Examples of these distinctive flints, normally pale grey with small black and white inclusions, are shown in Figs 3-6 below. A quantity of dark brown flint of high quality was also found see Fig. 7. Dark brown flint was the preferred raw material on sites on the Yorkshire Wolds reported by Manby (1974; 1975). The raw material appears to have been available in nodules or cores of a size that allowed significantly larger implements to be made than would be possible using beach pebble flint.
Figure 3: Bifacially worked knife, Orton (Cherry 1995)
Figure 4: Microlith and blades, Tarn Moor, Orton (Cherry 1987a)
Figure 5: Flint chisel, Gamelands, Orton (Cherry 1987a)
Figure 6: Edge-polished knife, Shap (Cherry 1995)
Figure 7: Knife, Ash Fell, Kirby Stephen (Cherry 1987a)
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