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From Cairnholy, Kirkcudbright

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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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