KENT-B21E32: Lamberhurst: Three Mesolithic or Neolithic burins

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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: KENT-B21E32

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Burin of Mesolithic or early Neolithic date. Knapped from a flake of mid-grey flint, the distal end has been worked to a tip through abrupt removals. The proximal end has a striking platform and a bulb of percussion. Previous flakes have been removed from the surface of the flake, and there are short removals along the two edges, not just the burin point. The burin is 26.69mm long, 13.66mm wide, 2.27mm thick and weighs 1.27 grams.

Notes:

This burin is in the centre of the photograph.

Class: Burin

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 2900 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 26.69 mm
Width: 13.66 mm
Thickness: 2.27 mm
Weight: 1.27 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1960 - Saturday 1st January 2000

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Tunbridge Wells (District)
Parish or ward: Lamberhurst (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ6736
Four figure Latitude: 51.098987
Four figure longitude: 0.383724
1:25K map: TQ6736
1:10K map: TQ63NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Woodland

References cited

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Recording Institution: KENT
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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