Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink, partially worn: 'GAMLINGAY'.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Related Documents)
For Melissa Metzger's Crowther-Beynon Grant report see Doc.485 in MAA's archive.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Field collection)
Found on land belonging to R. Roberts, Park Farm, Everton.
Found 200 yards NE of Park Farm, Everton.
Deposit: Subsoil sand.
220 523
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (References)
Clark, J. (1929). 'Discoidal Polished Flint - their typology and distribution'. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia 6 (1). p. 41-54.
Event Date 1929
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Beaker type, triangular; Partially Polished
Event Date 1971
Author: maa

Context (References)
Lewis, J. (2005). Monuments, Ritual, and Regionality. BAR British Series 401.
Event Date 2005
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
A good example of a Beaker knife, triangular in shape. Patina has formed on the surface. The two cutting edges have become polished though the rest of the body is slightly ground.
Event Date 24/4/2014
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
In September 2017 Melissa Metzger, PhD candidate at the University of Bradford, studied a number of polished discoidal knives for their Crowther-Beynon Grant. They supplied further descriptions, measurements, contextual information and bibliographic references. These fields have been updated accordingly. They also suggested a date of Late Neolithic.
Event Date 9/2017
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Metzger (2017): This artefact is a triangular shaped flint tool that has been bifacially worked. It was made from a little grey flint. It has two polished edges. This artefact has two polished edges and little polishing on the face. The polish that is on the face is around the bigger flake scar ridges. There are macro striations that can be seen the polished edges.
Event Date 9/2017
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
Metzger (2017): This artefact fits in Type II of the Polished-edge Discoidal Knife classification. This classification has three types (Type I- circular or D-shaped, Type II- triangular, and Type III- broad leaf to lozenge) and show polished edges. This artefact classification might has functioned as wood or claying working tools. This artefact was found at Park Far in Everton, Gamlingay.
Event Date 9/2017
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Period field previously stated Neolithic; ?Beaker Age. Late Neolithic has been added from information from Melissa Metzger, see Analysis.
Event Date 16/6/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson