LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: KENT-D8A520
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
Mesolithic or Neolithic blade knapped from very light grey flint. The blade is incomplete as it has snapped towards the proximal end. There is possible retouch along one edge. The blade is 25.11mm long, 8.28mm across at the widest point, has a maximum thickness of 2.04mm and weighs 0.67 grams.
Notes:
This blade is second from the right in the attached photograph.
Class: Blade
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: NEOLITHIC
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Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Length: 25.11 mm
Width: 8.28 mm
Thickness: 2.04 mm
Weight: 0.67 g
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1960 - Monday 1st January 1990
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: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Fieldwalking [scope notes]
General landuse: Woodland[scope notes]
References cited
No references cited so far.
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Created:
Wednesday 30th November 2005
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
