 -- filtered {panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}#yiv6028109585 filtered {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}#yiv6028109585 p.yiv6028109585MsoNormal, #yiv6028109585 li.yiv6028109585MsoNormal, #yiv6028109585 div.yiv6028109585MsoNormal {margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;}#yiv6028109585 a:link, #yiv6028109585 span.yiv6028109585MsoHyperlink {color:#0563C1;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv6028109585 a:visited, #yiv6028109585 span.yiv6028109585MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:#954F72;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv6028109585 span.yiv6028109585hoenzb {}#yiv6028109585 span.yiv6028109585EmailStyle18 {color:#1F497D;}#yiv6028109585 .yiv6028109585MsoChpDefault {}#yiv6028109585 filtered {margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}#yiv6028109585 div.yiv6028109585WordSection1 {}#yiv6028109585 Good morning everyone, I hope this is OK to post. A colleague sent me these photos of pieces of amethyst that were found in Cole Green ha-ha, which is part of the Panshanger Estate, Hertingfordbury, Herts. The ha-ha had the brick facing removed in c1801 when the house was demolished and the family moved across the valley. There is still a ditch where the ha-ha was and these pieces were found stuck in the sides. She is hoping to identify what/where they came from… garden building or rubbish dump? If anyone can shed some light, please let me know. Kind regards,
Rachael Rachael StamperProject ManagerParks & Gardens UKwww.parksandgardens.org
