Bronze Age and medieval flints
Last updated | 10/09/2010
These two flint tools were recovered from the Perth High Street during the 1975-78 excavations in advance of the construction of a Marks and Spencers store. Both are in origin Bronze Age - one an arrowhead and one a struck flake - and both were appropriated for other uses during the medieval period.
The arrowhead was found in a post-hole and appears to have been deliberately placed there as a charm to ward off evil and thunder and lightning. A lightning strike could set the house on fire. The struck flake was found in a midden and has wear consistent with use as a medieval strike-a-light.
