This disc scraper is a neatly made example manufactured from Portland chert, which is found in south Dorset.

Portland chert is an opaque, relatively fine-grained raw material, although it is generally coarser than flint, which was more commonly used to make tools.

The scraper was made on a flake blank, which was removed from its core using hard-hammer technology. It features abrupt to semi-abrupt retouch around much of the circumference.

Scrapers are thought to have been used for hide-working, although some may have been used as multi-purpose tools.

Disc scrapers were in use during the Neolithic period and this example was recovered from a pit that has been radiocarbon dated to the Early Neolithic period. Other lithics and pottery from this pit also support an Early Neolithic date.