Accession No

1926.110.1


Description

One flint hammerstone.


Place

Europe; Western Europe; France; Brittany; Morbihan; Arzon; Cairn du Petit-Mont


Period


Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]; Aveneau de la Grancière, Paul (Comte) [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1926.110.1; 1; 5; 6


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Flint


Local Term


Measurements

80mm x 45mm x 77mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil: '6'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil three times: '5'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


Context (Related Documents)
Old label kept with the object reads: '1. - Percuteur en silex - pièce rare provenant du grand tumulus du petit-Mont en Arzon (Morbihan) fouillé en 1865 par les membres de la Société Polymathique'.

Translation: '1. - Silex hammerstone - rare item from the large tumulus of Petit-Mont in Arzon (Morbihan) excavated in 1865 by the members of the Polymathic Society' (L.Carreau, 22/03/2019).
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Other owners)
Bought by the donor from the collection of the Comte Aveneau de la Grancière of the château de Kerhué, near Guérande.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1926.110.1-4: 'Two fragments of pottery and one flint flake numbered 7-8, also one flint hammerstone on red board numbered 1 1: flint hammer stone 7: potsherds 8: flint fragment.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Small red label affixed to object: '1' [printed].
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Field collection)
Found: Tumulus and Dolmen of Petit-Mont en Arzon, Carnac, (Morbihan).
Event Date 1865
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
One flint hammerstone.
Event Date 21/3/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau


FM:49482

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