LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: KENT-B30EF5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
Mesolithic or early Neolithic burin knapped from light cream-grey flint. The distal end has been worked to a point, however there is a worn break where the tip has snapped. Previous flakes have been removed from the surface of the flint, and there is some scaring towards the proximal end. It is 34.69mm long, 15.42mm wide, 6.68mm thick and weighs 2.76 grams.
Class: Burin
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
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Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 2900 BC
Dimensions and weight
Length: 34.69 mm
Width: 15.42 mm
Thickness: 6.68 mm
Weight: 2.76 g
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1960 - Saturday 1st January 2000
Personal details
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Recorded by: Laura
McLean
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Identified by: Laura
McLean - [view all attributed records]
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East And London
County: Kent
District: Tunbridge Wells
Parish: Lamberhurst
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 [scope notes]
General landuse: Woodland[scope notes]
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Created:
Monday 28th November 2005
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
