It might not be the proper section for this question, but I am simply woundering if anyone knows where I can lay my hands on flint in Northern Ireland and Scotland? If I cant, could someone please tell me where I can find it (or by it) here on the British Isles?
Flint? Where?
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Anywhere that the underlaying geology is chalk, as the two tend to form together. There is an article on flint formation here:
Flint from Sponges?
I fear your areas are just too igneous or metamorphic
An online geological map I've just found suggests an area from Humberside down through East Anglia to the South of England (Dorset through to Kent). I can clearly remember seeing beds of flint in the chalk cliffs at Dover.
Flint from Sponges?
I fear your areas are just too igneous or metamorphic
An online geological map I've just found suggests an area from Humberside down through East Anglia to the South of England (Dorset through to Kent). I can clearly remember seeing beds of flint in the chalk cliffs at Dover.
If you're just after individual pieces, keep your eyes peeled as you're walking about - the fashion for lining a driveway with flint shards will often provide you with a piece suitable for making sparks!
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Ogri the trog
How much are you after and what for?
If you just want a couple or three reasonably sized flakes for flint-and-steel sparks then I could put some into the post for you; I pass a field on my way into my usual place of work that is littered with flint nodules of all shapes, sizes and colours.
PM me with your address if that's what you want, but you may have to wait for a couple of weeks for me to come good on this, as I have some heavy off-site work commitments this next week and the Woodsmoke Woodlander course the week after.
If you just want a couple or three reasonably sized flakes for flint-and-steel sparks then I could put some into the post for you; I pass a field on my way into my usual place of work that is littered with flint nodules of all shapes, sizes and colours.
PM me with your address if that's what you want, but you may have to wait for a couple of weeks for me to come good on this, as I have some heavy off-site work commitments this next week and the Woodsmoke Woodlander course the week after.
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