Knife

This flint knife was found in a chambered cairn at Cairnholy in Kirkcudbrightshire. It was a cutting tool, and could have been used for a number of purposes, including to cut skins, sometime between 3000 and 1500 BC.

One edge has been retouched (small flakes removed) to create a sharp cutting edge.

People have made widespread use of animal skins in Scotland since the first settlers came here. Leather was cut into pieces using a variety of sharp tools over the ages.

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Online ID:	000-100-035-497-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland X.EO 840
Date:	Between 3000 and 1500 BC
Material:	Flint, grey-brown, partly patinated white; with white cortex on dorsal surface except along one edge with coarse ripple flaking
Dimensions:	2.50" x 1.20" x 0.40"
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Where:	Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Cairnholy no 2
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Description:	Single edge invasive knife of grey-brown flint partly patinated white, from Cairnholy
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